Politics
03 September 2009 [11:17]
Azerbaijan hopes that in talks with Armenia Turkey will not take steps contradicting Azerbaijan’s national interests, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration International Relations Department Chief Novruz Mammadov said.
03 September 2009 [10:56]
Two protocols on the establishment of the diplomatic relations and development of bilateral relations initialed by Turkey and Armenia was discussed at the meeting of the Central Management Board of Republican People’s Party (CHP).
03 September 2009 [10:16]
Azerbaijani and Turkish Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Ahmet Davudoglu had a telephone conversation on Sept. 2, Anadolu news agency reported.
03 September 2009 [09:59]
Armenian National Committee of America has conveyed remarks of the Armenian community in America to the U.S. congressmen regarding protocols on normalization of Armenia-Turkey ties.
03 September 2009 [09:37]
03 September 2009 [09:14]
The agenda of the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the "Organization for democracy and economic development - GUAM" will be prepared by the organization's national coordinators in Kiev, GUAM Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili said.
03 September 2009 [08:54]
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has welcomed the move by Armenia and Turkey to normalize relations.
03 September 2009 [08:32]
President Obama hosted a traditional Ramadan dinner for representatives of diplomatic corps (iftar) at the White House on Sept. 1.
02 September 2009 [17:17]
Leader of Turkey’s Democratic Party Husamettin Cindoruk commented on the protocols initialed by Turkish government and Armenia.
02 September 2009 [16:53]
Vladimir Voronin will step down as president of Moldova to become a member of the ex-Soviet state's parliament, a Communist Party official said on Wednesday.
02 September 2009 [16:36]
Azerbaijan will host an international youth conference with support of the Council of Europe.
02 September 2009 [16:19]
Azerbaijan Liberal Democratic Party re-negotiates to launch a bloc Independent Azerbaijan, ALDP chairman Fuad Aliyev said.
02 September 2009 [15:08]
Director of Ukraine-based Center for Political Studies and Conflict Science Mikhail Pogrebinski spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
02 September 2009 [14:47]
More municipalities in Azerbaijan whose power have not yet terminated yet want to join the municipal elections.
02 September 2009 [14:29]
Establishment of Turkmen naval base on the Caspian Sea in the nearest future should not be considered result of differences between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Azerbaijani ambassador to Kazakhstan Latif Gandilov said.
02 September 2009 [14:14]
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force said on that on Aug. 30, a C-130H aircraft armed with Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) blasted a target test vehicle on the ground for the first time.
02 September 2009 [12:51]
The Russian Foreign Ministry has commented on Armenia and Turkey's readiness to normalize bilateral relations.
02 September 2009 [12:12]
02 September 2009 [11:57]
The Commonwealth has fully suspended Fiji after it refused to bow to demands to call elections by next year, BBC reported.
02 September 2009 [11:41]
“The recent statement by Armenian, Turkish and Swiss foreign ministries is a defeat of Armenian diplomacy,” expert at Armenia Center for Political and International Studies Ruben Mehrabyan said.
02 September 2009 [10:59]
Turkish authorities intend to open border with Armenia by late 2009 under the protocol on establishing diplomatic ties, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday.
02 September 2009 [10:47]
Microsoft has corrected error related to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
02 September 2009 [10:34]
02 September 2009 [10:15]
Samuel Lussac, a PhD candidate in International Relations at the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
02 September 2009 [09:53]
02 September 2009 [09:44]
Azerbaijani MP Rafail Huseynov will attend a meeting of the PACE Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs to be held on September 3-5 in Paris, France.
02 September 2009 [09:31]
Protocols on “Establishing Diplomatic ies between Armenia and Turkey” need approval by two countries’ parliaments, Turkish Prime Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
02 September 2009 [08:47]
Iran has prepared an "updated nuclear proposal" and is ready to talk to world powers, state television quoted the Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator as saying on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
01 September 2009 [17:18]
The European Commission on Tuesday hailed Armenia and Turkey's efforts to normalize ties.
01 September 2009 [16:41]
Member of the Great National Assembly of Turkey (TGNA) from the National Movement Party (NMP) Şenol Bal commented on the statement by Turkish Foreign Minister to start negotiations on establishing diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia.
01 September 2009 [16:28]
Members of Azerbaijani parliament (Milli Mejlis) embarked on work on Tuesday.
01 September 2009 [15:32]
Azerbaijan’s Educational Center for Youth plans to host a week dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe in late September, the center said.
01 September 2009 [14:51]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Iran should realise how "very serious" the September deadline is to negotiate on its nuclear programme, Reuters reported.
01 September 2009 [14:28]
Armenian political expert and Deputy Director of Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan commented to Day.Az protocols on the development of bilateral relations between Turkey and Armenia made public today.
01 September 2009 [14:06]
01 September 2009 [13:27]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet on country`s National Day.
01 September 2009 [13:13]
01 September 2009 [12:59]
The current situation in the Caucasus is not suitable for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in an interview with NTV channel.
01 September 2009 [12:47]
“I believe the opening of border between Turkey and Armenia is a very negative phenomenon both for Turkey and Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement that Turkey and Armenia will start talks to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [12:16]
Azerbaijan favors demilitarization of Caspian Sea region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
01 September 2009 [11:51]
“Establishment of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Armenia is normal,” Azerbaijani parliament’s security and defense committee chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement that Turkey and Armenia will start talks to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [11:32]
U.S military men will visit Azerbaijan in an effort to get familiar with training of a marine battalion of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
01 September 2009 [10:56]
Azerbaijan's position on opening of Armenia-Turkey border is based on numerous statements by Turkey's senior officials, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
01 September 2009 [10:42]
Coordination Group on Azerbaijan’s Strategic Defense Outline will hold a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press office said.
01 September 2009 [10:31]
Turkey and Armenia have agreed to establish diplomatic relations since the signing of the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
01 September 2009 [10:24]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to improve logistics of activities of the "The Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Region."
01 September 2009 [10:18]
The latest initiative to normalize Armenia-Turkey ties is just a game by Turkey to keep Armenia in the game, chief of ‘Ay Dat’ bureau and Dashnaksutun party member Kiro Manoyan said.
01 September 2009 [10:06]
“The issue of opening Armenian-Turkish border was initiated even in 2007 by Armenia, which was a mistake,” Heritage Parliamentary Faction representative Stepan Safaryan said.
01 September 2009 [09:47]
Turkey does not plan to open border with neighboring Armenia at current stage, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu said commenting on agreement reached between the two countries to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [09:22]
Turkey wants to normalize relations with Armenia, but also wants full normalization of relations in the South Caucasus, including Nagorno-Karabakh.
01 September 2009 [09:12]
01 September 2009 [09:01]
Turkey and Armenia moved closer to establishing diplomatic ties and reopening their border on Monday, saying they would sign accords within six weeks under a plan to end a century of hostility.
01 September 2009 [08:52]
Ian Micallef, President of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authoritie will visit Baku on September 10 to 14, spokesman for the Congress Dmitry Marchenkov said.
01 September 2009 [08:38]
Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulation to Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on Aug. 31.
31 August 2009 [17:21]
An Israeli Arab man has been indicted for allegedly working on behalf of Hezbollah in a plot to assassinate Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, a gag order lifted on Monday revealed, Haaretz reported.
31 August 2009 [16:54]
Day.Az has reported on numerous occasions that express money transfers are carried out to Azerbaijan’s occupied lands despite clear violation of international norms and regulations.
31 August 2009 [16:22]
Turkmenistan's intentions to establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea is an understandable desire of the countries to strengthen its positions, says Pavel Sorokin, the analyst of Unicredit Securities investment company, part of international financial UniCredit Group.
31 August 2009 [15:08]
The Union for Democracy which composes opposition parties held the next meeting on Aug. 31, chief of the Azadlig party Ahmad Oruj said.
31 August 2009 [14:51]
Nearly 83.2 percent of ‘A1+’ readers are dissatisfied with the Armenian authorities’ job performance.
31 August 2009 [14:28]
“I would not interpret Turkmenistan’s decision to establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea as a direct threat to Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov’s recent statement to establish naval base on the Caspian Sea.
31 August 2009 [14:11]
"Turkmenistan does not make territorial claims against any country and does not consider any country its enemy. Turkmenistan considers its borders as those of peace, friendship and good neighborhood," the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimhhammedov said on the eve of a meeting with the heads of law-enforcement agencies.
31 August 2009 [13:45]
The Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's statement on establishment of naval base on the Caspian Sea points to upcoming serious talks, editor-in-chief of Russian 'Kommersant' newspaper Azer Mursaliyev said.
31 August 2009 [13:33]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Muammar Gaddafi, Ivan Gasparovic and Islam Karimov on their countries' national holidays on Aug. 31.
31 August 2009 [12:53]
The primary purpose of Turkmenistan's own naval base on the Caspian Sea is to protect the oil and gas wells, rather than to accelerate resolving the status of the sea, ex-Head of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers Economic and Fiscal Policy Department Oqtay Hagverdiyev said.
31 August 2009 [12:38]
“Turkmenistan has always been jealous of Azerbaijan’s oil strategy,” Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov’s plans to establish country’s naval base on the Caspian Sea.
31 August 2009 [12:24]
Armenia continues to enrich itself by selling drugs grown in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov said.
31 August 2009 [11:39]
The Turkish and Armenian Presidents will meet if the border is opened or countries are close to make this decision, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with BBC's Russian service.
31 August 2009 [11:28]
Azerbaijan favors Caspian Sea's becoming region of peace.
31 August 2009 [10:46]
The Iranian Parliament will held discussions on 10 candidates nominated by the Iranian President on the second day of deliberation on the new staff of the Cabinet of Ministers, Iranian Mehr news agency reported.
31 August 2009 [10:37]
NATO and Azerbaijan are discussing the possibility of using country’s air space by alliance’s contingent to reach Afghanistan.
31 August 2009 [09:55]
Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama said on Monday he would work to resolve a decades-old territorial feud with Russia, after his party won a landslide victory in a Japanese election, Reuters reported.
31 August 2009 [09:39]
Turkey marked Victory Day on August 30.
31 August 2009 [09:22]
Japanese voters swept the opposition to a historic victory in an election on Sunday, ousting the long-ruling conservative party and handing the novice Democrats the job of reviving a struggling economy, Reuters reported.
31 August 2009 [09:05]
Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert has officially been charged with corruption, relating to events before he became premier, ABC reported.
31 August 2009 [08:52]
Gubadli, the region of Azerbaijan with a territory of 826 square kilometers, was occupied by the Armenians on August 31, 1993.
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