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07 April 2009 [11:47]
The Azerbaijani SOCAR Georgia sponsors the Georgian Chess Federation. The agreement was signed between the SOCAR Georgia General Director Mahir Mammadov and Chess Federation President Gia Giorgadze.
07 April 2009 [11:04]
Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev speaks with Trend Capital in an exclusive interview.
07 April 2009 [09:31]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano over the human loss caused by the earthquake.
07 April 2009 [09:00]
A book by Azerbaijanis in Georgia was presented.
06 April 2009 [17:27]
The notion of “surrogate mother” has been removed from the bill on “Protection of reproductive health and family planning”, MP Malahat Ibrahimgizi, who prepared the bill, told APA.
06 April 2009 [16:27]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev familiarized with the profoundly repaired underground passage in the capital city, according to the official website for the president of Azerbaijan.
06 April 2009 [16:03]
730,818 square meteres of Azerbaijani lands were checked and cleaned of mines and unexploded ammunitions in March of 2009.
06 April 2009 [14:50]
06 April 2009 [14:37]
President of Azerbaijan attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Center of Transport Operations Intellectual Regulation, according to the official website of the President of Azerbaijan.
06 April 2009 [14:15]
Azerbaijani government says the State Fund for the Media Development Assistance aims to promote free media in the country.
06 April 2009 [09:31]
04 April 2009 [12:03]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan approved the rules of biometric data services, improvement and regulation, the Cabinet sources told APA.
04 April 2009 [10:05]
Under Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's decree, the Media Development State Support Fund was created at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, the AzerTaj state news agency reported.
04 April 2009 [09:26]
International scientific-practical conference and photo exhibition "Germans in Azerbaijan" will take place on 6-7 April at Baku Slavic University. The event is dedicated to 190th anniversary of settling of Germans in Azerbaijan.
03 April 2009 [16:38]
The majority of Milli Medjlis deputies voted today for the draft law on amendments and alterations to the law "On television and radio broadcasting" of Azerbaijan.
03 April 2009 [14:42]
A draft law restricting smoking is being preparing in the standing commission on social policy of Milli Medjlis, said deputy Musa Guliyev at today's session of Milli Medjlis.
03 April 2009 [09:29]
The memorandum on youth policy was signed between Azerbaijan and Dagestan on April 2.
03 April 2009 [09:20]
The demonstration of short films, produced in the framework of the project "Workshop on the crossroads" of the Internews public organization was held at the Moscow House yesterday.
03 April 2009 [08:40]
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02 April 2009 [17:23]
Participation of Azerbaijani free wrestlers at the European championship in the capital of Lithuania Vilnius can be called nothing but fantastic.
02 April 2009 [13:34]
New UN representative on refugees Thailand citizen Aron Sala-Ngarm will start his activity in mid April, reports the press service for the UNHCR Baku office, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
02 April 2009 [08:51]
A week of Azerbaijani culture will be held in the Islamic Republic of Iran later on April 21-25, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism told APA.
01 April 2009 [13:14]
The Prophet Muhammad Mosque which is alleged to be constructed illegal is being razed in Baku.
01 April 2009 [12:36]
The Israeli embassy to Azerbaijan in cooperation with the UNDP office is holding a seminar on water reserves management and fight with desertion in Baku.
01 April 2009 [11:16]
A two day seminar organized by the OSCE Baku office for Azerbaijani and Turkish frontier men and customs officials kicked off, according to the press service for the OSCE Baku office.
01 April 2009 [09:53]
The presentation of the Association of Latin American Azerbaijanis was held in the National Museum of history of Mexico in the ancient castle Chapultepec, according to AzerTac.
01 April 2009 [09:06]
International Cartoon Contest “Molla Nasraddin –Azerbaijan 2009” dedicated to 140th anniversary of founder of “Molla Nasraddin” journal Jalil Mammadguluzadeh was finalized, Azerbaijan Cartoonist Union told APA.
31 March 2009 [16:10]
The Institute of History of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences will publicize the results of its researches on 26 Baku Commissars in middle of April, director of the institute Yagub Mahmudov told APA.
31 March 2009 [15:52]
The logo of the international scientific Olympic games to be held in Baku in December has been made public, according to the press service for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan.
31 March 2009 [14:56]
Member of the Azerbaijani parliament Ganira Pashayeva said the informational campaign informing the world about the genocide committed by Armenians in 1918 in Guba must continue.
31 March 2009 [11:50]
The action "Youth against terror" on the March genocide of Azerbaijanis, started in Baku Tuesday.
30 March 2009 [17:39]
The "Never-ending Fall of the Leaves" poem book by Azerbaijani poetess Khazangul Huseynova was presented by the Eurasian Union of Writers and Turkish National Library in Ankara.
30 March 2009 [15:19]
The rules of conscription have changed in Azerbaijan.
30 March 2009 [14:56]
"This year will be successful for ties between Azerbaijan and Korea and the global financial crisis will not have any influence on the economies of our countries", said Korean ambassador to Azerbaijan Lu Kwang Chul, according to AzerTac.
30 March 2009 [13:41]
An internet action "Youth against terror" on genocide, committed by Armenians in Baku in 1918 will start on March 31, according to the press service for the Ministry of youth and sports of Azerbaijan.
29 March 2009 [17:34]
The Azerbaijani Ombudsman has sent a statement on March 31 - Azerbaijani Genocide Day to international organizations.
29 March 2009 [17:31]
An exhibition on facts of genocide committed by Armenians against the Azerbaijani people will open at the exhibition hall of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the press service for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
29 March 2009 [16:27]
Activist of the movement for rights of South Azerbaijanis Amir Abbas Benai Kazimi was arrested in Iranian city of Tebriz, according to the Congress of World Azerbaijanis.
29 March 2009 [15:55]
A book collection was sent to Azerbaijani embassy to Hungary for spreading information about Azerbaijan, close familiarization of European countries with our country, according to the press service for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
29 March 2009 [14:58]
There is a need to allocate a place on the city suburb, about 20-25 kilometers away from the center, to bury street and home animals in Baku, said Azer Garayev, head of the Azerbaijani association of animal protection.
29 March 2009 [14:37]
29 March 2009 [12:05]
New York-based Radio Turkum started to broadcast programs in Azeri at 11.00-13.00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
29 March 2009 [11:44]
One of the world’s oldest men lives in Kurdmashi village of Ismayilli region.
29 March 2009 [11:24]
A week of German culture is held in Goygol region.
29 March 2009 [09:39]
Windows Vista is now being translated into Azerbaijani.
19 March 2009 [18:21]
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse congratulated Azerbaijani people on Novruz holiday.
17 March 2009 [18:34]
Azerbaijan hosted a presentation of the Azerbaijani translated version of the book entitled "Towering in Canakkale" on March 17.
17 March 2009 [17:33]
The act of amnesty will release 12% of prisoners in Azerbaijan, said chairman of standing parliament commission on legal policy and state construction Ali Huseynov at the next plenary session of Milli Medjlis Tuesday.
17 March 2009 [17:08]
Religious communities in Azerbaijan said the struggle against extremist groups must strengthen.
17 March 2009 [14:48]
Snow of 50 cm thickness fell in the north-western regions of Azerbaijan. According to APA local bureau, intensive rainfalls have started in the north-western regions of the country since March 15 and it was replaced by slush and snow on March 16.
17 March 2009 [14:41]
The new Azerbaijani International TV channel is not intended for inner consumption, said chairman of the National Television and Radio Council Nushirevan Mehheremli.
17 March 2009 [12:45]
The Azerbaijani parliament has adopted an act of amnesty by initiative of president of Heydar Aliyev's Foundation, Milli Medjlis deputy Mehriban Aliyeva.
17 March 2009 [12:22]
The 9th Baku Book Festival will be held at Azerbaijan National Library of Akhundov on May 26, according to the press service for the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
17 March 2009 [11:55]
Representatives of the Irish community of Azerbaijan are preparing to mark the national holiday of Irish people - St.Patrick's Day, said representatives of the Irish community, residing in Baku.
17 March 2009 [11:11]
There is a plan to launch construction and reconstruction of 17 facilities of the defense industry in the framework of the investment program for 2009 by instruction of the head of the state, said Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
17 March 2009 [10:19]
An international symphonic forum will be held in the capital of Denmark - Copenhagen- on May 12-16 of 2009.
17 March 2009 [10:14]
An international scientific conference on results of international archaeological studies will be held in Baku in April, said the press service for the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
16 March 2009 [17:07]
Representative of the department of public information of the UN Azerbaijani office was robbed in one of the shops in Sabail district of Baku, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
16 March 2009 [10:01]
President Ilham Aliyev visited newly repaired and reconstructed building of the Museum of Azerbaijan Literature named after great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi.
14 March 2009 [11:15]
13 March 2009 [16:00]
As it is impossible to clarify dates, during the census enumeration of Azerbaijan the number of Armenians, residing in Nagorno Karabakh will be fixed as was during the previous census enumeration of 120,000 people, said chairman of the State Statistical Committee Arif Veliyev.
13 March 2009 [15:00]
The monitoring performed by the Press Council uncovered 2,545 ethic code violations in a single month.
13 March 2009 [12:28]
President of Lukoil company, 58 year old Azerbaijani Vahit Alekperov is among hundred richest people of the planet.
12 March 2009 [11:59]
11 March 2009 [18:43]
Armenian soldier Paruyr Stepanyan fled into Azerbaijan in protest of violence and tyranny in Armenian Army, according to ANS-Press.
11 March 2009 [18:41]
The Baku police received a bomb alert at the Nizami metro station, according to ANS-Press.
11 March 2009 [18:09]
Family of the Bizim Yol newspaper correspondent Mushvig Huseynov met him in prison No 2, according to the Institute for Reporter Freedom and Safety.
11 March 2009 [17:58]
Head of the National Assembly of Azerbaijanis of Georgia Dashgin Gulmamedov was arrested in Baku, said spokesman for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan Sadig Gezalov.
11 March 2009 [15:39]
The presentation of the book "Karabakh in the past, present and future" in Russian and English was held by initiative of the Organization for Karabakh Liberation, according to head of the Organization for Karabakh Liberation Akif Naghi.
11 March 2009 [15:02]
Officials of the Sabunchi police department held a successful operation during which they detained editors-in-chief of two newspapers, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
11 March 2009 [14:48]
The Eurasian national university of Lev Gumilev and Baku State University signed a document of cooperation in Eurasia, according to AzerTac.
11 March 2009 [13:48]
An international conference on "The role of young women in intercultural dialogue" will be held in Azerbaijani capital - Baku on April 23-28, according to AzerTac.
11 March 2009 [13:34]
The research center World Public Opinion under the Maryland university held a poll among citizens of 19 countries of the world, according to AzerTac.
11 March 2009 [11:46]
Azerbaijan accounts for about 1.5 mln Internet users, according to Internet World Stats.
11 March 2009 [10:20]
Mehriban Aliyeva, Milli Medjlis deputy and president of Heydar Aliyev's foudation presented the draft Amnesty act on occasion of Novruz, according to the press service for Heydar Aliyev's Foundation.
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