Politics
24 May 2007 [09:10]
Bank accounts of Baku Xeber newspaper have been arrested from May 18.
24 May 2007 [09:04]
Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent visit to Baku was very productive.
24 May 2007 [08:59]
Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyn Avni Karslioglu will visit Nakhchivan on May 26.
24 May 2007 [08:58]
OSCE has announced its stance on the situation of freedoms of expression and press in Azerbaijan, said Jose Louis Herero, head of OSCE Office in Baku.
24 May 2007 [08:56]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fassier met Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian in Yerevan.
24 May 2007 [08:55]
Spring session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly will be held on May 24-29 in the city of Madeira, Portugal.
24 May 2007 [08:53]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov ended his visit to Germany.
24 May 2007 [08:49]
Azerbaijan is going to appeal to international organizations with regard to the fires in Fuzuli and Goranboy regions. We want them to take a fair position, President's Office international affairs department chief Novruz Mammadov told journalists.
24 May 2007 [08:41]
On May 23, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received a delegation of the U.S. Department of State led by Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud.
24 May 2007 [08:31]
Members of the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations met with the representatives of embassies in Azerbaijan with regard to imprisonment of journalists and shut down of Gundalik Azerbaijan and Realny Azerbaijan newspapers.
24 May 2007 [08:29]
In an open letter to the president of Azerbaijan released Wednesday, the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) said the "alarmingly high" number of jailed journalists makes the Eurasian nation "one of the least press-freedom friendly countries in the world."
24 May 2007 [08:26]
Press conference was held Wednesday on the anniversary of events occurred in May,2006 in Iranian regions where Azerbaijanis live.
24 May 2007 [08:23]
The co-chairmen of the Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh have arrived in Yerevan to look for ways of conflict settlement. The representatives of Russia and France, Yuri Mezlyakov and Bernard Fassier, met on Wednesday with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
24 May 2007 [08:19]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letters of condolence to Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the massive injuries and loss of lives caused by a blast in the trade center in Ankara.
24 May 2007 [08:13]
Azerbaijani security agents have seized computer hard drives, CDs and other materials from the editorial offices of two opposition newspapers and from the apartment of the top editor, effectively closing down the newspapers, a defense lawyer said Wednesday.
24 May 2007 [08:02]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski received Wednesday visiting Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov to discuss issues related to bilateral political, cultural and energy cooperation.
24 May 2007 [08:01]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov paid an official visit to Turkmenistan.
24 May 2007 [07:59]
Government officials in Azerbaijan are denying any intention to crack down on media freedom in the country.
23 May 2007 [14:59]
"We will negotiate with Azerbaijani military circles on future prospects of cooperation between Turkish and Azerbaijani Armed Forces," head of Turkish Armed Forces Staff delegation, General Colonel Eyyub Kaptan told journalists in Baku.
23 May 2007 [14:06]
"Mixed-member electoral system will be applied in Azerbaijan when there is an opposition with cultural thinking and democratic values. We will possibly debate on these issues in the next five years," head of President's Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev said.
23 May 2007 [13:57]
Freedom of expression and media is protected by the state, it will be so in the future, President’s Office socio-political department chief Ali Hasanov said.
23 May 2007 [13:54]
"Our joint activity with Foreign Ministry will not aim only to attract attention to Armenians' committing arsons in Karabakh, but also to prevent it," Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Huseyn Bagirov said.
23 May 2007 [13:34]
Bakhtiyar Mammadov, wanted active participant by Azerbaijan law-enforcement bodies has been arrested and handed over to Azerbaijan.
23 May 2007 [12:54]
"Democracy in societies in transition" international conference organized by President's Office, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and State Management Academy started in Gulustan palace.
23 May 2007 [12:12]
The inaugural conference for the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Caspian Marine Environment is being hosted today in Baku by the Government of Azerbaijan.
23 May 2007 [10:14]
Turkmenistan, isolated from the rest of the world under its former leader, plans to open up its Caspian Sea coast to foreign tourists.
23 May 2007 [09:23]
Azerbaijan's Parliament ratified on Tuesday a protocol to intergovernmental agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on reciprocal without visa entrance/departure for both countries citizens.
23 May 2007 [09:20]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern on Tuesday over the eviction of the country's two main independent newspapers from their premises, and new procedures against their imprisoned editor, Eynulla Fatullayev.
23 May 2007 [09:09]
The issue on the situation of media in Azerbaijan will hardly be debated at the summer session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). There are many issues on the agenda, said PACE co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd.
23 May 2007 [09:06]
Denis Bribosia, Special Representative of Council of Europe Secretary General to Azerbaijan went to Nakchivan.
23 May 2007 [09:05]
Head of the working group on Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary relations Arif Rahimzade, parliamentarians Elton Mammadov, Rovshan Rzayev and Mikhail Zabelin will leave on Wednesday for Moscow to attend the meeting of bilateral interparliamentary commission of Russian Federal Assembly.
23 May 2007 [09:03]
Azerbaijani and German Foreign Ministries are having political and security talks in Berlin.
23 May 2007 [09:01]
The number of Azerbaijani journalists in prison has reached a record high over the past month, even while one senior government official maintains that the country's leadership is doing everything possible to respect press freedom.
23 May 2007 [08:57]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Adil Adalya, newly appointed charge d'affaires of Kingdom of Jordan to Azerbaijan.
23 May 2007 [08:41]
Armenian separatists will hold traditional Armenian contest-festival in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on June 1-5.
23 May 2007 [08:25]
Prosecutors have filed new, terrorism-related charges against an Azerbaijani opposition newspaper editor who was convicted of libel and sentenced to prison last month, a top security official said Tuesday.
23 May 2007 [08:10]
Iran has reportedly arrested more than 15 people after they allegedly called for a demonstration in the northwestern city of Tabriz to mark the anniversary of the publication of a cartoon offensive to Iran's Azeri minority.
23 May 2007 [08:05]
Poland's Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz and visiting Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov discussed Tuesday possibilities of developing parliamentary, political and economic cooperation.
22 May 2007 [23:32]
Armenian Armed Forces continue to commit arsons in the occupied parts of Azerbaijani regions of Fuzuli and Jabrail.
22 May 2007 [23:05]
The delegation composed of high-ranking officers of Turkish Armed Forces Staff is visiting Baku, Defense Ministry told.
22 May 2007 [22:43]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is scheduled to make a one-day official visit to Turkmenistan tomorrow, Ministry spokesman Khazar Ibrahim told.
22 May 2007 [22:32]
I would not like to make a final statement on the suspension of establishing GUAM peacekeeping forces.
22 May 2007 [22:12]
Azerbaijani Parliament held a meeting today. MPs touched upon some issues during the parliamentary debates.
22 May 2007 [13:38]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today presented Sheikh of all the Caucasus Haji Allahshukur Pashazade with "Friendship order" in accordance with the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
22 May 2007 [12:55]
An opposition party leader on Monday alleged that the government had ordered the fatal shooting of another opposition figure, but a top figure in the parliament's majority coalition rejected the claim.
22 May 2007 [12:10]
Former Industry Minister of France Patrick Devedjian will occupy the post of Secretary General of the ruling UMP party. This post was vacant after former UMP leader Nicolas Sarkozy was elected France's new President.
22 May 2007 [12:06]
Russia will continue playing an active role as a mediator in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told students at Baku State University on Tuesday.
22 May 2007 [12:00]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again.
22 May 2007 [11:18]
Russia is interested in stability and the absence of hot spots on its borders, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told students at Baku State University on Tuesday.
22 May 2007 [09:04]
Delegation of the French Senate's France-Caucasus Friendship Group led by Senator Ambroise Dupont met with Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament Bahar Muradova and members of the working group of Azerbaijan-France Inter-parliamentary ties.
22 May 2007 [09:01]
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade on 21 May received the delegation led by the FM of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov.
22 May 2007 [08:59]
According to the bilateral military cooperation plan between Azerbaijan and Ukraine, representatives of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces are attending a final planning conference of the Sea Breeze-2007 training on May 20-24 in Odessa, Ukraine.
22 May 2007 [08:57]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Justice Fikret Mammadov met Monday with Iran’s new ambassador to Azerbaijan Nasir Hamidi Zare.
22 May 2007 [08:43]
Training on "Acquaintance with logistics" will be held in Ankara from May 21 till June 1 and "Control and management of air space" will be held in Izmir on May 24-25 in the framework of the program of Partnership for Peace (PFP) according to the individual program signed between NATO and Azerbaijan.
22 May 2007 [08:41]
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has posted wrong information on the Azerbaijani province of Nagorno Karabakh in the section on Armenia that says "Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow."
22 May 2007 [08:35]
European Union made a statement on the state of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan when Eynulla Fatullayev was arrested and we remain in this position, said Per Stankina, Ambassador of Germany chairing the European Union.
22 May 2007 [08:32]
The next presidential elections in Azerbaijan are to be held on October 15, 2008 according to the legislation, Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov said.
22 May 2007 [08:30]
Armenian armed forces have begun to burn down occupied parts of Azerbaijani regions of Fuzuli and Jabrayil again.
22 May 2007 [08:28]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received on Monday Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov.
22 May 2007 [08:07]
Azerbaijan and Germany are interested in expansion of cooperation in protection of borders, deputy chief of State Border Service, Maj. Gen. Farhad Tagizade said.
22 May 2007 [08:02]
Azerbaijani Parliamentarian Sabir Hajiyev has left for Kyiv to attend the meeting of Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
22 May 2007 [07:59]
OSCE is going to monitor the Anticorruption Centre in Guba region this autumn.
22 May 2007 [07:46]
Visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov and his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov have held a briefing for the journalists in Baku.
22 May 2007 [07:39]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any effort to politicize Iran's nuclear issue would be a destructive act.
22 May 2007 [07:38]
A planned protest Tuesday highlights long-brewing frustrations of Iran's largest minority, which some say Washington is trying to exploit to undermine Tehran.
21 May 2007 [17:42]
The cases like that of Vigen Patatanyan are not rare. Armenians committed terror acts and massacres against Azerbaijanis try to hide their crimes and settle abroad, Azerbaijani National Security Ministry spokesman Arif Babayev told the APA while commenting on former Armenian lieutenant Vigen Patatanyan's extradition from the US.
21 May 2007 [17:27]
Preliminary hearing on criminal case on ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev, his brother, former president of Azpetrol group of Companies Rafig Aliyev, and 17 more defendants accused of corruption continued at Court of Grave Crimes.
21 May 2007 [17:24]
The next meeting of the CIS heads of government will be held in Yalta on May 25. Some 25 issues will be put on the agenda of the meeting.
21 May 2007 [17:23]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received members of the French Senate's France-Caucasus Friendship Group led by Senator Ambroise Dupont.
21 May 2007 [17:16]
Authorities in Azerbaijan have closed down the joint offices of two opposition newspapers, claiming that the closure was due to problems with maintenance and fire safety.
21 May 2007 [16:36]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday reiterated Moscow's opposition to a Western-backed plan for Kosovo, saying a draft U.N. resolution that would endorse independence for the Serbian province under international supervision was "unacceptable."
21 May 2007 [16:25]
The inaugural conference for the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea – the first legally binding agreement on any subject ever adopted by the five Caspian neighbours – will be hosted here from 23 to 25 May by the Government of Azerbaijan.
21 May 2007 [16:17]
Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan stressed the need for the development of his country's cultural, trade, scientific and industrial ties with the Republic of Azerbaijan, and said that expanding ties with Baku sets a priority for Tehran's foreign policy.
21 May 2007 [16:03]
Azerbaijan has not received any offer regarding the joint use of Gabala radar station by Russia and the US, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
21 May 2007 [15:58]
"Russia has replied one of the notes sent by Azerbaijan. The others are considered and they will possibly be replied," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
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