Politics
27 April 2007 [14:30]
The U.S. government has not changed its policy regarding the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, US State Department official Tom Casey said a briefing in Washington, D.C.
27 April 2007 [12:58]
"During the meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, I concerned myself with the current negotiations for peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The President informed me about the latest meetings between the parties. I think the parties have certain positive approaches to the problem," former Romanian President Ion Iliescu told journalists in Baku.
27 April 2007 [12:31]
Romania is a member of the European Union and this factor predetermines Romania's role in international relations, former President of Romania Ion Iliescu told journalists in Baku while commenting on the prospect of Romania's joining GUAM.
27 April 2007 [11:57]
Israeli-Azerbaijan International Association (IAIA) is planning to hold solemn event on May 28 - Republic day of Azerbaijan.
27 April 2007 [11:55]
The solemn opening ceremony of the US European Command's "Joint Tendency-2007" maneuvers started in Armenian Defense Ministry's Military Aviation Institute. Azerbaijani military men do not attend these maneuvers.
27 April 2007 [11:08]
27 April 2007 [10:48]
Serbia urged a U.N. Security Council fact-finding mission Thursday to reject a Western-backed plan that would give supervised independence to Kosovo, as thousands of Serb refugees rallied to demand they be able to return to the breakaway province.
27 April 2007 [09:18]
Azerbaijani delegation led by General Major Ilham Mehdiyev, chief of the Coastal Security of the State Border Service visited Turkey.
27 April 2007 [09:13]
Azerbaijani ambassador to the Kingdom of Netherlands Fuad Isgandarov presented his credentials to the Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
27 April 2007 [09:10]
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan on May 2-3.
27 April 2007 [09:09]
Head of Azerbaijan permanent representation to UN Agshin Mehdiyev will visit Cuba.
27 April 2007 [09:06]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received former Romanian President and the honorary chief of Social Democratic Party Ion Iliescu.
27 April 2007 [08:59]
Committee for the Defense of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis (CDRWA) applied to US Congress on the violation of rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis.
27 April 2007 [08:59]
The 15th anniversary of the occupation of Azerbaijani town of Shusha by Armenian foreces will be marked in Strasbourg, France, State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad informs.
27 April 2007 [08:58]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received former speaker of Turkish parliament Hikmet Chetin.
27 April 2007 [08:57]
Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) will organize a protest action outside the UN headquarters in New York, State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad told.
27 April 2007 [08:53]
The State Department denied on Thursday that it restored the controversial passage under Azerbaijani pressure.
27 April 2007 [08:50]
Head of President's Press Service Azer Gasimov held a press conference on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's first state visit to South Korea.
27 April 2007 [08:50]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov regarded the changes to initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices "completely inadmissible fact." He said making any changes to already published reports is a bad precedent.
27 April 2007 [08:24]
The appeal filed against the arrest of Rizvan Talibov, chief of the Defense Committee of former Health Minister Ali Insanov's rights, head of the Unity of Returning to Western Azerbaijan, will be considered on Friday, said Telman Novruzzade, lawyer for Talibov.
26 April 2007 [23:44]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Ambeyi Ligabo the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
26 April 2007 [23:37]
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry welcomed the restoration of the first version of US State Department initial 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the Ministry said in a statement.
26 April 2007 [23:22]
"100 million euro has been allocated at the disposal of the European Commission for the implementation of the action plan between the European Union and Azerbaijan within first three years, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told.
26 April 2007 [23:09]
"I visited Nagorno Karabakh as a member of British Delegation. Nagorno Karabakh is inalienable part of Azerbaijan. Internally displaced persons should be brought back to their homelands," The only Moslem member of British House of Lords Nazir Ahmad told journalists.
26 April 2007 [23:00]
NATO is expected to supply Azerbaijan and Georgia with new technical equipment for strengthening security of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Arzurum pipelines.
26 April 2007 [22:44]
Today elections are held for full and corresponding membership of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).
26 April 2007 [16:25]
President Ilham Aliyev today received Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
26 April 2007 [15:35]
Latvia's President Vaira Vike-Freiberga is to attend the summit of head of states of GUAM to be held in Baku on June, Latvian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Mikhails Popkovs told.
26 April 2007 [14:17]
"The United States' policy which respects Azerbaijan, respects status of Nagorno Karabakh has not changed," US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Anne Derse said when commenting on the State Department's restoring the first version of initial 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
26 April 2007 [14:10]
The occupied territories of Azerbaijan' will be liberated by the schedule to be worked out by Armenian Armed Forces, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said when commenting on the negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
26 April 2007 [13:57]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Russian Embassy in Russia.
26 April 2007 [13:35]
"Tolerance – is one of the best Azerbaijan's aspects, your country can be an example for Europe as well," Council of Europe Secretary General's special representative on Azerbaijan told.
26 April 2007 [13:02]
On behalf of Azerbaijani-American community of California, the AAC thanks the U.S.
26 April 2007 [11:56]
Davud Savalanoglu, representative of South Azerbaijan Awakening Movement (SANAM) to Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) made statement on his resignation.
26 April 2007 [11:12]
"I have arrived in Baku for one-day visit as the European Union approaches media issues very attentively. Of course, I am interested in concrete issues, and I discussed these issues in my previous visits and I intend to keep on debating these issues again," said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
26 April 2007 [11:10]
One more missing Azerbaijani is said to have been captured by Armenians on May 8-9, 1992 during the occupation of Shusha.
26 April 2007 [11:06]
The monitoring on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, near the Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy region of Azerbaijan is to be held in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on April 27.
26 April 2007 [11:05]
"We hope certain amendment will be made to Azerbaijani legislation that will provide considering suits on professional activity of journalists on the basis of Civil Code. According to European standards, problems related to journalists are not solved in accordance with the Criminal Code," said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti.
26 April 2007 [10:14]
26 April 2007 [09:54]
International scientific-practical conference on the role of tourism in the economy of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member-states will be held in Baku on June 21-22.
26 April 2007 [09:51]
Opening ceremony of Azerbaijani branch of Russia's Caucasus Democratic Institution Development Fund was held.
26 April 2007 [09:48]
Azerbaijan's Interior Minister, General Colonel Ramil Ususbov today received Ambeyi Ligabo, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Ministry's Press service told.
26 April 2007 [09:44]
"The changes to the initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are right. The previous variant of the report was wrong. The situation needed clarifying, because the current stage of negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is very delicate," US Assistant Secretary of State, OSCE Minsk group co-chair Mathew Bryza stated in his interview to radio Voice of America.
26 April 2007 [09:39]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his state visit to South Korea.
26 April 2007 [09:39]
"I know how delicate question is Nagorno Karabakh for Azerbaijani government and every Azerbaijani. I understand uneasiness of people about different interpretation of the Nagorno Karabakh issue and its status. I restate that the United States has not changed its position on Nagorno Karabakh and its status," US ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:28]
The 2nd meeting of the intergovernmental economic commission between Azerbaijan and Poland will be held in Baku in September-October, Polish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:23]
The meeting of the intergovernmental commission between Russia and Azerbaijan has been postponed, the head of Russia's Trade Office in Azerbaijan Yuri Shedrin told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:18]
Turkish political parties' representatives comment on the pre-election situation
26 April 2007 [09:10]
Isakhan Ashurov, lawyer for Eynulla Fetullayev, editor-in-chief of "Gundelik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" newspapers kept in Bayil detention place #1 met with his defendant.
26 April 2007 [09:08]
Nasimi district Court has been appealed as the term of imprisonment of former economic development minister Farhad Aliyev expired.
26 April 2007 [08:54]
Ambeyi Ligabo, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression is on visit in Baku.
26 April 2007 [08:52]
Etibar Mammadov, leader of pro-opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) has left for Croatia to attend the conference of International Democratic Union.
26 April 2007 [08:51]
The delegation of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad led by Sureddin Humbatov is visiting Bucharest.
26 April 2007 [08:50]
We are worried about the weakness of Azerbaijani opposition. We want the opposition deserve government in the country, said YAP Deputy Executive Secretary, parliamentarian Siyavush Novruzov.
26 April 2007 [08:46]
On Thursday Baku State University will organize meeting with Nazir Ahmad, the only Muslim representative of Lord's Chamber.
26 April 2007 [08:41]
The 80th jubilee of the first Azerbaijani defense minister, General Lieutenant Valeh Barshadli will be celebrated in Baku.
26 April 2007 [08:38]
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's candidacy to presidency will be protested by over 400 NGOs in a mass rally in Istanbul on Sunday.
26 April 2007 [08:35]
Parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev who is detained in Boyuk Shor hospital of Justice Ministry was examined by neurosurgeon.
26 April 2007 [08:33]
Despite stronger efforts by Armenian lobby in US for approval of Armenian genocide resolution in the Congress, some congressmen declined their signatures for supporting the resolution.
25 April 2007 [22:24]
The next meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Foreign Ministers Council will be held in Dushanbe in October, 2007.
25 April 2007 [22:20]
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will organize an international conference "Role of media in the development of tolerance and mutual understanding" in Baku on April 26-28.
25 April 2007 [22:01]
President Ilham Aliyev will make his first official visit to Arab Republic of Egypt on May 6-8 at the invitation of President Mahammad Husni Mubarak, Egyptian embassy in Baku told.
25 April 2007 [15:05]
Pro-opposition Azadliq alliance's state building and Legal Policy Commission held a press conference on the draft resolution it worked out on the amendments to the Electoral Code.
25 April 2007 [14:39]
The visit of the Polish President Lech Kachinsky to Baku was very successful and we are satisfied by the results of this visit, Polish ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski told journalists.
25 April 2007 [13:06]
Georgia witnesses unique situation. Three high officials of Georgia- President, Prime Minister and Parliament's Chairman are on visit.
25 April 2007 [12:58]
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan issued an executive order on nomination of new Defense Minister of the country.
25 April 2007 [12:29]
Despite stronger efforts by Armenian lobby in US for approval of Armenian genocide resolution in the Congress, some congressmen declined their signatures for supporting the resolution.
25 April 2007 [12:05]
Does Abdullah Gul command enough balance between secular and Islamic sensitivities to satisfy all sides of Turkey's anguished debate over national identity?
25 April 2007 [11:56]
A national day of mourning has been declared in Russia on the death of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin. State flags will be lowered and cultural events will be postponed. The government advised the TV channels to postpone entertaining programs.
25 April 2007 [11:54]
A group of Armenians living in Washington hold a protest action outside Turkey's embassy in the US on the anniversary of so-called "Armenian genocide."
25 April 2007 [11:51]
On the eve of so called "Armenian genocide" U.S. President George W. Bush in his annual April 24 speech did not call 1915-1923 historical events as genocide.
25 April 2007 [11:50]
Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijan Armed Forces from their positions in Shikhlar village of Agdam from 00.15 till 00.35 and Javahirli village with machine and submachine guns from 04.20 till 04.45 on April 25.
25 April 2007 [09:24]
Belarus is interested in developing bilateral relations with Azerbaijan, country's President Alexander Lukashenko said in his annual address to the National Assembly and the Belarusian nation on Tuesday.
25 April 2007 [09:14]
Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov was called to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
25 April 2007 [09:11]
Today National NGO Forum Management Staff and Control Inspection Commission held meeting.
EU acknowledges strategic significance of Baku International Sea Trade Port in Middle Corridor
Weapons & ammunition discovered in Khankendi
South Korea conducts live-fire exercises near borders of DPRK
Azerbaijani Army units conduct inspection in military equipment
Azerbaijan's AccessBank joins UN Global Compact
TikTok closed in Kyrgyzstan
Navigating challenges in Azerbaijan's trade turnover amidst global uncertainties