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25 August 2009 [16:42]
Georgian frontier guards have detained former captain of Buket ship Azerbaijani citizen Ilgar Imanverdiyev on August 24.
25 August 2009 [15:24]
An Azerbaijani referee has been appointed to control matches as part of the qualifying stage of the European Championship.
25 August 2009 [15:12]
South Korean TV channel KBS will broadcast a film about Azerbaijan's tourist potential.
25 August 2009 [14:37]
Azerbaijani Education Ministry has issued textbooks for general education schools of the country on the basis of new curriculum for 2009-2010 school year.
25 August 2009 [14:18]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism has made a presentation of "The Culture and Cultural Masterpieces; Azerbaijan is a Unique Message for Future Generations" jointly with the Presidential Library.
25 August 2009 [13:16]
The Quality Management Committee at the CIS Inter-Governmental Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification will meet in Baku on October 2, Azerbaijan’s Standardization, Metrology and Patent Committee said.
25 August 2009 [11:36]
The first stage of the 'People's Computer' pilot project is nearing end, HP representative office in Baku said.
25 August 2009 [11:27]
Youth must be actively involved with struggle against xenophobia and discrimination, Azerbaijani youth and sports minister Azad Rahimov said.
25 August 2009 [11:12]
Azerbaijan is the most active member of the Council of Europe (CE) in terms of youth and sport, CE Director of Youth and Sport Affairs Ralf-Rene Weingartner told reporters in Baku.
25 August 2009 [10:32]
Azerbaijan will mark International Day of Disappeared.
25 August 2009 [10:06]
25 August 2009 [09:12]
Armenia’s former consul Norair Ghalumian appeared before the court in California, AP reported.
25 August 2009 [08:51]
A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, Associated Press reported.
24 August 2009 [16:49]
A source close to the investigation into the 800 metres gold medallist has confirmed that tests carried out before the start of the World Championships indicated that the runner had three times the normal female level of testosterone in her body, 'Telegraph' reported.
24 August 2009 [16:32]
UFOs have been reported over China’s eastern province of Shandong, the SINA news agency said on Monday.
24 August 2009 [15:48]
24 August 2009 [15:14]
Nearly 4,000 commercial airlines, business jet operators and air forces from around the world will have to join the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading plan by 2012 or be penalize when flying to the continent, the EU said Saturday.
24 August 2009 [14:38]
“New standards have been adopted in country’s higher education system,”Azerbaijani parliament’s science and education committee chair Shamsaddin Hajiyev said.
24 August 2009 [12:51]
Meeting with the teachers and pupils of Hope International School was held in Azerbaijan’s embassy in Indonesia, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
24 August 2009 [12:28]
The Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov has invited his Kazakh counterpart Kasim Zhomart Tokayev to take part in a summit of Turkish-speaking countries' parliamentarians, a source in the Azerbaijani Embassy in Kazakhstan said.
24 August 2009 [11:36]
We offer readers to enjoy pictures of Azerbaijan's capital from bird's-eye view.
24 August 2009 [11:11]
Matches of the third round of the Azerbaijani Premier League have been postponed.
24 August 2009 [10:51]
Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (parliament0 will adopt important bills at the autumn session.
24 August 2009 [10:38]
“The soldier of Azerbaijani Naval Forces has committed suicide,” deputy chief of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press office Teymur Abdullayev said.
24 August 2009 [10:29]
Belarus Deputy Information Minister Liliya Ananic will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on September 10 to 12, the Belarus embassy in Azerbaijan said.
24 August 2009 [10:17]
Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez was crowned the new Miss Universe late Sunday after she was selected from among young women from 83 countries.
24 August 2009 [10:07]
24 August 2009 [09:51]
Recently, Day.Az reader expressed her protest against the “outrage” about the Baku-Donetsk-Odessa flight.
24 August 2009 [09:24]
The number of those who receive presidential scholarship has increased in Azerbaijan.
24 August 2009 [08:41]
With 69 bodies found since last week's disaster at a Siberian hydropower plant, rescuers have narrowed down the search for the remaining six missing workers, an official said on Sunday.
24 August 2009 [08:27]
A 23-year-old man suffering from chronic heart problems died on Sunday after contracting swine flu, Greece's first confirmed case, the Health Ministry said.
22 August 2009 [12:23]
The St. Petersburg Police Department has launched an investigation into murder and wounding case of Azerbaijanis, the relatives of the dead said.
22 August 2009 [11:34]
A 55-year-old woman has become the first person in Wales to die after testing positive for swine flu, BBC reported.
22 August 2009 [11:16]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a message of congratulation to President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on the country`s holiday, Independence Day, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
22 August 2009 [10:19]
22 August 2009 [09:48]
Famous Azerbaijani alpinist Israfil Ashurli conquered Victory Peak, one of the highest mountain peak worldwide in the Tien Shan mountains on August 21.
22 August 2009 [09:29]
In a video message to Muslims getting ready for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Obama said U.S. efforts to end the war in Iraq and to isolate extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan are in keeping with America's responsibility to build a more peaceful and secure world, AP reported.
22 August 2009 [09:14]
22 August 2009 [09:05]
The Czech professor Ivan Mezhnik, expert on east countries, on 21 August visited the Guba burial site in Azerbaijan.
22 August 2009 [08:59]
The confirmed death toll from the disaster at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant rose to 64 on Saturday, with 11 people still listed as missing, a spokesman for the search and rescue team said, AFP reported.
22 August 2009 [08:47]
All Azerbaijani pilgrims who plans to make Hajj pilgrimage will undergo medical examination due to A/H1N1, the Azerbaijani Health Ministry said.
22 August 2009 [08:34]
Today Azerbaijan is on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan. This year Ramadan Holiday will be celebrated on September 20-21.
21 August 2009 [17:39]
Next week the Gagra City Court will consider the case of the captain of the Turkish 'Buket' ship, as well as the ship's crew which includes four Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia Spokesperson Shovgi Mehdizade said.
21 August 2009 [17:21]
Two Azerbaijanis were stabbed in St. Petersburg on Aug. 20.
21 August 2009 [17:09]
21 August 2009 [16:47]
Suicide bombers on bicycles carried out four blasts in the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya on Friday, leaving at least four police dead and two injured.
21 August 2009 [16:32]
The Permanent Committee for Youth of the Council of Europe (CE) will hold its summer school in Azerbaijan.
21 August 2009 [15:29]
“Azerbaijan officially shifted to Bologna process of education in 2005 by signing convention and undertook commitments,” Azerbaijani parliament’s science and education committee chair Shamsaddin Hajyev said.
21 August 2009 [15:13]
Crime in Armenia rose in an unprecedented scale and totaled 71% during the first six months of 2009.
21 August 2009 [14:07]
21 August 2009 [13:18]
With the world seemingly unable to stop Iran's nuclear march, other countries in the region are now pushing forward with their own plans to build nuclear power plants.
21 August 2009 [12:53]
The death toll from the catastrophic flood that engulfed Russia’s biggest hydroelectric power station rose to 26 Thursday but 49 people were still reported missing.
21 August 2009 [12:29]
Caucasian Muslims Office Chief Haji Allahshukur Pashazade has left for Grozny to attend the opening ceremony of Russian Islamic University.
21 August 2009 [11:57]
Chile has detected the H1N1 flu virus in turkeys at two farms, Reuters reported quoting health authorities as saying on Thursday.
21 August 2009 [11:46]
Azerbaijan to develop extreme sports.
21 August 2009 [11:19]
The first Azerbaijani expedition to the Mount Kilimanjaro cost 25,000 manat, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Huseyn Bagirov said at a press-conference.
21 August 2009 [10:55]
Construction of the winter boulevard to be located in the center of Baku will be launched following re-settlement of residents living in the territory, head of international relations department of the Azerbaijani Committee on Architecture and Town Building said.
21 August 2009 [10:23]
Azerbaijani FC 'Baki' clashed with Swiss 'Basel' in the first match of the two-legged play-off round of the UEFA Europe League in Baku on August 20.
21 August 2009 [10:12]
21 August 2009 [09:45]
As earlier reported, Azerbaijani sprinter Ramil Guliyev made it to the final race at 200 meters in the world athletics championships in Germany.
21 August 2009 [09:38]
Azerbaijani FC Baku have been handed a 3-1 defeat by Swiss Basel in the first match of the two-legged play-off round of the UEFA Europe League.
21 August 2009 [09:29]
UNICEF praises youth policy in Azerbaijan, said the organization`s representative in Azerbaijan Mark Hereward.
21 August 2009 [09:18]
On August 20, Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov met with athletes and their coaches who successfully participated in Canoe & Kayak World Championship held in the Canadian City of Dartmouth.
21 August 2009 [09:09]
European orientalist Ivan Meznik arrived in Azerbaijan at the invitation of International Diaspora Center.
20 August 2009 [17:12]
Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva has become a nominee for honorary title ‘The Great Woman of 21st Century’.
20 August 2009 [15:58]
Azerbaijani Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev met with German ambassador to Azerbaijan Per Stankina, the ministry’s press office said.
20 August 2009 [15:29]
Russia’s migration agencies have conducted an operation against illegal migrants.
20 August 2009 [14:57]
The Azerbaijani Education Ministry is satisfied with the 2009 entrance exam results.
20 August 2009 [13:49]
An Azerbaijani citizen taken captive by Armenians was killed brutally, the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons said in a statement.
20 August 2009 [12:27]
Azerbaijan's education minister is guaranteeing security for people in secondary schools and universities.
20 August 2009 [12:14]
Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office is investigating thr death of the "Tolishi Sado" newspaper chief editor Novruzali Mammadov.
20 August 2009 [11:57]
20 August 2009 [10:58]
20 August 2009 [08:57]
For the first time in the history of Azerbaijan’s athletics, Azerbaijani sprinter Ramil Guliyev made it to the final in the 200-meter race in the world track and field athletics championship in Berlin.
20 August 2009 [08:34]
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