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23 June 2009 [17:49]
The officers of the Azerbaijan National Security Ministry detained transnational organized criminal group engaged in withdrawing money from bank accounts of the foreign citizens in various banks through illegal entrance to database.
23 June 2009 [16:04]
National Mine Clearing Agency has launched operations to clear Guzdek settlement of Garadagh, said sources in the press service for ANAMA.
23 June 2009 [15:22]
Additions and Amendments to the Law on Freedom of Religion will lead to a more civilized regulation of relations between religion and state, Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Azerbaijani parliament said.
23 June 2009 [13:13]
Azerbaijan must shape its own religious model, State Committee for Religious Associations vice chairman said.
23 June 2009 [12:29]
Heavy blast hit the power substation of the railway station near the village of Delimemmedli of Goranboy Region, Azerbaijan.
23 June 2009 [11:54]
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied reports on the arrest of the group of senior officers due to violations in the ministry's training center.
23 June 2009 [11:14]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to approve the "National Program on arrangement and celebration of the 65th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 War", AzerTaj news agency reported.
23 June 2009 [10:48]
The charity action held in Strasbourg on June 22 will favor strengthening of the French-Azerbaijani relations, Azerbaijani Member of Parliament and Head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Department Ganira Pashayeva believes.
23 June 2009 [10:37]
Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova received the representatives of the Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia (COEST).
23 June 2009 [10:12]
Day.Az interview with president of Azerbaijan National Science Academy Mahmud Kerimov.
23 June 2009 [09:59]
23 June 2009 [09:03]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on the national holiday - Birthday of Duke, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
23 June 2009 [08:58]
There is a strong need to improve admission of students to higher schools through tests, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration official said.
22 June 2009 [16:37]
Ammunition were found in Seidimli village of Terter, Azerbaijan, reports Day.Az with reference to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
22 June 2009 [14:50]
Baku police received information about the alleged plans of Armenians to bomb the Maiden Tower on June 21, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
22 June 2009 [13:30]
22 June 2009 [12:58]
Trend news agency has been awarded diploma signed by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for great contribution to preserving Russian language and culture, developing single Russian language area worldwide and maintaining and strengthening humanitarian ties.
22 June 2009 [10:37]
June 26 will be non-working in Azerbaijan, said spokesman for the Cabinet Akif Ali.
22 June 2009 [10:34]
A delegation headed by Latvian Environmental Minister Raymonds Veionis will visit Azerbaijan on June 25-28, according to the press service for the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan.
20 June 2009 [12:32]
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Misir Mardanov met the delegation led by the Head of Ankara University Cemal Talug, who is visiting Baku for the first time.
20 June 2009 [08:53]
Two more men have been arrested for the mass killing in Azerbaijan State Oil Academy that took place on April 30, joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan said.
19 June 2009 [17:05]
The fifth meeting of the postal administrations of the OEC member-states will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 22-23 of this year, said sources in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies.
19 June 2009 [15:09]
19 June 2009 [13:46]
In a global sense the International Day of Refugees is a day, aimed to make the international community remember people, who became displaced persons in the result of conflicts, said UN resident-coordinator in Azerbaijan Bruno Pueza.
19 June 2009 [13:10]
Azerbaijani parliament adopted new Law on Education at a third reading today.
19 June 2009 [11:46]
A regular session of Milli Medjlis has kicked off.
19 June 2009 [11:15]
“Millions of people in the world are forced to flee their homes, escaping from violence, persecutions and conflicts”, says a statement of UN Secretary General Pan Gi Mun concerning the World Refugees Day, marked on June 20.
19 June 2009 [10:33]
Azerbaijani delegation headed by Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov was visiting New York on June 15-19.
19 June 2009 [10:13]
Heavy rain that started to pour last evening in Guba Region caused serious damages APA northern bureau reports.
18 June 2009 [17:54]
A verdict has been announced on the members of the radical religious grouping led by a former officer of the Azerbaijani Army.
18 June 2009 [14:59]
Yesterday officers of the Gusary region policy revealed ammunition, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
18 June 2009 [14:15]
OSCE holds trainings to increase professional skills of lawyers in Azerbaijan.
18 June 2009 [12:16]
Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh has been elected chief of Advisory Council of CIS Muslims, spokesperson for Caucasian Muslims Office Rahima Dadashova told APA from Moscow.
18 June 2009 [11:08]
Georgian and Azerbaijani culture ministries have agreed to launch a joint commission to preserve monuments, Azerbaijani culture minister Abulfas Garayev told reporters.
18 June 2009 [10:47]
The Icherisheher underground station will close for repair on July 1 at about 00.00 and open on September 15, said deputy chief of Baku metropolitan Arif Rasulov.
17 June 2009 [17:02]
Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Friendship and Culture Association Office opened in Astana today.
17 June 2009 [16:55]
A 30-people group's attempt to suicide was prevented near the Taza Bazar (New Market) trade centre in Baku on June 17.
17 June 2009 [16:32]
Georgia and Azerbaijan are interested in strengthening bilateral relations and promotion of cultural relations, Azerbaijani Culture Minister Abulfas Garayev said at today's joint news conference with Minister of Culture of Georgia Nika Rurua in Tbilisi.
17 June 2009 [16:10]
The police received a report that a bomb had been planted in Central branch of the International Bank in Azerbaijan’s capital, Sabayel district police office told APA.
17 June 2009 [14:28]
17 June 2009 [13:45]
The Azerbaijani Council of Press has sent an appeal to Azadlyg newspaper on violation of professional principles in the materials of this newspaper, published in May-June, said sources in the Press Council of Azerbaijan.
17 June 2009 [11:24]
Law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan found ammunition in one of the flats in Baku, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
17 June 2009 [10:32]
17 June 2009 [10:23]
"Family members of the former president of the Barmek company Huseyn Arabul have appealed to the Turkish embassy to Azerbaijan", said lawyer Abbas Atakishiyev.
17 June 2009 [10:01]
An earthquake occurred on the border of Lenkoran and Lerik regions at 21.22 on June 16.
17 June 2009 [09:40]
Four men suffered from snakebite in Azerbaijan in May-June of 2009, said Azer Maxudov, doctor of the toxicological department of Nagiyev's hospital.
17 June 2009 [08:58]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented an Annual Trafficking in Person Report FY 2009.
17 June 2009 [08:43]
Azerbaijani Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov is visiting New York (USA), according to sources in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan.
16 June 2009 [15:30]
The new law on Education reflects many proposals, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
16 June 2009 [15:29]
Law on Education is expected to take effect in Azerbaijan soon.
16 June 2009 [14:38]
The third international festival "Traditions and contemporary world" will be held in Moscow on June 18-22, reports the press service for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
16 June 2009 [13:08]
The analogue phone numbers, replaced with digital ones, will be used in the future again, said sources in the Baku telephone Communication PU.
16 June 2009 [12:50]
The parliament education and science committee began discussion on the draft law on education in the third reading, APA reports.
16 June 2009 [12:28]
Specialists of the state enterprise Azerpochta and consultants of FACP company are developing the strategy and the business plan of the state enterprise for 2009-2011, reports Novosti-Azerbaijan with reference to sources in the state enterprise.
16 June 2009 [09:39]
The exhibition of young artists Nahid Vahabov and Naila Askerova as well as young photographer Farida Bayramly will open in the museum center of Baku under support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, according to the press service for the Ministry.
13 June 2009 [12:36]
Azerbaijani state does not interfere with religion. But the country needs to regulate religious activities, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Head Ali Hasanov told reports.
13 June 2009 [12:35]
A new law on NGOs, which is expected to be approved shortly, will not create problems for acting non-governmental organizations, head of the Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Ali Hasanov said.
13 June 2009 [12:32]
Azerbaijani court upheld the verdict against Turkish businessmen, former head of the Barmek company Huseyn Arabul.
13 June 2009 [12:17]
The Azerbaijani government does not see a necessity to appoint press ombudsman.
13 June 2009 [11:16]
Azerbaijani delegation will participate in the International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS-2009) in St. Petersburg on June 24, Defense Ministry’s press service told APA.
13 June 2009 [10:50]
An international festival of students film "Start" of Azerbaijan became an official partner of the German festival of short film "Oberhausen".
13 June 2009 [10:43]
MPs Ilyas Ismaylov and Zahid Oruj will be visiting London and Northern Lester (Great Britain) on June 14-19.
13 June 2009 [10:34]
The next meeting of the Public Council for the Youth under the Ministry of Youth and Sport was held in Baku, APA reports.
13 June 2009 [09:13]
Owners of some commercial facilities violate law "On State Language", said Aliabbas Bagirov, chief of public relations department under Baku Mayor's office.
13 June 2009 [08:43]
Release of Armenian-captured Azerbaijani servicemen Rafig Hasanov and Anar Hajiyev does not depend on the International Committee of the Red Cross, head of ICRC office in Azerbaijan told APA.
13 June 2009 [08:33]
On Russian National Day of June 12 "Justice for Khojaly" International Campaign releases an online version of new edition of “Bloody pool of Karabakh” by Prof. Youri Pompeyev, well known Russian writer and journalist.
13 June 2009 [08:29]
President of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan Mahmud Kerimov is visiting Seoul by invitation of the Korean foundation, according to the press service for the academy.
12 June 2009 [17:15]
Investigator at Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office Nadir Mirzayev rejected report by APA news agency claiming that he was removed from investigation into the case of the gang led by Shohrat Guliyev who was charged with committing murders in 2003-2004 upon request in Azerbaijan.
12 June 2009 [15:31]
Consultations on projects won in the competition of financial aid-2009 completed in the NGOs state support council.
12 June 2009 [14:50]
“Spread of the swine flu in the world will not influence the number of the tourists coming to Azerbaijan,” Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev told journalists, APA reports.
12 June 2009 [14:35]
Conference on the theme “Modern teaching technologies” devoted to the implementation of the “State Program on informatization of education system in Azerbaijan Republic in 2008-2012” was held in Gulustan palace, APA reports.
12 June 2009 [14:26]
The results of monitoring to reveal swine flu infection, conducted by the State Veterinary Service at the Ministry of Agriculture on June 1 have been made public, said spokesman for the State Veterinary Service Yolchu Khanveli.
12 June 2009 [13:10]
Activities of Ilahiyyat mosque located in Yasamal district in Baku cause anxiety, Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Associations Chairman Hidayat Orujov said.
12 June 2009 [12:21]
Imports of religious books to Azerbaijan increased 3 to 4 times recently, State Committee for Religious Associations Chairman Hidayat Orujov said.
12 June 2009 [11:02]
The WHO chief declared here Thursday that the organization has decided to move its A/H1N1 flu alert level to phase six and the widely spreading flu has developed into a full pandemic, Xinhua reported.
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