Politics
27 May 2006 [13:59]
The hope would be that the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia might at that point be able to come to closure on some of the issues that divide them within the context of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stated Sean McCormack, an official of the US Department of State.
27 May 2006 [13:56]
On May 27 in Milli Majlis government representatives and NGO's representatives working group held discussion on political prisoner problem.
27 May 2006 [13:03]
"My younger brother Husein Sababi was arrested by the officers of Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Ettelaat) in his office in Ardabil on 25 May.
27 May 2006 [12:57]
On May 31 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Defense Ministers Council will hold the next meeting.
27 May 2006 [12:55]
On the fifth day of uprisings in the Azeri speaking provinces of Iran, the West Azerbaijan's Governor Office announced that any protest in the province was illegal and would be dealt with severely.
27 May 2006 [10:47]
Musavat Party chairman Isa Gambar has refused meeting with Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe co-rapporteurs, Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel.
27 May 2006 [10:35]
"I want to use my mandate to work on the unresolved conflicts in the South Caucasus. It's no surprise that the main priority of my work is to engage as far as possible with the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh," European Union special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby stated.
27 May 2006 [09:50]
US Agency for International Development (USAID) aims at realization of a project related to Azerbaijani parliament institutional development.
27 May 2006 [09:38]
The World Azerbaijanis Congress presented the list of the killed injured and arrested Azerbaijani protesters during the clash with Iranian government forces in the towns of South Azerbaijan.
27 May 2006 [09:30]
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan, Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel met with Justice Ministry and Prosecutor General Officials.
27 May 2006 [09:23]
Minister for Emergencies, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov received French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut.
27 May 2006 [08:57]
Action participants march in the direction of city mayor's office, South Azerbaijan National Revival Movement Baku bureau informs.
27 May 2006 [08:44]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the delegation led by Cuban deputy Foreign Minister Emilio Caballero.
27 May 2006 [08:33]
At the meeting of Iran Parliament Azerbaijani and Persian deputies confronted, South Azerbaijan National Revival Movement Baku bureau informs.
26 May 2006 [18:28]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Spring Session started in Paris.
26 May 2006 [17:06]
Today the Association of Assistance to Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (AACSDA) and the Public Union for Defense of Rights of Migrants and IDPs in Azerbaijan held a roundtable - "Armenian invasion and damages done to Azerbaijani people".
26 May 2006 [16:49]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has had a meeting with Carlos Sanchez de Boado, Spanish Ambassador to the OSCE. The Spanish diplomat was accompanied by German, Norwegian, and Lichtenstein in the OSCE.
26 May 2006 [16:45]
Special representative on Azerbaijan appointed by Council of Europe Secretary General is of Belgium origin.
26 May 2006 [15:27]
Vasili Istratov has been appointed ambassador to Azerbaijan after two-year of vacancy in this post.
26 May 2006 [13:28]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs while on a visit to Baku proposed organizing a meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in Bucharest, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
26 May 2006 [11:56]
Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov met with Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Korea in Azerbaijan Lew Kwang-chul to discuss the issues of mutual interest, Ministry's PR office said.
26 May 2006 [10:38]
"Vladimir Zhirinovski's statement doesn't represent Russia's official stance," Russian charge d'affairs ad interim in Azerbaijan Pyotr Burdikin stated.
26 May 2006 [10:29]
European Parliament member Hannes Svaboda and deputy chair of parliament socialist group Yan Marunus met with Azerbaijani opposition representatives in Baku.
26 May 2006 [10:21]
An Issue on health condition of ex-ministers, Farhad Aliyev and Ali Insanov, who are in prison at present, will be discussed in the meeting of Elchin Behbudov, leader of Committee against Tortures of Azerbaijan, with co-rapporteur of PACE on Azerbaijan, Andreas Gross, May 27.
26 May 2006 [10:19]
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fasier (France), Steven Mann (US), as wells as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin, Political Affairs Director of French FM Stanislas de Laboulaye and US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried met with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan yesterday.
26 May 2006 [10:09]
Today Ukraine Armed Forces Main Headquarter Chief general colonel Sergey Kirichenko has paid an official visit to Baku.
26 May 2006 [09:51]
Abbas Abbasov will act as President of Wrestling Federation after his resignation from the post of first deputy Prime Minister.
26 May 2006 [09:36]
Saudi Arabian delegation led by Deputy Chair of Main Office for Youth Care, Prince Navaf bin-Faysal will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan from May 30 to June 2 at the invitation of Azerbaijani Minister for Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov.
26 May 2006 [08:47]
CIS government heads Council held next meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
26 May 2006 [08:25]
The Azerbaijan's Friends Society in the Netherlands made statement denouncing the recent violent suppression of the protest actions held by Iranian Azerbaijanis.
26 May 2006 [08:18]
Musavat has not made a decision on participation of formation process of election commission, party Chairman Isa Gambar stated.
26 May 2006 [08:13]
Heads of parliaments of 40 countries will meet in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, May 30-31.
26 May 2006 [02:05]
May 22, 2006, the officers of Iranian secret service opened gunfire at the participants of the peaceful demonstration and murdered 16 civilians. The names of three of the killed were announced today: Vahid Baverniyah, Jamshid Zanjanli and Halil Ufugi.
25 May 2006 [23:15]
In the fourth day of continuing uprisings all cities of East and West Azerbaijan and Ardabil are engulfed in demonstrations.
25 May 2006 [23:01]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of felicitations to his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili on the occasion of the Georgia's Independence Day.
25 May 2006 [22:45]
May 25 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev gave an interview at the Presidential Palace to Stefan Wagstyl, Central and East Europe editor of one of the Great Britain's most influential newspapers "Financial Times".
25 May 2006 [22:38]
May 25, President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
25 May 2006 [18:45]
Having visited Armenia, representatives of co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group for settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict issued a joint statement for the press.
25 May 2006 [15:53]
25 May 2006 [15:51]
Spanish delegation led by Ambassador Carlos Sanchez de Boad, head of Spain's permanent delegation to OSCE, will visit Baku on 31 May within the tour to the South Caucasus states.
25 May 2006 [15:44]
Azerbaijan's state flag has been burnt while two thousand protesters held an action outside the Azerbaijan's Embassy in Tehran in the evening of May 24.
25 May 2006 [15:38]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have met to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
25 May 2006 [15:31]
Azerbaijani protester Ibrahim Azerpur was killed in the clash with government forces during the rally in Sulduz, Iran on 24 May.
25 May 2006 [14:51]
According to him, unrecognized republics in the former USSR territory, including Abkhazia, Transdnestrovie and Nagorno Karabakh will choose the way of Montenegro.
25 May 2006 [13:07]
Ukrainian and Armenian military officials inked the protocol on bilateral military cooperation.
25 May 2006 [12:50]
Ukraine is a friendly country towards Armenia, Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, colonel general Sergey Kirichenko stated at a news conference in Yerevan.
25 May 2006 [12:38]
The Georgian government is examining whether to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States, but has not yet reached a decision, the country's state minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration said Thursday.
25 May 2006 [12:13]
The postponing of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly member Edward O'Hara's visit to Baku scheduled for May 29 was due to his lacking necessary documents and materials to study cultural monuments in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
25 May 2006 [12:10]
AGO Monitoring Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers will visit Azerbaijan from 11 to 14 June.
25 May 2006 [09:31]
The Young Turks Organization today staged a protest outside the Iran's Embassy in Baku demanding Iranian authorities to end repressions against Azerbaijanis.
25 May 2006 [09:24]
Mustafa Mahammad Najjar, Iranian Defense Minister, has invited Safar Abiyev, Azerbaijani Defense Minister, and Yaver Jamalov, Defense Industry Minister, to an official visit to his country. Afshar Suleymani, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, has reported the media about.
25 May 2006 [09:18]
IRI Ambassador to Baku said at a press conference that the IAEA Chief Muhammad ElBaradei, as well as that agency's inspectors, confirmed in their latest visits of Iran that Tehran has not breached any of the related nuclear international laws, including NPT articles.
25 May 2006 [09:18]
Council of Europe Parlaimentary Assembly Standing Committee will meet in Moscow May 29.
25 May 2006 [08:40]
The sides exchanged views on the negotiating process for the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
25 May 2006 [08:27]
The International Republican Institute (IRI) has sent letter of appreciation to the Central Election Commission (CEC) related to the 13 May by-elections.
25 May 2006 [08:22]
The forum of Azerbaijani students in Europe will be held in the European Parliament building May 29-30.
25 May 2006 [08:18]
The National Assembly of Georgian Azerbaijanis (NAGA) is demanding Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation.
25 May 2006 [08:04]
Romania President Trayan Basescu will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in autumn of this year, Romania Ambassador to Baku has told yesterday.
24 May 2006 [22:38]
Major powers have made progress on a package of incentives and disincentives aimed at resolving the Iran nuclear crisis but have not reached final agreement and more meetings are likely, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said on Wednesday.
24 May 2006 [22:29]
Iranian intelligence officials have linked a riot in Tabriz by thousands of ethnic Azeri Turks with "issues in Khuzestan".
24 May 2006 [21:03]
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Arthur Rasizadeh today left for the Tajikistani capital, Dushanbe, to attend the meeting of CIS Board of Heads of Government.
24 May 2006 [20:49]
"The newspaper 'Iran' wrote a story and published a caricature which caused dissatisfaction of Iranian Azerbaijanis and they reacted to this naturally. I must say this caricature was a mistake.
24 May 2006 [20:43]
"We are again surprised by the fact that Azerbaijan tries to put forth an approach not corresponding to the contents of the current talks on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Acting Spokesman of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Karapetyan said when commenting on the statement by Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov who said that "the stepwise resolution of the conflict is the best one."
24 May 2006 [20:42]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, being on a visit in Azerbaijan, issued joint statement.
24 May 2006 [20:24]
Demonstrations erupted in Orumieh yesterday afternoon and continued until late hours on Wednesday evening.
24 May 2006 [19:09]
Romania plans to join the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, GUAM, said Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nicolae Ureche.
24 May 2006 [16:34]
President Ilham Aliyev congratulated His Majesty King Abdullah II on the national holiday of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Independence Day.
24 May 2006 [15:30]
Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov met May 24 with the delegation of Fuji Optical Co. Ltd (Japan) led by its president Dr. Akio Kanai.
24 May 2006 [15:18]
The USA should officially recognize Iran as a nuclear power and stop threatening the country, former CIA agent Robert Baer is quoted as saying by ATV TV-channel (Azerbaijani) citing Iranian sources.
24 May 2006 [15:11]
Pentagon requested the U.S. Congress for $43 million for the reconstruction of four military airfields in Azerbaijan and organization of anti-missile defense and radio-electronic intelligence, reported Express Baku-based newspaper citing sources within Pentagon.
24 May 2006 [14:13]
Iran's president accused the United States and its allies on Wednesday of "hatching plots" to provoke ethnic tensions and destabilize Iran, a day after the government closed a state-run newspaper for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris.
24 May 2006 [10:44]
Azerbaijani National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov was on an official visit to Austria from May 15 to 19 at the invitation of Austrian Interior Minister.
24 May 2006 [10:41]
Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) issued statement denouncing Minsk Group co-chairs' next visit to the region.
24 May 2006 [10:18]
Musavat deputy group acting in Parliament has prepared draft law "On status of ex-presidents".
24 May 2006 [09:26]
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Richard E. Hoagland to serve in his Administration.
Poland significantly reduces issuance of visas
Russian House in Baku hosts concert dedicated to Great Patriotic War
France kicked to limbo
Azerbaijan's hosting of COP 29 confirmed for 2024
Events in Dagestan: Expert says opponents view Caucasus as Moscow's weak point
Azerbaijan strengthens economic ties through gas exports to Bulgaria [ANALYSIS]
Building of Khankendi City Prosecutor's Office is commissioned