Politics
12 October 2006 [13:12]
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov will visit Azerbaijan in December.
12 October 2006 [12:18]
Armenian Armed Forces continues to violate ceasefire.
12 October 2006 [10:22]
French historian Jean-Michel Thibaux who objects to the discussion of draft law about false Armenia Genocide in France Parliament wants to become Turkey citizenship.
12 October 2006 [09:23]
The next meeting of CIS Foreign Ministers Council will be held October 16.
11 October 2006 [22:58]
Agriculture Minister Ismet Abbasov met October 11 with US ambassador to Azerbaijan Mrs. Anne Derse to discuss the US-Azerbaijan relationship.
11 October 2006 [22:57]
11 October 2006 [22:42]
Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian called for the deepening of defense and security ties between Armenia and Britain during talks with a visiting senior British official on Wednesday.
11 October 2006 [21:26]
Romania President Traian Basescu pays two-day visit to Azerbaijan today. He met with his Azerbaijani counterpart one-on-one.
11 October 2006 [21:03]
France extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut said that Jacques Chirac did not make terms of Turkey's recognition of Armenian genocide for its EU membership in his visit to Yerevan.
11 October 2006 [20:13]
France extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut held a press conference on discussion of false Armenian genocide in France parliament.
11 October 2006 [19:46]
"No Azerbaijani school in Georgia was closed," Namig Afandiyev, Azerbaijan extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Georgia said.
11 October 2006 [16:33]
On October 11, President of Romania Traian Basescu arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit.
11 October 2006 [16:31]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent a message of congratulations to the Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on the country's National Day.
11 October 2006 [15:57]
Jordan's Prime Minister and Defense Minister Marouf Al Bakhit received on Wednesday Col. Gen. Najmaddin Sadihov, the First Deputy of the Azerbaijani Defense Minister and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
11 October 2006 [15:50]
"Turkey will react adequately if France Parliament adopts draft bill on false Armenian genocide," Turan Morali, Turkey ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists.
11 October 2006 [13:43]
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov met with members of the United Kingdom parliamentary delegation to the Interparliamentary Union.
11 October 2006 [13:20]
Belarussian Minister of Sports and Tourism Alexander Grigorov will visit Azerbaijan October 11-13.
11 October 2006 [13:18]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Pakistan's newly appointed Ambassador to the country Javed Qureshi, press service of the Ministry said.
11 October 2006 [13:13]
Ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev is going to have re-medical examination in the isolated ward of the Ministry of National Security.
11 October 2006 [13:11]
President Ilham Aliyev has decreed to approve the new composition of Azerbaijan's governmental commission for cooperation with the city of Moscow.
11 October 2006 [13:09]
Russian Interior Ministry begins negotiations with Moldova.
11 October 2006 [10:11]
"I call on Azerbaijani Parliament to make discussions on the Algeria genocide by France," Turkey PM from Afyon Mahmud Kochali said.
11 October 2006 [09:57]
11 October 2006 [09:03]
Karabakh Liberty Organisation (KLO) made statement condemning the next discussions on false Armenian genocide in France. French pro-Armenian position is clearly expressed in the statement.
10 October 2006 [20:13]
On October 10, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed at the Presidential palace members of the UK delegation to the Interparliamentary Union.
10 October 2006 [20:10]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Jordan Elman Arasli met with this country's Speaker Shakir Rifai to discuss ways of further strengthening the bilateral cooperation between the two countries' parliaments, press service of the Embassy said.
10 October 2006 [20:05]
10 October 2006 [19:59]
"The main aim of my participation as an observer in the local elections in Georgia is to prepare a report on Georgia's attitude to national minorities, as well as Azerbaijanis," said Sabina Freizer, the director of International Crisis Group South Caucasus Project.
10 October 2006 [19:57]
Death penalty should be abolished in every country which respects democratic principles and human rights, PACE President Rene van der Linden said on Tuesday.
10 October 2006 [19:55]
"There are some problems with holding the polls but few problems with the election law. It is possible to hold good elections through bad law and vice-versa," PACE Monitoring Committee rapporteur for Azerbaijan Andreas Herkel stated.
10 October 2006 [19:51]
Roundtable on Defamation bill was chaired by OSCE Center in Baku.
10 October 2006 [19:49]
OSCE Media Freedom representative Miklos Haraszti held a meeting today and said that media freedom deteriorates in Azerbaijan.
10 October 2006 [19:48]
"Some persons want to increase the sale percentage of their newspapers by using these methods when the percentage is low," stated Kamaleddin Heydarov.
10 October 2006 [19:47]
"Georgia and Russia broke off the relations with each other half a year ago. The crisis had reached to its peak now. I think both sides should make concessions," said Sabina Freizer, the director of International Crisis Group South Caucasus Project.
10 October 2006 [19:45]
Azerbaijan Parliament appealed to France Parliament. The appeal reads dissatisfaction of the discussion of the bill for punishing those who deny Armenian Genocide in France Parliament.
10 October 2006 [15:58]
Azerbaijan Parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev addressed the parliament and demanded to invite Interior Ministry Ramil Usubov for reporting.
10 October 2006 [14:00]
President of Romania Trajan Besescu's exclusive interview to APA.
10 October 2006 [12:54]
Azerbaijan political parties will be registered again after the adoption of a new bill, said President's Office Socio-political Department's chief Ali Hasanov.
10 October 2006 [12:26]
Minister of National Security Lieut. Gen. Eldar Mahmudov met with the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons, press service of the Ministry said.
10 October 2006 [12:23]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted conditions French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy laid down in return for voting down a controversial bill penalizing any denial of the alleged genocide of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
09 October 2006 [22:56]
Chairman of Azerbaijan's Parliament Oqtay Asadov met October 9 with the delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Inter-Parliamentary Union - an international organization of the Parliaments of sovereign States.
09 October 2006 [22:47]
President of the Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to Russia's Vesti TV program on October 9.
09 October 2006 [22:31]
Minsk Summit of the CIS state heads scheduled for October 17 has been postponed.
09 October 2006 [22:30]
"Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers' Moscow meeting was fruitful. We are very glad that both ministers have positive expression about the meeting," said Russian OSCE MG co-chair.
09 October 2006 [22:05]
At the invitation of the Azerbaijan authorities, a delegation of the Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe, observed the partial repeat of municipal elections held on 6th October 2006.
09 October 2006 [22:01]
President Ilham Aliyev called back Yashar Aliyev, constant representative of Azerbaijan in UN and extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Cuba Republic.
09 October 2006 [21:54]
The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, on Monday urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation.
09 October 2006 [21:50]
Azerbaijani Defense Minister, general-colonel Safar Abiyev received Robert Simon, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
09 October 2006 [21:41]
"Turkey should deport 70 000 Armenian migrants if the bill on punishment for denying Armenian genocide is adopted by France Parliament," Yashar Yakish, Turkey former Foreign Minister and chairman of the Parliament's Adaptation Commission to the EU, said.
09 October 2006 [16:42]
Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus Investigation Center (RCACIC) operating in Iran introduced Nagorno Karabakh as a conflict side.
09 October 2006 [16:18]
An article by Turkey's Hurriyet edition columnist Ferai Tinc on so called "Armenian genocide" and Turkey's foreign policy.
09 October 2006 [16:04]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on October 9 received the delegation led by NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simons.
09 October 2006 [15:59]
09 October 2006 [15:55]
President Ilham Aliyev received Mr. Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, October 9.
09 October 2006 [15:31]
The October 6 municipal by-elections in Azerbaijan were held with violations, so the ballot cannot be considered democratic, deputy head of the Musavat opposition party Arif Gajily told Interfax on Monday.
09 October 2006 [15:22]
143%. That is the number held by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a report made public on June 12th to evaluate the increase in Georgia's military expenditures in 2005. In this military roster, the neighboring Southern Caucasian republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia show increases in their armament expenditures of 51% and 23% respectively.
09 October 2006 [15:20]
OSCE representative on freedom of media Miklos Haraszti is on visit to Baku.
09 October 2006 [13:57]
CIS Cultural Cooperation Council 21st meeting started in Baku.
09 October 2006 [13:46]
"OSCE representative on freedom of media Miklos Haraszti aims to discuss defamation bill during his visit to Azerbaijan," Ali Hasanov, President's Office Sociopolitical Department chief told.
09 October 2006 [13:42]
Rally on "Stop, France! Armenian genocide is false!" was staged in Galatasaray Square, Istanbul.
09 October 2006 [13:28]
Armenian Armed Forces continues to violate the ceasefire.
09 October 2006 [10:41]
Central Election Commission has not received any complaints about local elections held on Friday.
08 October 2006 [03:01]
Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with representatives of French companies doing business in Turkey on Saturday and asked for their help to thwart a French bill that would make it a crime to deny that World War I-era killings of Armenians amounted to genocide, the state-owned Anatolia news agency reported.
08 October 2006 [02:53]
This country entry has been extracted from a forthcoming Amnesty International (AI) report, Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns in the Region: January - June 2006 to be issued later in 2006.
07 October 2006 [18:05]
More than a dozen activists who rallied in support of Georgia outside the country's embassy and accosted counter-protesters with taunts and eggs were arrested on Saturday.
07 October 2006 [16:18]
A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe observed the repeat partial municipal elections held in Azerbaijan on October 6 has held a press conference.
07 October 2006 [16:14]
Russia's decision to impose a transport and postal blockade on Georgia after a bruising spy scandal may result in the economic isolation of its impoverished ally Armenia, politicians and analysts warned.
07 October 2006 [15:29]
Chairman of NATO PA Subcommittee on Future Security and Defense Capabilities Vahid Erden is expected to visit Azerbaijan October 15.
07 October 2006 [15:27]
On October 6, the last day of the PACE autumn session, discussed were the questions on family and social health, Europe's interest in economical development of Russia and local autonomy on borders of the European Council.
07 October 2006 [15:26]
On October 7, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev phoned to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
07 October 2006 [15:12]
Following his arrival in Athens on an official visit, Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian met on October 4 with Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Meimarakis and other senior officials to discuss bilateral military cooperation.
07 October 2006 [15:11]
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has warned against Russia's "racist rhetoric" and called for European backing amid the fallout from a spying row.
07 October 2006 [15:09]
Keeping ports safe from terrorists and other threats was the theme of a workshop concluding today that brought together port security experts from 12 OSCE Black Sea and Caspian Sea countries.
07 October 2006 [15:05]
Rather intense talks were held in Moscow, a number of ideas proposed by co-chairs within the context of problems, which aroused within the talks, were discussed, Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov stated.
07 October 2006 [15:03]
"Not Central Election Commission but the electorate and candidates should be blamed for ineffective local election in Nardaran," said CEC secretary Natig Mammadov.