Politics
03 April 2009 [15:44]
The Aydinlar party does not intend to join the bloc, initiated by the parties, represented in the movement "For Karabakh and Republic", according to chairman of the Aydinlar party Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli.
03 April 2009 [15:34]
Milli Medjlis deputies Aynur Guliyeva and Vahid Ahmedov spoke today for creation of memorials and monuments in memory of Azerbaijanis, who fell victim of genocide, committed by Armenians. They told it today at the spring session of Milli Medjlis.
03 April 2009 [15:04]
US congress has no moral right to make a decision to recognize 1915 events in Turkey as the so-called "Armenian genocide", said chairman of the United Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Gudrat Hasanquliyev at a session of parliament today.
03 April 2009 [13:14]
On April 3 Musavat party leader Isa Gambar held a meeting with head of the Baku office of the US National Democracy Institute (NDI) Arien de Wolff, according to the press service for the party.
03 April 2009 [13:04]
The bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Israel will be developed at the previous level during the new government in Israel, Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Artur Lenk said on April 3.
03 April 2009 [12:58]
03 April 2009 [12:35]
There are no grounds to appoint rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan, said chief of department of presidential administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov.
03 April 2009 [11:54]
The opening of the Armenian-Turkish border will never serve the interests of Azerbaijan or be favorable for it, said speaker of parliament Oqtay Asadov at the session of the spring session of Milli Medjlis.
03 April 2009 [11:06]
Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire in Aghdam and Fizuli directions.
03 April 2009 [10:43]
03 April 2009 [10:08]
03 April 2009 [09:46]
Head of the Center of political innovations and technologies Mubariz Ahmedoghlu stated the appearance of new moments in the negotiation process on the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict, he told a press conference yesterday.
03 April 2009 [09:23]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over the demise of the country`s former president Raul Ricardo Alfonsin Foulkes.
03 April 2009 [09:20]
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration pledged to ensure that the OSCE Minsk Group operates effectively to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
03 April 2009 [09:11]
PACE Monitoring Committee`s co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Andreas Herkel (Estonia) and Evguenia Jivkova (Bulgaria) will start a 5-day visit to the country next Tuesday.
03 April 2009 [09:06]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has received credentials from new Russian Ambassador Vladimir Dorokhin.
02 April 2009 [17:35]
The European Court of Human Rights has today passed a decision on the claim of Azerbaijani citizen Mahira Muradova, according to monitoring.az.
02 April 2009 [16:43]
Professor György Schöpflin was born in Budapest in 1939 and lived in the UK from 1950 to 2004.
02 April 2009 [16:23]
Turkey's Centre for International Relations and Strategic Analysis says U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey creates conditions for opening of the Turkey-Armenia relations.
02 April 2009 [16:06]
The third session of the Congress of European Azerbaijanis will be held in Frankfurt, Germany on April 14, according to the press service for the state committee for work with diaspora.
02 April 2009 [13:46]
02 April 2009 [12:48]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov visited Georgia on April 1. He met with his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze in Tbilisi, APA Georgian bureau reports.
02 April 2009 [12:45]
The Bahamas have annulled the visa regime for Azerbaijani citizens. Moreover, this state also annulled visas for citizens of Russia, Armenia and Moldova.
02 April 2009 [11:50]
Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov received copies of credentials to newly appointed ambassador of China to our country Chzhan Yaan Thursday, according to the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
02 April 2009 [11:14]
The relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia can be featured as warm, cordial and fraternal, said vice speaker of the Georgian parliament, head of the parliamentary group of friendship Azerbaijan-Georgia Fridon Todua.
02 April 2009 [10:27]
Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire in Aghdam, Gazakh and Tovuz directions.
02 April 2009 [10:08]
The occupation of the Kelbajar region of Azerbaijan by the armed forces of Armenia turned 16.
02 April 2009 [09:46]
02 April 2009 [09:31]
OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzylakov said it is too early to speak of a referendum to define the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, Merzylakov told Trend News over the telephone from Moscow.
02 April 2009 [09:28]
There are three states in the South Caucasus, and it is not necessary to contribute to the creation of new - fourth or fifth formations, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov stated on April 1 in Tbilisi at the briefing, commenting on the prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
02 April 2009 [08:54]
Minister of National Security, Chairman of the State Commission for Captives, Missing Persons, Hostages Eldar Mahmudov met with visiting Belgian senator Dominique Tilmans and her accompanying delegation.
02 April 2009 [08:47]
Azerbaijani Genocide was commemorated in Los-Angeles.
01 April 2009 [17:22]
On Wednesday the Union of National-Democratic powers held its regular session, according to the press service for the party.
01 April 2009 [15:26]
LINKS Executive Director Dennis Sammut said establishing diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey and opening the border between the two nations will help resolve the Karabakh conflict.
01 April 2009 [14:36]
"Azerbaijan is an important partner for the EU, and we place great emphasis on strengthening cooperation," the European Commission representative in Azerbaijan Alan Waddams said at the meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan on Energy, Transport and Environment.
01 April 2009 [13:06]
“The United Kingdom does not recognize a body called Nagorno Karabakh,” British ambassador to Azerbaijan Carolyn Browne said while commenting on the issue of visa for persons from Nagorno Karabakh to study in the UK.
01 April 2009 [12:46]
01 April 2009 [12:18]
01 April 2009 [10:58]
Romanian Foreign Minister Christian Diakonesku is expected to visit Azerbaijan on April 8-9, according to the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
01 April 2009 [10:48]
A group of Turkish journalists visited the front line and familiarized with consequences of the Armenian aggression in Azerbaijan.
01 April 2009 [10:24]
01 April 2009 [09:55]
Opening borders between Turkey and Armenia can contribute to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Gernot Erler briefed the media in Baku on March 31.
01 April 2009 [09:43]
Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire in Fizuli.
01 April 2009 [09:32]
Our work in line with the tasks set by the leadership is primarily aimed to assist to strengthening of partner relations between Azerbaijan and the United States, said Azerbaijani consul general in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov, speaking about the work of the consulate.
01 April 2009 [09:02]
Azerbaijan will soon conclude an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation with the Tambov oblast of Russia, said head of the trade representation of Russia in Azerbaijan Yuri Shedrin.
01 April 2009 [08:51]
31 March 2009 [17:33]
Trend News European Desk exclusive interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Ušackas on the threshold of his visit to Azerbaijan scheduled for the beginning of April.
31 March 2009 [17:15]
During Lithuanian Foreign Ministry delegation's visit to Baku in early April, a memorandum will be signed to set up concrete mechanisms in order to accelerate internal reforms and to assist Azerbaijan in the process of European integration, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Ušackas told Trend News on March 31.
31 March 2009 [16:44]
On March 31, the I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) held a scientific seminar on the March 1918 events at the initiative of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia.
31 March 2009 [15:23]
No incident occurred during a monitoring along contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies near Mazam village of Azerbaijan's Gazakh region after the mandate of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on March 31.
31 March 2009 [15:15]
Belgium supports settling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through diplomatic means, Belgian Senator Tilemans Dominique said at a press conference in Baku on Tuesday.
31 March 2009 [14:46]
During a protest today the public association Ireli adopted a statement on occasion of Day of Azerbaijani genocide on March 31, according to the press service for Ireli.
31 March 2009 [14:02]
An event on March 31-Day of Azerbaijani Genocide was held in Azerbaijani embassy to Romania, according to the press service for the embassy.
31 March 2009 [13:28]
The strategic relations between our countries will further develop", said head of the political association "Alliance for Freedom", one of the leaders of Georgian opposition Irakli Alasaniya.
31 March 2009 [12:25]
Turkey will not gain anything that would serve its strategic interests from opening borders with Armenia, said Milli Medjlis deputy Azay Guliyev.
31 March 2009 [11:21]
“Conclusion of these long running talks that Minsk group co-chairs have been trying to lead for many years on Karabakh is another essential piece which negotiations between Turkey and Armenia can reinforce,” Ross Wilson, former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan and Turkey told APA’s US bureau.
31 March 2009 [11:13]
A meeting on occasion of genocide, committed by Armenians in Baku in 1918 was held in Ottawa by initiative of the assembly of organizations Azerbaijan-Canada.
31 March 2009 [10:34]
The Liberal-Democratic party of Azerbaijan has proposed to create the Azad Azerbaijan bloc due to participation in municipal elections, according to the press service for the party.
31 March 2009 [10:13]
Azerbaijan and Jordan intend to develop cooperation in military and technical direction.
31 March 2009 [10:08]
A conference on the 60th anniversary of NATO will be held in Baku on April 9, reports the press service for the Romanian embassy to Azerbaijan, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
31 March 2009 [09:54]
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan yesterday received state secretary of the German Foreign Ministry Gernot Erler and chairman of the group of friendship Germany-South Caucasus of Bundestag Steffen Reiche, as well as German ambassador to Armenia Andrea Viktorin.
31 March 2009 [09:41]
Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire in Khojavend.
31 March 2009 [09:33]
31 March 2009 [09:06]
Baku expects U.S. President Barack Obama to send a message to Armenia to renounce its aggressor policy.
31 March 2009 [08:53]
Today Azerbaijani diaspora organizations of Germany will hold a picket in front of the Armenian embassy to this country, said chief executive of the coordination center of German Azerbaijanis Samira Patzer-Ismailova, according to AzerTac.
31 March 2009 [08:49]
Azerbaijan marks the Day of the Azerbaijani Genocide.
30 March 2009 [17:10]
Turkey-Azerbaijan Businessmen Association director says he does not believe Turkey will open borders with Armenia.
30 March 2009 [17:00]
The world community must learn about the genocide Armenians committed in Baku on March 31, 1918, Azerbaijani parliament's Human Rights Commission chair Rabiyyat Aslanova said to Trend News.
30 March 2009 [16:51]
Baku will never change its position preventing placement of foreign military bases in Azerbaijan.
30 March 2009 [16:40]
EU special representative on South Caucasus Peter Semneby will be visiting Baku April 6-7, according to the press service for the Yeni Azerbaijan ruling party.
30 March 2009 [16:29]
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be discussed at a conference organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Subcommittee on Preventing Conflicts in Europe, PACE Subcommittee Fellow Matthew Walsh wrote Trend News in an email.
30 March 2009 [16:14]
The Democratic Party of Azerbaijan held its regular session on Monday, according to the press service for the party.
30 March 2009 [15:36]
Russia supports the OSCE's Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaliy Churkin said.
30 March 2009 [14:14]
The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan confirmed the results of the referendum on amendments and alterations to the Constitution of the country by a majority of votes during a session Friday.
30 March 2009 [13:15]
"It is necessary to rule out any possible armed way of the resolution of the Karabakh conflict", considers state secretary of the German Foreign Ministry Gernot Erler.