Politics

25 May 2007 [13:15]

State commission to investigate massacres committed by Armenians in Azerbaijan

State commission to be established soon will uncover not only massacres committed in Guba, but also all the massacres committed by Armenians in Azerbaijan.
25 May 2007 [11:58]

Armenian Forces violate ceasefire

Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire again.
25 May 2007 [08:40]

Azeri envoy meets Canadian MP

Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Ottawa Fakhraddin Qurbanov met with Canadian MP, Chair of the Parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Kevin Sorenson.
25 May 2007 [08:38]

Azerbaijan's Republic Day marked in Rome

Embassy of Azerbaijan to Italy has arranged an official dinner at Marriott hotel in Rome to mark two momentous dates: the Azerbaijan's Republic Day (May 28) and the 15th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Italy.
25 May 2007 [08:30]

President Aliyev offers condolences to Russian counterpart

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has sent a letter of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on a methane blast killing and injuring dozens of people in Siberia's Kemerovo region.
25 May 2007 [08:28]

Foreign Ministers to meet before BSECO summit

Foreign Ministers will meet on June 25 before Black Sea Economical Cooperation Organization's (BSECO) summit.
25 May 2007 [08:27]

Baku Declaration and several documents to be signed at GUAM summit

Baku declaration will be the main document to be signed during the 2nd summit of GUAM – International Organization for Democracy and Economic Development.
25 May 2007 [08:24]

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance reports on Azerbaijan; official calls it "absurd"

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) publicized a report on Azerbaijan.
25 May 2007 [08:19]

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Azerbaijan

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammerberg is planning to visit Azerbaijan early in September.
25 May 2007 [08:14]

OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs arrive to Azerbaijan

OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Bernard Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia)- mediators in the settlement for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, have arrived in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday night.
25 May 2007 [08:06]

Appeal filed against court decision on ex-health minister

Appeals Court received an appeal against the court decision on ex-health minister Ali Insanov.
25 May 2007 [08:04]

Arsons will create problems, Araz Azimov says

Occurrence of fires in Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories again this year demonstrate our right position, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
25 May 2007 [07:57]

Musavat member released

The Appeals Court considered the appeal of Mehdi Mehdiyev, member of Musavat Party, accused of organizing mass unrest during the 2003 presidential elections and beating journalist Sahil Kerimli and sentenced to 4 years in jail.
25 May 2007 [07:55]

Reporters Without Borders criticize Azerbaijan authorities

Reporters Without Borders strongly denounced a recent wave of restrictions and repression targeting Azerbaijan's independent media and urged the authorities to restore press freedom.
24 May 2007 [23:08]

Azerbaijani Parliament discusses education bill

Today closed debate on draft bill on education was held in Azerbaijani Parliament's science and education standing commission.
24 May 2007 [23:04]

Report on the missing in South Caucasus debated at PACE Standing Committee's meeting

Today the report on missing persons in the South Caucasus was debated at the meeting of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Standing Committee in Belgrade.
24 May 2007 [22:44]

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance reports on Azerbaijan

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) publicized a report on Azerbaijan in Paris today.
24 May 2007 [16:22]

Germany marks Azerbaijan's Day of Republic

On May 23, the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Germany gave official reception on the occasion of the national holiday of Azerbaijan- The Day of Republic.
24 May 2007 [16:19]

Azeri MPS leave for Turkey

MPs Akram Abdullayev and Fuad Muradov left for the Turkish city of Adana to attend a seminar of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum on Dialogue and Cooperation.
24 May 2007 [16:14]

Araz Azimov: "Concrete decision should be made before Presidents' meeting"

A concrete decision should be made before Azerbaijan and Armenia presidents meet as the presidents have discussion on concrete issues, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said.
24 May 2007 [16:04]

PACE mission on monitoring of cultural monuments due to visit the region

There is no problem regarding the visit of the mission from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on monitoring the South Caucasus cultural monuments.
24 May 2007 [16:01]

Araz Azimov: "Azerbaijan will not allow changing the status of Lachin corridor"

Azerbaijan always had a principle position on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. We support peaceful solution to the conflict and are ready to use all resources, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said.
24 May 2007 [15:03]

State Committee for Refugees and IDPs holds roundtable

State Committee for Refugees and IDP and Executive Powers of the occupied regions of Azerbaijan held a roundtable devoted to the tasks about which President Ilham Aliyev spoke in meeting with the IDPs during the opening of new settlements in Yeni Ramana of Sabunchu region on May 4.
24 May 2007 [14:57]

Amnesty International publishes 2007 human rights report on Azerbaijan

Governments and armed groups around the world are using "the politics of fear" to crush human rights and encourage dangerous divisions in society, according to Amnesty International’s 2007 human rights report, released on Wednesday.
24 May 2007 [14:50]

Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan setting up expert team to regulate transport prices

Georgian Economy Minister, Giorgi Arveladze, Azerbaijan's Transport Minister, Ziya Mammadov and Kazakhstan's Transport and Communications Minister, Serik Ahmadov, have today come together in Tbilisi to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest.
24 May 2007 [14:36]

Azeri Premier attends meeting of CIS Council of heads of governments

Prime Minister, Artur Rasizade, has left for Yalta to attend the meeting of CIS Council of heads of governments.
24 May 2007 [14:26]

New plan of Actions is being prepared on NATO - Azerbaijan cooperation

New plan of actions is being prepared on future cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan. Araz Azimov, deputy Azerbaijan foreign Minister told the journalists.
24 May 2007 [13:51]

Local executive authorities should be abolished in Azerbaijan, Rovshan Aghayev says

The Economic Research Center has today delivered a presentation of "The Concept of Strengthening Municipalities in Azerbaijan".
24 May 2007 [12:54]

Azerbaijan, EU to negotiate on WTO accession in Brussels

Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU) will hold negotiations on the country's WTO accession efforts in late May, Brussels.
24 May 2007 [12:39]

Yuri Merzlyakov: "If St Petersburg meeting is fruitful presidents will meet again"

Armenian President Robert Kocharian agreed to OSCE Minsk Group co chairs' offer to meet Azerbaijan president in Saint Petersburg, Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co chair of OSCE Minsk Group told the press conference in Yerevan on his visit.
24 May 2007 [11:54]

Kazakh president's son-in-law faces abduction charges

A criminal case has been opened against Rakhat Aliyev, the son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarabayev, on abduction charges, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
24 May 2007 [11:52]

Russia continues military pullout from Georgia

Another train carrying Russian military hardware from a Soviet-era base in Georgia left the Caucasus state Thursday, the Georgian Defense Ministry said.
24 May 2007 [09:10]

Baku Xeber opposition newspaper's bank accounts frozen

Bank accounts of Baku Xeber newspaper have been arrested from May 18.
24 May 2007 [09:04]

Russian Ambassador regards FM's visit to Baku very productive

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 visit Nakhchivan

Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyn Avni Karslioglu will visit Nakhchivan on May 26.
24 May 2007 [08:58]

OSCE tries to help Azerbaijan support freedoms of expression and press

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 MG co-chairs meet Armenian PM

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fassier met Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian in Yerevan.
24 May 2007 [08:55]

NATO PA spring session starts in Portugal

Spring session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly will be held on May 24-29 in the city of Madeira, Portugal.
24 May 2007 [08:53]

Araz Azimov participates in Kerber Foundation’s roundtable

Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov ended his visit to Germany.
24 May 2007 [08:49]

International organizations should react to arsons, Novruz Mammadov says

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]

President Aliyev receives U.S. Department of State Special Representative

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]

Rights defenders and representatives of embassies debate on media situation in Azerbaijan

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]

WPFC To Azerbaijan Prez: Stop Jailing Journalists

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]

SANAM members protest in front of Iranian Embassy

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]

OSCE MG co-chairs meet with Armenian FM

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 Aliyev offers condolences to Turkish President, PM

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 seize computer drives from opposition newspaper; US complains

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 meets Azerbaijani parliament speaker

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]

FM Mammadyarov visits Turkmenistan

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov paid an official visit to Turkmenistan.
24 May 2007 [07:59]

Azerbaijan Government denies crackdown on news media

Government officials in Azerbaijan are denying any intention to crack down on media freedom in the country.
23 May 2007 [14:59]

Turkish Armed Forces will continue to assist Azerbaijani Armed Forces in conforming to NATO standards

"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]

Ramiz Mehdiyev: "Mixed-member electoral system can be applied in Azerbaijan depending on the opposition"

"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]

Ali Hasanov: "Gundalik Azerbaijan and Realny Azerbaijan newspapers can restore publication"

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]

Foreign Ministry negotiate with UN and OSCE to prevent fires in occupied territories

"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]

1994 coup d'etat activist arrested in Moscow

Bakhtiyar Mammadov, wanted active participant by Azerbaijan law-enforcement bodies has been arrested and handed over to Azerbaijan.
23 May 2007 [12:54]

Int'l conference on Democracy in Transition Societies held in Baku

"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]

Baku hosts conference on Caspian Sea ecology

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 opens door to foreign tourists

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]

Parliament ratified protocol on visa free entrance between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan

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]

Continuous harassment threatens existence of independent media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE watchdog

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]

Media situation in Azerbaijan hardly to be debated at PACE summer session

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]

CoeE Secretary General's Special Representative to Azerbaijan visits Nakchivan

Denis Bribosia, Special Representative of Council of Europe Secretary General to Azerbaijan went to Nakchivan.
23 May 2007 [09:05]

Azeri MPs to visit Moscow

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]

Azerbaijan, German Foreign Ministries hold talks

Azerbaijani and German Foreign Ministries are having political and security talks in Berlin.
23 May 2007 [09:01]

Azerbaijan tops the charts for number of imprisoned journalists

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]

FM Mammadyarov receives new Jordanian charge d'affaires

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Adil Adalya, newly appointed charge d'affaires of Kingdom of Jordan to Azerbaijan.
23 May 2007 [08:41]

Azerbaijan to protest if singers in Nagorno Karabakh contest will arrive at level of their governments

Armenian separatists will hold traditional Armenian contest-festival in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on June 1-5.
23 May 2007 [08:25]

Azerbaijani prosecutors file new charges against imprisoned newspaper editor

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 arrests 15 for encouraging Azeri protests

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]

Polish leaders meet Azerbaijani parliament speaker

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]

Armenians restart arsons in occupied Azerbaijani regions

Armenian Armed Forces continue to commit arsons in the occupied parts of Azerbaijani regions of Fuzuli and Jabrail.
22 May 2007 [23:05]

Turkish Armed Forces officers visit Baku

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 to visit Turkmenistan tomorrow

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]

Kyiv to host GUAM meeting on military technical cooperation

I would not like to make a final statement on the suspension of establishing GUAM peacekeeping forces.