Politics
27 July 2009 [09:24]
After a weeklong dissension among Iran's ruling system over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first deputy pick, three ministers have been sacked, Press TV reported.
27 July 2009 [09:12]
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's statement concerning appeal to the international arbitrage to solve the issue on disputable territories on the Caspian Sea with Azerbaijan was unexpected, head of Public Finances Monitoring Center (PFMC) Ingilab Ahmadov said.
27 July 2009 [08:59]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hospitalized.
27 July 2009 [08:42]
Azerbaijan will assert its stance on development of oil fields on the Caspian Sea by all means available, ANS TV quoted Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov as saying.
27 July 2009 [08:34]
An international arbitrage is necessary to solve differences between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, above all, in the issue of delimitation of the border fields in the Caspian Sea, Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov said at a governmental meeting.
27 July 2009 [08:21]
Iranian - ethnic Azerbaijani singer Faeqeh Atashin better known as Googoosh urges the world community to adequately react to the developments in Iran.
25 July 2009 [09:48]
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to dismiss his choice to serve as vice-president, state TV says.
25 July 2009 [09:43]
The latest updates from the Central Election Commission say that the incumbent president, Kurmanbek Bakiev has won 83.8 percent of votes (1,665.305 voters).
25 July 2009 [08:44]
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are not going to attend the meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs scheduled to be held on July 25-26 in Krakow, American co-chair Matthew Bryza told “Armenpress” news agency.
25 July 2009 [08:32]
24 July 2009 [17:41]
“There are some laws in cultural sphere that need to be formed into a code,” parliament’s cultural committee chairman Nizami Jafarov said.
24 July 2009 [17:28]
Theoretical conference on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement will be held in Azerbaijan.
24 July 2009 [17:17]
There were no falsifications and grave violations during Kyrgyz presidential elections on July 23.
24 July 2009 [16:37]
“Azerbaijan keeps a close eye on issue of Russia’s arms supply to Armenia,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting on weapons Armenia bought from Russia the report about which Armenia submitted to the UN armament register.
24 July 2009 [16:18]
Armenia’s report indicating small number of weapons bought from Russia aims to divert attention, Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said while commenting on a report regarding weapons bought from Russia last year presented by Armenia to the UN armament register.
24 July 2009 [15:41]
24 July 2009 [14:47]
EU regional policy commissioner Danuta Hubner announced she would on Wednesday (24 June) resign from her post, in order to take up her mandate as a member of the European Parliament.
24 July 2009 [14:24]
Armenia has released number of hit guns bought from Russia last year.
24 July 2009 [13:34]
The votes of the presidential elections that took place in Kyrgyzstan on July 23 are being counted at the moment.
24 July 2009 [13:28]
UN conventional weapons register has revealed deals by Belarus on world armament market in 2008.
24 July 2009 [12:27]
Representatives of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) will monitor the parliamentary elections in Moldova to be held on July 29.
24 July 2009 [11:55]
The 907th amendment of the U.S. congress on Azerbaijan should be abolished, co-chair of the U.S. Congress Working Group on Azerbaijan and Congressman from Texas Solomon Ortiz said.
24 July 2009 [11:39]
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been injured during routine physical exercise at the capital city of Sana'a, a Yemeni news agency reported.
24 July 2009 [11:21]
24 July 2009 [10:51]
“Azerbaijan fully complies with commitments to the Council of Europe and that of other organizations."
24 July 2009 [10:19]
Political expert, historian and Olaylar news agency director general Yunus Oguz spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
24 July 2009 [10:02]
Members of the U.S. Congress Working Group on Azerbaijan are planning to visit Azerbaijan, co-chair of the Working Group and Congressman from Texas Solomon Ortiz said.
24 July 2009 [09:49]
Azerbaijan’s opposition Umid Party is holding territorial meetings to prepare for the coming municipal election, party’s deputy chairman Anvar Agazade said.
24 July 2009 [09:21]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pledged Washington's strong support for Georgia a year after its war with Russia, urging Moscow to abide by a ceasefire and pull back its troops from two rebel regions, Reuters reported.
24 July 2009 [09:11]
24 July 2009 [08:57]
Mikhail Losin has been appointed new Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan.
24 July 2009 [08:35]
There are no obscure moments in Azerbaijan-Israel relations, Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijani Arthur Lenk told reporters.
24 July 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation headed by Czech Finance Minister Eduard Janota on July 23.
23 July 2009 [16:36]
North Korea says it will not re-enter six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons program, citing the "deep-rooted anti-North Korean policy" of the United States.
23 July 2009 [16:19]
Karabakh Liberation Organization activists visited Martyr’s Alley on occasion of the 16th anniversary of Armenia’s occupation of the Agdam region, organization’s press service said.
23 July 2009 [15:32]
“Hacker attacks on Armenian Web sites that took place earlier last week were not organized by Azerbaijani or Turkish hackers,” expert on information security Samvel Martirosyan said at a news conference.
23 July 2009 [14:36]
23 July 2009 [14:27]
Kyrgyzstan votes in a presidential elections today.
23 July 2009 [13:43]
U.S. Vice President Biden's visit to Georgia and Ukraine aimed to some extent encourage ruling elites and authorities of these countries which feared that they can be left one on one with claims of Russia,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said.
23 July 2009 [13:29]
Azerbaijan’s opposition parties included in the Movement for Karabakh and Republic will not campaign against each-other prior to the municipal elections, party Umid chairman Anvar Agazade said.
23 July 2009 [12:28]
One of Osama bin Laden's sons may have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, National Public Radio reported.
23 July 2009 [12:15]
Azerbaijani young people living in Georgia will hold their Forum, department chief of the State Committee for Diaspora Fuzuli Najafov said.
23 July 2009 [11:51]
Georgia's Marneuli TV television channel which covers several districts of the Kvemo Kartli region populated by Azerbaijanis will launch a new project in October.
23 July 2009 [11:23]
23 July 2009 [11:11]
Azerbaijan’s Civil Solidarity Party chaired by member of parliament Sabir Rustamkhanli is preparing for municipal elections, party official Samir Asadli said.
23 July 2009 [10:49]
Photographer of newspaper Alik Artem Garibyan has been arrested by law enforcement agencies while attempting to take pictures of Armenians’ protest action in Tehran.
23 July 2009 [10:30]
On July 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev presided over the Cabinet of Ministers meeting on country’s socio-economic development in the first half of 2009.
23 July 2009 [09:44]
16 years passed since Armenia’s invasion in Aghdam
23 July 2009 [08:37]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Egyptian counterpart Muhammad Hosni Mubarak on national holiday - Revolution Day.
22 July 2009 [17:59]
South Korean opposition lawmakers scuffled with security personnel as guards tried to end their blockade of the assembly that has paralysed parliament and delayed voting on a US trade deal and reform bills.
22 July 2009 [17:46]
22 July 2009 [17:38]
“I highly appreciate OSCE Minsk co-chair Mathew Bryza’s efforts compared to previous U.S. co-chairs, specifically his openness for both media and civil society."
22 July 2009 [17:03]
Russian and U.S Co-Chairmen of OSCE Minsk Group will be replaced in 2009, Russian Co-Chairman Yuri Merzlyakov said.
22 July 2009 [16:37]
The Turkish language should be common language of Turkic-speaking countries, the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee on Culture said.
22 July 2009 [16:19]
Azerbaijani members of parliament and public and political figures commented on OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ intentions to prepare updated version of the Madrid Principles.
22 July 2009 [16:00]
On July 25-26, Krakow [Poland] will host the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs' working meeting aimed to organize the autumn meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, Russian Co-Chair Yuriy Merzlyakov said.
22 July 2009 [15:42]
Serzh Sargsyan has resigned, Karabakh is given back, there is war… , Azh reported.
22 July 2009 [15:19]
The Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh is ready to meet with the region's Armenian community.
22 July 2009 [14:49]
The Human Rights Committee ended consideration of the third report on Azerbaijan regarding measures undertaken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the Committee’s 96th session in Geneva.
22 July 2009 [13:15]
Azerbaijan’s Communist Party is actively preparing for the coming municipal elections, party chairman Rauf Gurbanov said.
22 July 2009 [12:36]
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Namig Aliyev visited the Marneuli region and held meetings in the Gizilhajili, Sadakhli, Burma, Tazakand, Gasimli, Gushchu and Kachagan villages in Georgia populated by Azerbaijanis.
22 July 2009 [12:24]
The next meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents did not yield concrete results and Turkey who is preparing to meet with Yerevan and Baku postponed a meeting with Armenia till September, panorama.am reported quoting Turkish newspaper Sabah as saying.
22 July 2009 [11:58]
Member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) and chairman of faction “Our Home Israel” Robert Ilatov spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
22 July 2009 [11:42]
Representatives of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) will monitor the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan.
22 July 2009 [11:30]
The G-8 leaders' statement on Karabakh testifies that this is rather high-profile conflict, Head of the Russia, Eurasia and International Energy Security Department of The Heritage Foundation (U.S.), Political Scientist, Ariel Cohen said.
22 July 2009 [11:14]
First vice speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ziyafat Asgarov met with the head of the Israel-Azerbaijan parliamentary friendship group Robert Ilatov, press service of the parliament said.
22 July 2009 [11:06]
Regulations on financing the Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations (NGO) will be improved.
22 July 2009 [10:54]
22 July 2009 [10:12]
Russia has expelled Georgian Consul Zurab Pataradze and one more Georgian diplomat from the country.
22 July 2009 [09:49]
Azerbaijan’s Civil Solidarity Party plans to hold Karabakh forum on August 4, party official Samir Asadli said.
22 July 2009 [09:36]
Updated version of Madrid Principles is the most favorable document proposed so far, Professor Ruben Safrastyan, Director of NAS Oriental Studies Institute, said.
22 July 2009 [09:31]
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released a statement on July 21, OSCE official Web site reported.
22 July 2009 [09:15]
NATO outgoing Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was treated at a hospital Tuesday for a blood clot after fainting during Belgian National Day festivities, officials said.
22 July 2009 [09:01]
“I came to Kiev with a message and I want everybody to understand me in a right way."
22 July 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov received the Israeli ambassador Arthur Lenk on termination of diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan.