Politics
23 September 2006 [01:10]
U.S. Senate approved yesterday the amendment to the law prohibiting financing of construction of the Baku-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway bypassing Armenia.
23 September 2006 [00:51]
Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vartan Oskanian will discuss settlement to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with the co-chairmen of the mediating OSCE Minsk Group in New York September 25-26, Azeri officials said.
22 September 2006 [22:23]
Russia warned on September 22 that Georgia's integration into NATO will target Russia's political, military and economic interests "and will have a negative effect on a fragile situation in the Caucasus".
22 September 2006 [16:09]
President Ilham Aliyev is paying a working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany today.
22 September 2006 [15:50]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again killing Azerbaijani Army soldier.
22 September 2006 [10:48]
Azerbaijani National Security Minister, chef of State Commission for prisoners of war, missing persons and hostages, General Lieutenant Eldar Mahmudov received the International Committee of the Red Cross (IRCC) Baku office former chief Mary Vernts and present one Martin Amasher.
22 September 2006 [10:39]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today received Ambassador David A. Gross, the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.
22 September 2006 [09:59]
"The activities of embassies in Hungary were not suspended due to recent riots in the capital Budapest. Azerbaijani Embassy operates as usual," Nigar Efendiyeva, embassy official told.
22 September 2006 [09:11]
Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order to confirm Azerbaijani composition of the Azerbaijan-Italy intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation.
21 September 2006 [21:58]
Defense Minister, Gen.Col Safar Abiyev today received the delegation led by General William Ward, Deputy Commander of the U.S. European Command.
21 September 2006 [21:54]
Poll was conducted among Azerbaijani parliament members. The question was whether the Nagorno Karabakh problem with Armenia can be solved through peaceful way or through war.
21 September 2006 [21:34]
Armenian families, who have been transferred to Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories, are leaving the region collectively.
21 September 2006 [15:58]
Israel has found an unexpected friend. It is Azerbaijan, writes Israeli writer Meyir Uzeil, who visited Azerbaijan in the composition of delegation of Writers-Envoys September 4.
21 September 2006 [15:06]
Head of NATO Parliamentary Assembly defense and security subcommittee Fran Coock will visit Azerbaijan from October 16 to 18.
21 September 2006 [13:48]
Azerbaijani embassy and consulate in Russia suspended issuing passports to Azerbaijanis due to appearing of frauds.
21 September 2006 [13:44]
President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on appointment of first deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Economic Council.
21 September 2006 [13:37]
The next meeting for establishment of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) peacekeeping forces is expected to be held at level of deputy chairmen of General Staffs by the end of this year.
21 September 2006 [13:34]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will pay a working visit to Germany from September 22 to 23, German Embassy told.
21 September 2006 [10:00]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday used his annual address to the United Nations to call President Bush "the devil himself" and "world dictator," topping the rhetorical blast of his Iranian counterpart the previous day.
21 September 2006 [09:40]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) will place picket outside Iranian embassy in Baku.ghjnt
21 September 2006 [09:38]
"Iran is one of the most dangerous states for Azerbaijan. That is why we should more seriously react to Iranian high ranking officials' any comments on Azerbaijan," Isa Gambar, Musavat Party leader said.
21 September 2006 [09:36]
The ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party executive secretary Ali Ahmadov received Russia's ambassador Vasili Istratov.
21 September 2006 [09:34]
Iranian Azerbaijanis' protests claiming the right to receive education in native language resulted in mass arrests of the protestors.
21 September 2006 [09:22]
Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vartan Oskanian will not have talks on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict during the 61st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
21 September 2006 [09:10]
"I always thought about the idea of creating political alliance of Turkish-speaking countries.
20 September 2006 [20:29]
Socialist MEPs are battling to head off a crucial Strasbourg vote on a report attacking Turkey.
20 September 2006 [20:26]
A top U.S. army general met Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday, ending a two-day visit to Yerevan that reflects increased military cooperation between the United States and Armenia.
20 September 2006 [20:23]
Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, and the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, will hold talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program next week, Iran's National Security Council said Wednesday.
20 September 2006 [20:09]
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, who mediate in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, intend to arrange the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in the frames of the CIS Summit scheduled for October 17.
20 September 2006 [20:06]
"Azerbaijani press should not publish articles causing Iran’s jealousy. Iranian press gives coincident reaction to the articles publicized by Azerbaijani press," stated Abbasali Hasanov, Azeri ambassador to Iran.
20 September 2006 [19:58]
Azerbaijan has replied in a written form to the offers made by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on core principles of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem, said Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov.
20 September 2006 [19:43]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulations to President of Malta Edward Fenech Adami and the people of his country on the occasion of the national holiday, the Independence Day.
20 September 2006 [19:36]
Prosecutor General of the Azerbaijan Republic Zakir Garalov has met with the visiting Transparency International's Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Miklos Marschall.
20 September 2006 [19:31]
On September 20, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received General William Ward, Deputy Commander of the U.S. European Command.
20 September 2006 [15:42]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who attended the 61st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, in a press conference in Georgia, called the inclusion of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) "frozen conflicts" into the session's agenda "provocative step".
20 September 2006 [14:36]
"Azerbaijan continues the defence reform efforts it has committed itself to through the Individual Partnership Action Programme (IPAP)."
20 September 2006 [14:09]
Azerbaijan's law on freedom of assembly and its execution during last year's parliamentary elections was discussed at a meeting, organized yesterday by the OSCE Office in Baku.
20 September 2006 [11:34]
MFA Press and Information Policy Office Chief Tahir Taghizade talks about the latest development in negotiations process in the exclusive interview to Day.Az.
20 September 2006 [09:50]
ADP Management Staff's next meeting was held yesterday. The socio-political situation and the preparation of party administration to September 24 meeting were discussed there.
20 September 2006 [09:45]
President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed over Iran's nuclear ambitions in addresses to the United Nations on Tuesday, but Washington agreed to allow more time for talks with Tehran.
20 September 2006 [09:42]
Thailand's army chief vowed on Wednesday to clean up the country's political landscape and return "power to the people" as soon as possible after a bloodless coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
20 September 2006 [09:31]
The Karabakh problem discussion at the UN General Assembly is counter-productive, said Russian co-chair of the OSCE MG Yuri Merzlyakov.
20 September 2006 [09:08]
338 Azerbaijani women were released from Armenian capture during the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Hijran Huseynova, head of State Committee for Family, Children and Women Problems told journalists.
20 September 2006 [08:52]
"We have worked for six months to organize the 10th Friendship, Brotherhood and Cooperation Congress of Turkish-speaking States and Communities. We did our best for the participation of Turkish-speaking countries' and communities' representatives," Turkish State Minister Beshir Atalay stated.
19 September 2006 [22:17]
A delegation of 35 Iranian businessmen, mostly from the neighboring province, was lately in Armenian-occupied Nagorno Karabakh to look for cooperation possibilities.
19 September 2006 [22:07]
A convoy of Russian six trucks has been staying near the Georgian Embassy in Baku waiting for entry visas since September 7.
19 September 2006 [22:04]
Col. Gen. Safar Abiyev, Defense Minister of Azerbaijan welcomed Rear Admiral Deniz Kutluk, Assistant Director of the Co-Operation & Regional Security Division at the NATO International Military Staff, according to the Ministry's press service.
19 September 2006 [21:38]
The Thai armed forces dismissed the government and revoked the country's 1997 constitution on Wednesday after a coup to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
19 September 2006 [21:36]
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday in a message to the Iranian people that the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is using their resources to fund terrorists and pursue nuclear weapons.
19 September 2006 [21:23]
On September 19, Chairperson of Bulgaria's State Agency for Youth and Sports Mrs. Vesela Lecheva and her accompanying delegation visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
19 September 2006 [20:28]
On evening of September 19, President Ilham Aliyev returned to Azerbaijan.
19 September 2006 [20:23]
Leader of the opposition Democratic Fatherland Party Petros Makeyan believes both Armenia-US relations and Armenia's authority in the world are in danger.
19 September 2006 [19:58]
Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met September 19 with visiting delegation of Bulgaria's State Agency for Youth and Sports led by its Chairperson Mrs. Vesela Lecheva.
19 September 2006 [19:51]
Opinion poll was conducted among 2,000 respondents in Armenia by the order of a US state body.
19 September 2006 [19:41]
"The European Union cannot impose any sanctions on Azerbaijan for increase of defense expenditure," said Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev.
19 September 2006 [19:39]
"Law, economy and politics are linked closely. We offer setting up a Responsible Council of Turkish-speaking countries to enhance economic relations first of all.
19 September 2006 [19:37]
A senior member of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Galust Sahakian, claimed on Tuesday that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will not be resolved in the near future despite international mediators' persistent peace efforts.
19 September 2006 [15:24]
"The government and the opposition had some misunderstandings with regard to guarantying of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Azerbaijan 2003 and 2005."
19 September 2006 [13:14]
The last in 2006 train loaded with military hardware and weapons from the Russian military base deployed in Akhalkalaki left the Georgian district center of Tsalka for Russia on Tuesday.
19 September 2006 [13:06]
Executive Secretary of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party Ali Ahmedov met the head of Baku Office of the U.S. National Institute of Democracy Ms. Emmy Schultz.
19 September 2006 [12:58]
Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matviyenko, will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. Russian Trade Office in Azerbaijan told APA that the delegation will visit on October 4-5.
19 September 2006 [12:38]
Nasir Primov, a leader of separatist Lezghin organization Sadval, who was arrested with the charges of the clash between protesters and special forces in Dogguzpara on April 25 this year and arrested, has been released.
19 September 2006 [12:29]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will leave for New York on September 23 to attend the 61st session of the UN General Assembly.
19 September 2006 [11:35]
Official Baku released its opinion on the illegal referendum in so-called "Transdnester Republic" of Moldova.
19 September 2006 [09:55]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Mary Vernts, former head of the International Committee of the Red Cress (ICRC) representative office in Azerbaijan and newly appointed head Martin Amaher.
19 September 2006 [09:38]
French President Jacques Chirac plans to visit a monument to the victims of Turkish "genocide" on a trip to Armenia.
19 September 2006 [09:28]
The vast majority of voters in Moldova's separatist province of Transdnestr on Sunday backed independence and eventual unification with Russia.
18 September 2006 [22:29]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought backing for more concrete supports for the solidarity among the Turkish speaking countries and communities.
18 September 2006 [21:37]
In compliance with annual plan of the GUAM Working Group on combat against terrorism, drug trafficking and other kinds of dangerous threats of organized crimes, the first meeting of the law-enforcement and special service experts passed in Baku to discuss combat against terrorism, September 15-16.
18 September 2006 [20:52]
The 10th Congress of Friendship, Brotherhood, Cooperation Congress of Turkish-speaking Countries and Communities has started in Antalya, Turkey, September 18.
18 September 2006 [20:37]
President Ilham Aliyev in Antalya's "Sungate Port Royal" hotel has received the State Secretary of Kazakhstan Oralbay Abdikarimov.
18 September 2006 [20:34]
Azerbaijani Defense Minister, colonel-general Safar Abiyev met September 18 with Mrs. Mary Wernts, who completed her mission as the head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Azerbaijan and with the newly appointed head Martin Amacher.
18 September 2006 [20:30]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 18 September in Antalya's "Sungate Port Royal" hotel has met with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
18 September 2006 [19:40]
Members of the California Air National Guard are participating in a disaster response exercise here with civilian and military personnel from Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
18 September 2006 [19:38]
Russia's military said Monday its plans for 2006 on withdrawing military hardware from bases in Georgia will be completed Tuesday.
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