Politics
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.
25 April 2007 [09:08]
Preliminary consent was received on Open Society Party's (OSP) concluding mutual agreement with Boyuk Gurulush and Justice parties.
25 April 2007 [09:06]
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Public Union's chief Nizami Bahmanov sent a protest letter to Anne Derse, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan on the changes to the initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
25 April 2007 [09:05]
Members of Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held a press conference on the results of the spring session.
25 April 2007 [08:51]
Houston Azerbaijanis Society and local Turkish community organized a protest action in Houston on April 20-21 under the slogan "No to Armenian lies!", Yusif Babanli, vice-president of Houston Azerbaijanis Society informs.
25 April 2007 [08:47]
"Azeri Jews and Israeli Azeris are moral bridge between our countries. The relationship between the peoples is of great importance," Israeli Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk told.
25 April 2007 [08:43]
OSCE published its 2006 annual report today. OSCE Central Office in Vienna told 112-page report reviews OSCE Offices' activity in the member-states and the chronicle of its cooperation with several international organizations.
25 April 2007 [08:42]
The two-day special working group meeting on the Caspian Sea legal regime convention in the Turkmen capital of Ashkhabad ended on Tuesday afternoon.
25 April 2007 [08:37]
Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Naser Hamidi Zare held talks with the Head of the Presidential Office's Socio-Political Department of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov on Tuesday.
25 April 2007 [08:33]
Court consideration on the suit brought by former Health Minister Ali Insanov against YAP executive secretary Ali Ahmadov was held today in Sabayel district court.
25 April 2007 [08:29]
The appeal of parliamentarian, leader of Ana Veten Party Fazail Agamali on lawyer Kamandar Nesibov to the Bar is investigated, said Farhad Najafov, deputy chief of the Bar.
25 April 2007 [08:26]
In connection with the death of first Russian president Boris Yeltsin, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev offered condolences to Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Yeltsin's wife Naina Yeltsina.
25 April 2007 [08:17]
On May 8, the Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) will hold demonstration in front of UN headquarters in NYC to protest the occupation of 16% of the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan by Armenian aggression and for the Human Rights of nearly 1 million refugees because of the occupation.
24 April 2007 [16:33]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza (US), Bernard Fassier (France) and Personal representative of OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk will meet with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos on May 10 in Madrid, Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told.
24 April 2007 [15:51]
"I intend to appeal for releasing Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, who has been captured by Armenians," Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, chief of Caucasian Muslims Office said.
24 April 2007 [15:22]
Peter Semneby, European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus will arrive in Azerbaijan on April 26.
24 April 2007 [13:35]
Turkey announced the timetable for presidential elections. The first and the second rounds of elections will be held on April 27 and May 2.
24 April 2007 [13:17]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev has left for Astana today to participate at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Foreign Ministers' Council to be held in Astana tomorrow, Foreign Ministry's press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told.
24 April 2007 [12:37]
"We are holding negotiations for the resumption of the postponed visit of Azerbaijani high-level delegation to the United States for security talks," US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza stated.
24 April 2007 [12:22]
OSCE representative on freedom of the media, Miklos Haraszti today arrived in Azerbaijan, OSCE Office in Vienna told.
24 April 2007 [11:59]
Today Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (WAPFP) members visited Turkish Martyrdom in Baku.
24 April 2007 [09:32]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the Azeri-language daily Gundalik Azarbaycan.
24 April 2007 [09:25]
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has condemned the beating of Azerbaijani journalist Uzeir Jafarov, who remains hospitalized with severe head injuries.
24 April 2007 [09:14]
"The status of Nagorno Karabakh is not on the agenda of present negotiations," said Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for Foreign Ministry.
24 April 2007 [09:11]
Azerbaijani parliamentarian Fazail Agamali will appeal to the Parliament's disciplinary commission.
24 April 2007 [09:01]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's President Goran Lenmarker's report will not be discussed in session to be held in Kyiv.
24 April 2007 [08:42]
The official of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Human Rights David Cupina will visit Azerbaijan in late April.
24 April 2007 [08:19]
Elchin Behbudov, chief of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture met with Eynulla Fetullayev, founder and editor-in-chief of "Gundelik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" newspapers, in detention.
24 April 2007 [08:16]
Ambeyi Ligabo, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression will visit Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
24 April 2007 [08:12]
"Ali Insanov and Eynulla Fatullayev are not political prisoners. Opposition newspapers always regarded Ali Insanov corrupt official. Now they defend him," Rabiyyat Aslanova, parliamentarian, chief of parliament’s commission on human rights said.
24 April 2007 [08:04]
The meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization legal and political affairs committee will be held in Bucharest on April 25-26.
24 April 2007 [07:59]
Wary of neighboring Iran's alleged ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons, Turkey has accelerated efforts to acquire different sorts of missile defense systems to deter a possible attack on its homeland.
24 April 2007 [07:34]
Tehran will host the Summit of Caspian Sea littoral states soon, the deputy foreign minister for Asia, Pacific and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) said on Monday.
23 April 2007 [23:32]
YAP (New Azerbaijan Party) leadership is to visit Guba region to see the mass graves found there.
23 April 2007 [23:12]
Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first ever democratically elected leader (1991-1999), has died at the age of 76 of long-term heart trouble.
23 April 2007 [23:06]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs has made a joint statement on the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vartan Oskanian, and Elmar Mammadyarov, in Belgrade April 18.
23 April 2007 [22:50]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his state visit to South Korea.
23 April 2007 [22:32]
The report on missing persons in the South Caucasus will be discussed in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee's meeting in Belgrade May 25, Leo Platvoet, PACE rapporteur on missing persons in the South Caucasus told.
23 April 2007 [22:27]
Members of the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Defense Organizations today met with Jose Luis Herrero Ansola, Head of OSCE Office in Baku, rights defender Saida Gajamanli said.
23 April 2007 [22:09]
Ruslan Bashirli, leader of Yeni Fikir youth movement kept in detention place #1 was taken to punishment cell, Elchin Behbudov, chief of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture told.
23 April 2007 [21:49]
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) has written a protest letter to the US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice.
23 April 2007 [21:45]
The delegation under the leadership of Irina Dill, chief of Youth Department of Belarus Ministry of Education visits Baku tomorrow, Youth and Sports Ministry press secretary Ragif Abbasov stated.
23 April 2007 [21:26]
Presidential government is specific to Azerbaijan, but there should be a balance among the government branches in such countries.
23 April 2007 [15:48]
Azeri Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov here on Monday called for promotion of defense cooperation with Iran.
23 April 2007 [13:36]
"The delimitation and demarcation of borders is technically difficult process. Therefore, it is groundless to say the border delimitation talks with Azerbaijan are delayed," the chief of commission on delimitation and demarcation of state borders, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia George Mandjgaladze told.
23 April 2007 [13:25]
The next stage of talks on the legal status of the Caspian Sea has started in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov is a negotiator from Azerbaijani side.
23 April 2007 [13:02]
Azerbaijan's National Strategy to Combat Corruption is being prepared, public debates will be organized for this purpose, Inam Kerimov, secretary of State Commission to Combat Corruption said.
23 April 2007 [12:59]
"Majority of international organizations support Azerbaijan and Armenia in the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This factor may provide a golden opportunity for the two countries," says the report by Goran Lennmarker, President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
23 April 2007 [12:45]
Mered Marazov, Turkmenistan's Ambassador to the US stated that carbohydrate resources of his country can be transported to the world markets through Azerbaijan as well, the Ambassador said at the fifth conference "South Western and Central Asia" organized at the University of Monta.
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