Politics
17 October 2006 [13:34]
"Khojali tragedy will be discussed in Turkey Parliament," Turkey PM Selaheddin Beyribey told to Hasan Zeynalov, Azerbaijani consul to Kars.
17 October 2006 [13:28]
Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate the ceasefire, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry press service informs.
17 October 2006 [13:04]
The defence expenditure of the Azerbaijan's State Budget was planned at AZN 796.8412m (approximately US $900m).
17 October 2006 [13:02]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev starts two-day visit to Belarus.
17 October 2006 [09:21]
Up to ten bilateral documents are expected to be signed during the official visit to Belarus by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, which begins on Tuesday.
17 October 2006 [08:58]
The criminal case of former chief of Administrative Department of the President's Office Akif Muradverdiyev was separated from the case of other former officials and sent to the court.
17 October 2006 [08:56]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian visited occupied Azerbaijan regions on October 15.
17 October 2006 [08:54]
OSCE Office in Baku holds workshop for the officers of law enforcement bodies to raise awareness of police during mass riots.
17 October 2006 [08:53]
"YAP always supported the dialogue and we declare again the dialogue is more useful than standoff. Unfortunately, while speaking of dialogue, the members of some opposition parties try to use it to get political dividend," Ali Ahmadov, the YAP deputy chief and Secretary General told journalists.
16 October 2006 [20:47]
Ziyafet Askarov, first deputy Milli Majlis chairman, head of the delegation of Azerbaijan in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly met with the NATO delegation led by Vahit Erdem, Chairman, NATO PA Sub-Committee on Future Security and Defense Capabilities.
16 October 2006 [20:39]
Minister of Defense, Col. Gen. Safar Abiyev met with the delegation led by Vahit Erdem, NATO PA Chairman of Sub-committee on Future Security and Defense Capabilities.
16 October 2006 [19:53]
The Vatican on Monday officially confirmed that Pope Benedict will visit Turkey at the end of November, a trip that had been put into doubt by Muslim anger over controversial comments he made about Islam.
16 October 2006 [19:26]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on October 16 received Ambassador Peter Allgeier, US Representative at World Trade Organization (WTO).
16 October 2006 [19:15]
As was earlier reported, a delegation led by Vahit Erdem, NATO PA Chairman of Sub-committee on Future Security and Defence Capabilities is on official visit in Azerbaijan.
16 October 2006 [19:00]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on calling back Azerbaijan permanent representative to COE Agshin Mehdiyev.
16 October 2006 [18:53]
"The delegation organized by COE General Secretary Terry Davis is more reliable, because it includes different experts from different fields. They will investigate cultural heritage of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia," Rafael Huseynov, the member of Azerbaijani delegation to COE told journalists.
16 October 2006 [16:01]
President Moshe Katsav faced mounting pressure on Monday to quit after police recommended he be charged with rape in a sex scandal tarnishing a public office Israelis cherish as being above their rough-and-tumble politics.
16 October 2006 [14:49]
GUAM Parliamentary Assembly signed communique on activating the settlement of "frozen" conflicts in its third meeting in Chisinau.
16 October 2006 [13:20]
The participants, who tied their mouth with ribbon symbolically, hit hands together for 15 minutes.
16 October 2006 [13:16]
Canada-Azerbaijan Circles Federation held meeting in Toronto on October 15, Azerbaijan Educational and Cultural Center press service in Canada informs.
16 October 2006 [12:42]
The Armenian foreign minister describes the Turkish government's offer to set up a joint commission of historians to examine the killings as 'dishonest.'
16 October 2006 [11:43]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire for 20 minutes beginning from 16.50, October 15.
15 October 2006 [23:08]
Georgian Parliament Speaker Nino Burdzhanadze urged Georgia's GUAM partners (Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) to give active support to Tbilisi in the confrontation with Moscow.
15 October 2006 [19:53]
The GUAM committee for political issues launched an initiative to this effect within the third meeting of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly, held in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sunday.
15 October 2006 [18:38]
A bronze monument erected in 2002 in the village of Chaville near Paris commemorating the "Armenian genocide" was stolen.
15 October 2006 [18:36]
French leader Jacques Chirac has told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan he is sorry French lawmakers approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians were victims of "genocide" at the hands of Ottoman Turks.
15 October 2006 [18:24]
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdul Fatah Salah met on Sudany Azeri Ambassador Elman Arasli in Amman.
15 October 2006 [15:07]
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test in a resolution that Pyongyang's envoy swiftly rejected as "gangster-like".
15 October 2006 [14:50]
Nizami Bahmanov, the chief of Azerbaijan Community of Nagorno Karabakh and head of Shusha Executive Power held a press conference.
15 October 2006 [14:43]
Russia as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair has pro Armenian position from the first day if its activity and showed its interest to place military units in Azerbaijan, Nizami Bahmanov, the chief of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno Karabakh, head of Shusha Executive Power told at the press conference.
14 October 2006 [16:47]
Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov expects that during a meeting with Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian the parties will have an opportunity to find common points in most complicated matters of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
14 October 2006 [16:22]
"We should be patient with the measures against France Parliament’s decision. There is no need to hurry," Novruz Mammadov, the President's Office International Relations Department chief told journalists.
14 October 2006 [13:23]
Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) made a statement on denouncing Azerbaijan law enforcement bodies which prevented the protest action of the organization outside France embassy for French Parliament's decision.
14 October 2006 [12:33]
The European Union on Friday condemned a French bill making it a crime to deny that the World War I-era killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide, calling it unhelpful at a critical stage in the Muslim country's EU entry talks.
14 October 2006 [11:26]
Malaysia Diplomats from Muslim nations who are based in the United States should create a grouping to help correct misperceptions about Islam and curb anti-Muslim sentiment, Malaysia's ambassador said.
14 October 2006 [11:22]
Azerbaijan's top lawmaker held talks with visiting senior Chinese lawmaker Xu Jialu here on Friday and both sides expressed the hope to enhance cooperation between their parliaments.
14 October 2006 [10:46]
Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev has today received Nikolay Pastkevich, Belarusian ambassador to Azerbaijan.
14 October 2006 [01:41]
The 192-member General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general by acclamation on Friday and the veteran diplomat who grew up during a war that divided his country pledged to "dispel the disillusionment" about the United Nations.
14 October 2006 [01:01]
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey was studying retaliatory measures against France following the approval of a law making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks.
14 October 2006 [00:57]
Turkey's military said on Friday Armenian soldiers fired into its territory two days ago amid an escalation in tensions after France's passage of a law making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered "genocide" by Ottoman Turks.
14 October 2006 [00:44]
During a session of the Milli Mejlis (parliament) deputies started discussion and adopted in the first reading the bill "On private guard activity," which was submitted to parliament by the president as a legislative initiative.
13 October 2006 [23:35]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met October 13 with the delegation headed by Vice-Chairman of the 10th China's National People's Congress (CNPC) Standing Committee Xu Jialu.
13 October 2006 [23:22]
Rovshen Mustafayev, the head of National Academy of Science Human Rights Institute, held press conference on a law would make it a crime to deny false Armenian genocide.
13 October 2006 [23:18]
Several ceremonies were held on the occasion of 85th anniversary of Kars Contract.
13 October 2006 [23:14]
A team of international experts has ended a fact-finding trip to the zone of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict aimed at investigating the causes of massive fires reported in Armenian-occupied territories of Azerbaijan in recent months.
13 October 2006 [20:02]
The Council of Europe's Venice Commission – renowned for its work with constitutions worldwide – is to assist in the preparation of the constitution for Montenegro, which became Europe's newest country after voting for independence from Serbia in a referendum held in May 2006.
13 October 2006 [19:54]
Azerbaijan Parliament issued statement on France Parliament's decision.
13 October 2006 [19:34]
On 13 October, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received delegation headed by Vice-Chairman of the 10th China's National People's Congress (CNPC) Standing Committee Xu Jialu
13 October 2006 [19:22]
Turkey 9th president Suleyman Demirel's exclusive interview to APA Turkey bureau.
13 October 2006 [19:12]
Lieut. Gen. Talib Mammadov and Maj.Gen. Gabil Mammadov, Azerbaijan's military attaches to Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively, were called back.
13 October 2006 [19:09]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Belarus on October 17, APA reports quoting Belta agency.
13 October 2006 [19:04]
On 12 October, a delegation headed by Vice-Chairman of the 10th CNPC Standing Committee Xu Jialu has arrived in Azerbaijan to hold consultations related to development of political, economic and cultural relations between two countries.
13 October 2006 [15:25]
"I regret that France Parliament adopted the law that would make it a crime to deny false Armenian genocide by first reading," Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut, French Ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists.
13 October 2006 [15:16]
The delegation of the General Prosecutor's Office led by Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Zakir Garalov was from October 9 to 11 in Austria to attend the third Session of the Conference of the Member-States of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and hold a number of official meetings.
13 October 2006 [15:14]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Germany's representative in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rainder Steenblock, press service of the Ministry said.
13 October 2006 [12:04]
Turkey's parliament agreed on Thursday that general elections should be held a year from now, quashing long-running speculation that the ruling AK Party would call snap polls.
13 October 2006 [12:00]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has issued a statement concerning the French parliament's decision on a bill which would make "genocide" denial punishable.
13 October 2006 [09:30]
Officials in Azerbaijan denounced the vote at French Parliament on a bill making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians in the final years of the Ottoman Empire was "genocide."
13 October 2006 [09:11]
Ganja Automobile Plant announces tender for importation of auto parts from China, Plant press service said.
13 October 2006 [09:05]
"Raise of issue on removing France from OSCE Minsk group is under president's authority," said Tahir Taghizade, Foreign Ministry Press and Information department chief.
12 October 2006 [19:46]
After the French parliament backed a bill that would punish those who deny the alleged Armenian genocide, which has caused a deal of great tension between Turkey and France, Paris stated that it wanted to continue its dialogue with Turkey.
12 October 2006 [19:28]
Zahid Oruj, an Azeri MP representing Ana Vatan government leaning party, proposed to expel France from co-chairing the OSCE MG for Nagorno Karabakh settlement.
12 October 2006 [19:25]
October 12 the first protest action was held in front of the French Embassy in Baku. However, police dispersed the unsanctioned rally, a few persons were detained.
12 October 2006 [19:19]
On October 12, Romanian President Traian Basescu and his accompanying delegation arrived at the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
12 October 2006 [19:16]
For the past fifteen years, the Iranian Azerbaijani minority has been fighting for greater cultural and linguistic rights, including the right to attend Azerbaijani Turkic language schools.
12 October 2006 [19:10]
Azerbaijani Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with members of the UK Parliament's delegation in the Interparliamentary Union, Ministry's press-service said.
12 October 2006 [19:06]
"I do not believe that the OSCE experts' monitoring of the arsons in occupied Azerbaijan territories will have any result.
12 October 2006 [19:04]
NATO supports the efforts made by OSCE Minsk Group on the solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict, said Robert Simmons, NATO Special Representative to South Caucasus and Central Asia.
12 October 2006 [16:38]
On September 12, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed at the Presidential Palace Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs James Jeffrey.
12 October 2006 [15:21]
"There is a need to review the uncoordinated territories of Azerbaijan-Georgia boarder," Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister and Azerbaijani chief of Intergovernmental Commission of Delimitation and Demarcation of Azerbaijan-Georgia boarder told.
12 October 2006 [15:08]
A French parliamentary vote supporting a bill on the alleged genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turks has dealt Turkish-French ties a severe blow, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
12 October 2006 [15:05]
The European Commission said Thursday that a French bill that would make it a crime to deny that the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Turkey was "genocide" will hamper reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia.
12 October 2006 [14:15]
French lawmakers on Thursday adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during and after World War II amounted to "genocide."
12 October 2006 [13:16]
The next summit of Caspian States Heads will be held in Tehran in November.
12 October 2006 [13:13]
Court of Appeal headed by Judge Rizvan Safarov considered the appeal against the decision of Nasimi District Court on prolonging former Economic Development minister Farhad Aliyev's detention for six more months.
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