Politics
30 September 2006 [13:48]
The French National Assembly has decided to vote in the coming days on a highly contentious bill -- shelved last spring, leading to dismay and anger among the Armenian diaspora in France -- that penalizes any denial of an alleged Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
30 September 2006 [13:31]
The member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament Baroness Vivien Sterr, Governor of Edinburgh Prison David Croft and Deputy Director of the John Smith Memorial Trust Joanna Lamb will be visiting Azerbaijan on October 2.
30 September 2006 [13:28]
On September 29, Chinese Embassy arranged a ceremony dedicated to the 57th anniversary of proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
30 September 2006 [13:17]
Spain's company engaged in woodwork in the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands.
30 September 2006 [13:06]
Regular meeting of Central Election Commission chaired by Mazahir Panahov was held Sept. 29.
30 September 2006 [12:56]
Cuba and Azerbaijan signed two accords Friday to promote dialogue and bilateral cooperation at the same time promising to defend a peace, stability and equitable development agenda in international forums.
30 September 2006 [12:44]
Charles Both, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer for Farhad and Rafiq Aliev, said the authorities have violated both Azerbaijani law and international human rights norms.
30 September 2006 [12:01]
Council of Europe will send an election observation mission leaded by Romanian Lyudmila Sfirloaga to observe local elections in Azerbaijan scheduled for 6 October.
30 September 2006 [11:55]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on dismissal of head of executive power of Masalli region Ogtay Aliyev.
30 September 2006 [10:27]
"The damage to the real estate in the Azerbaijani territories occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces costs USD80-100bn with consideration of the present inflation," State Real Estate Registration Service (SRERS) chairman Arif Garashov said.
30 September 2006 [10:18]
"The exclusion of Turkish candidates from the list for their rejecting false "Armenian genocide" in the Netherlands have nothing to do with democracy even with humanness," Turkish parliamentarian from ANAP party, member of foreign relations commission Zubeyir Amber told.
29 September 2006 [19:09]
Parliamentary elections in November 2005 brought severe negative consequences for the Azerbaijani opposition.
29 September 2006 [19:01]
Minister of Emergency Situations Col. Gen. Kamaladdin Heydarov has received French ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut.
29 September 2006 [18:56]
"Armenia can start war only after Azerbaijan's attack," Vartan Oskanian, Armenian Foreign Minister stated at the press conference.
29 September 2006 [18:42]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and his Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque are due to sign Friday in Cuban capital of Havana an inter-ministerial accord for the exemption of visas.
29 September 2006 [15:33]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza (US), Bernard Fasier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), who are mediating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, will visit Azerbaijan on October 2 this year, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Taghizadeh told.
29 September 2006 [15:20]
Russia's ambassador to Georgia continued Moscow's diplomatic attack on Tbilisi Friday dismissing espionage charges brought against four officers stationed in the capital.
29 September 2006 [15:18]
A senior Russian MP launched a vitriolic attack on the Georgian leadership Friday and called on Russia's government to use every available lever to pressure Tbilisi over an acrimonious espionage scandal.
29 September 2006 [14:43]
Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, Lieut. Gen. Aydin Aliyev met September 28 with US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mrs. Anne Derse.
29 September 2006 [14:29]
On September 27, representative of Azerbaijan exercised the Right of Reply on the last day of the general debates at the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly to make some things clear about the statements made by Armenia's Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian at the General Assembly.
29 September 2006 [14:26]
Latif Gandilov, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Kazakhstan met with S. Abdurrahmanov, Chairman of the Committee for International Affairs, Defense and Security of the lower chamber of Kazakhstan Parliament (Majlis).
29 September 2006 [14:22]
"Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, at a meeting with Samuel Bodman, US Secretary of Energy, discussed construction of a Caspian gas pipeline and peaceful atom development," Karim Massimov, Vice Premier, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning has stated this at a briefing for journalists.
29 September 2006 [14:03]
Former president of Azpetrol Group of Companies Rafig Aliyev faced new accusations on September 28, Jamil Hasanli, Rafig and Farhad Aliyevs' Rights Defense Committee chief told journalists.
29 September 2006 [13:59]
Azerbaijani imprisoned ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev appealed to intellectuals and parliamentarians.
29 September 2006 [13:54]
Ex-minister of economic development Farhad Aliyev's real estates including the properties registered as those of some legal entities were seized by a court decision, State Real Estate Registration Service chairman Arif Garashov said.
29 September 2006 [13:52]
Russian Ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko has confirmed that Lieut. Col. Konstantin Pichugin is staying at the headquarters of the Group of Russian Troops in the Transcaucasia in Tbilisi.
29 September 2006 [13:49]
The Georgian Interior Ministry said Friday that one Russian serviceman has been released and four officially charged with espionage in a scandal that threatens to wreck already tense bilateral relations.
29 September 2006 [13:46]
Iran's foreign minister reiterated Friday the Islamic Republic's position that it does not see any reason to announce a moratorium on its uranium enrichment program.
29 September 2006 [13:43]
The US Department of Defense at the Pentagon has apologized to Turkey for an incident in which an American lieutenant colonel used a map showing 18 different cities in Turkey inside an area labeled "Kurdistan" during a seminar at the Rome-based NATO Defense College.
29 September 2006 [13:38]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will address the first sitting of Milli Majlis autumn session on October 2.
29 September 2006 [13:31]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to arrive in Latvia for a two-day working visit next Wednesday [Oct. 4], a spokeswoman for Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga said.
29 September 2006 [10:16]
An appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction of three Azerbaijani opposition youth activists on charges of attempting to stage a coup, but reduced a prison term for one of them.
29 September 2006 [10:14]
"We accept both Nagorno Karabakh's independence and its inclusion into Armenia," Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said in his interview to Al-Jazeera TV channel.
29 September 2006 [09:58]
Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has called up two uncapped defenders to his squad for next month's Euro 2008 qualifier against Azerbaijan.
29 September 2006 [08:53]
Leader of Democratic Reforms Party (DRP) Asim Mollazadeh met with Russian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov.
29 September 2006 [08:09]
Armenian Environment Protection Minister Vardan Ayvazyan made insulting remarks against Jews which angered the Jewish community of the country.
28 September 2006 [16:23]
The State Committee for Azerbaijanis Abroad (SCAA) prepares for the first Forum of Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas to be held in Baku in March next year, SCAA chief Nazim Ibrahimov told the press conference.
28 September 2006 [16:09]
Press conference was held in Baku devoted to the end of the meeting of the heads of border departments' working group of the International Border Issues Conference (SIOFOK Conference).
28 September 2006 [16:07]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received chairman of Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)-Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushaylo.
28 September 2006 [15:57]
Azeri Deputy FM, Special Representative of Azeri President on NK Araz Azimov considers linking the Nagorno Karabakh settlement with the future model of self-determination of Kosovo population groundless.
28 September 2006 [14:54]
Lawyers for the imprisoned ex-development minister Farhad Aliyev have many times appealed for inviting doctors, specialists for treatment of the ex-minister.
28 September 2006 [13:47]
The mission of European Union trio will visit Azerbaijan on October 3.
28 September 2006 [13:44]
Georgia's Foreign Ministry demanded Thursday the surrender of a Russian intelligence officer accused of espionage.
28 September 2006 [13:40]
Over 40 international terrorism men suspects have been detained on Azerbaijan borders, Elchin Guliyev, chief of the State Border Service (SBS) said.
28 September 2006 [13:35]
Armenia continues violating the ceasefire.
28 September 2006 [13:33]
The European Parliament (EP)adopted a critical report on Turkey's accession to the European Union on Wednesday afternoon.
28 September 2006 [13:13]
"The proposals offered by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is quite balanced and fair," said French President Jacques Chirac while commenting on current situation in the settlement of the Nagorno Garabagh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
28 September 2006 [09:17]
Media in Dagestan are carrying out propaganda against Azerbaijan under the head of "Chernovic" newspaper published in Mahachkala.
28 September 2006 [00:19]
Fall session of Milli Majlis of third convocation is to resume on October 2.
28 September 2006 [00:15]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov participating in the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New-York met September 26 with Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, President of the 61st session.
28 September 2006 [00:12]
Ombudswoman Elmira Suleymanova has me with experts of the Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECIR) Clause Stoltenberg, Claude Lamm and Christian Achlund.
28 September 2006 [00:09]
Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic, Col. Gen. Ramil Usubov has met with the deputy head of the OSCE Baku Office Robin Seward, September 27.
28 September 2006 [00:06]
Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Elchin Efendiyev met September 27 with U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse.
28 September 2006 [00:01]
President Ilham Aliyev on September 27 at Presidential Palace received the delegates of meeting of the heads of border departments' working group of the International Border Issues Conference (SIOFOK Conference).
27 September 2006 [23:57]
International mediators have all but dispelled Armenian concerns about the United Nations’s involvement in the Nagorno Karabakh peace process sought by Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said after meeting them late Tuesday.
27 September 2006 [23:01]
Eight members of Iranian parliament protested against insulting of a mosque in Nagorno Karabakh province of Azerbaijan.
27 September 2006 [16:44]
The working group of heads of border services of the countries participating in the International Conference on Border Affairs hosted by Baku held a meeting today.
27 September 2006 [15:52]
President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to the correspondents of Qatar's Al-Jazeera broadcasting corporation Abdulmunim Salim Adil and Huda Khalil Rahme, who are visiting Azerbaijan.
27 September 2006 [15:20]
"Musavat Party's authoritative bodies are formed after the congress. Different statements made by the sides of electoral process within the party cannot be regarded as conflict among the party members. Musavat's Assembly members have rights to stand for or against the candidates to the chairmanship post in the Assembly," Musavat Party leader Isa Gambar told that while commenting on the groups within party making allegations against one another on the eve of the Musavat Assembly's sitting scheduled for 30 September.
27 September 2006 [14:58]
27 September, President Ilham Aliyev received Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of India to Azerbaijan Jyoti Svarup Pande as he is completing his diplomatic mission in the country.
27 September 2006 [14:43]
"Turkey will face pressures for the false "Armenian genocide" till Armenia gives up its groundless claims. The main thing here is Turkey's demonstrating decisiveness and rejecting the baseless claims once and for all," member of Turkish parliamentary delegation to PACE, CHP parliamentarian Gulsun Bilgehan told.
27 September 2006 [14:23]
President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on raising the salaries of those working at over 1 200 meters altitude for stimulating their activity and strengthening social protection.
27 September 2006 [14:04]
Iran's top nuclear negotiator has arrived in Berlin to discuss Iran's nuclear research program with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Iran's Supreme National Security Council said Wednesday.
27 September 2006 [13:52]
Contact line Azerbaijani and Armenian troops will be monitored near Borsunlu village of Azerbaijani region of Geranboy tomorrow in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
27 September 2006 [13:50]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, who are mediating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, are expected to visit the region soon.
27 September 2006 [13:48]
"In my report I will do proposals to investigate in the case that there is concrete evidence that missings are still alive.
27 September 2006 [13:45]
The ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) started preparations for the 2008 presidential elections.
27 September 2006 [10:17]
Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev received Anne E. Derse, US ambassador to Azerbaijan.
27 September 2006 [10:09]
OSCE Mission will visit the region in October for assessing Armenian arsons in occupied Azerbaijani territories to prepare an environmental operation in accordance with the UN relevant resolution, Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry told.
27 September 2006 [10:07]
Azerbaijan Constitutional Court chief Farhad Abdullayev received Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov yesterday.
27 September 2006 [09:54]
President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on dismissal of heads of executive powers of Yasamal and Khatai districts of Baku.
27 September 2006 [08:48]
The issue "GUAM conflicts, their impact on international peace and security" has been included into the agenda of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly by the joint initiative of GUAM member states.
26 September 2006 [23:36]
In a meeting with visiting Azeri deputy prime minister on Tuesday, first vice President Parviz Davudi said the accomplishments of Iran belong to all friendly neighboring countries.
26 September 2006 [20:25]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has sent a message of congratulations Shinzo Abe on his election Prime Minister of Japan.
26 September 2006 [20:21]