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06 April 2007 [14:16]
Australian weightlifting team member of Armenian origin Sergo Chahoyan (85 kg) has been suspended for life.
06 April 2007 [14:15]
Yasamal Court presided over by judge Isa Ismayilov has today passed a decision on Eynulla Fatullayev, editor-in-chief and founder of Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper by the claim of Tatyana Chaladze, investigator of Khojaly tragedy.
06 April 2007 [12:48]
Landslip in the village of Vasha of Ismayilli region has not moved since yesterday, Akif Khidirov, first deputy head of Ismayili executive power, chief of the region's Emergencies Commission told.
06 April 2007 [09:04]
According to the Council of Europe recommendations Azerbaijani Supreme Court's experts meeting on making amendments to Azerbaijan Criminal Code finished.
06 April 2007 [08:50]
During the first quarter of this year, 86,777 families applied Azerbaijan's regional social protection centers for targeted social assistance benefits, allowed within the scope of the targeted social safety net program aimed to prevent poverty.
06 April 2007 [08:49]
This month Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) is to elect its president.
06 April 2007 [08:41]
The delegation led by Azerbaijan's Consul General to St.Petersburg Gudsi Osmanov visited Vologda in the framework of their visit to Russian northern-western federal regions.
06 April 2007 [08:40]
Head of the Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh will participate at the 21st international conference on "Muslim solidarity taught and shown by Prophet Muhammad (S)" in Iran on April 6-9.
06 April 2007 [08:37]
The gathering of Azerbaijan Diaspora representatives will be held in Ashdod, Israel on April 8.
06 April 2007 [08:26]
Azerbaijani Culture Days will be held in Moldova and Belarus in late May.
06 April 2007 [08:25]
International health security is the theme for World Health Day 2007. To commemorate the World Health Day UN agencies in Azerbaijan plan to conduct several events.
06 April 2007 [08:21]
Azerbaijani consul general, to St. Petersburg met with leader of Komi Autonomous Republic in the framework of the presentation of Finn-Ugor Culture Center.
06 April 2007 [08:05]
Famous Azerbaijani conductor and composer Niyazi's 95th birthday will be marked in his memorial house.
06 April 2007 [08:01]
Lifer Dayanat Kerimov, accused of vice-speaker Afiyaddin Jalilov's assassination stopped hunger strike, demanding commuting his life sentence to 15-year imprisonment.
05 April 2007 [20:00]
634 applicants were registered to compete for vacant places at the State Service Commission under President (SSC).
05 April 2007 [19:54]
President's Office and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade have been appealed in connection with the landslip in the village of Vasha of Ismayili region.
05 April 2007 [19:46]
The investigation of the criminal case launched on former chief of Terter Education Department Fazil Museyibov is over and has been sent to the Court of Grave Crimes.
05 April 2007 [19:45]
Emergencies Ministry officers found F-1 hand-grenade in front of an apartment in Shirin Mirzayev Street 91 in Nizami district.
05 April 2007 [19:44]
Press service of Ombudsman's Office released information about principal of Nizami district school #10 Hafiz Mukhtarov.
05 April 2007 [19:37]
Yasamal Court presided over by Judge Isa Ismayilov continued the proceeding on the case of Eynulla Fatullayev, investigator of Khojali tragedy, founder of Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper and editor-in-chief.
05 April 2007 [19:33]
05 April 2007 [19:32]
AFFA Disciplinary Committee held a meeting in AFFA headquarters.
05 April 2007 [19:30]
Funeral of Azerbaijani people's poet Gabil Imamverdiyev was held in the Rashid Behbudov Azerbaijan State Song Theatre. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev attended the funeral.
05 April 2007 [19:27]
The assaulters of a policeman in Sumgayit have not yet been arrested.
05 April 2007 [13:51]
Landslip occurred in the village of Vasha of Ismayilli region, Azerbaijan, deputy head of the region's executive power Khalid Ganiyev informs.
05 April 2007 [13:00]
Five foreigners were detained in a market in Aksaysk region of Rostov province, Russia, Rostov Federal Migration Service said. Four of the detainees are Azerbaijanis and one Georgian woman.
05 April 2007 [11:57]
European judo championship starts tomorrow in Belgrade, Serbia.
05 April 2007 [08:13]
Baku Music Academy will celebrate its 85th anniversary on September 18, on birthday of Uzeyir Hajibayov.
05 April 2007 [08:10]
Minghechevir Support Centre for Children and Families is to elect members to the children self-defense group.
05 April 2007 [08:04]
European Olympic Committee president Patrick Hikky will visit Baku on April 7.
05 April 2007 [07:55]
Fish-nets and other equipment used in illegal fishing confiscated by Azerbaijani State Border Service in the recent six months have been damaged, SBS officer Ilham Mehdiyev said.
05 April 2007 [07:44]
Classic Music Festival is to be held for the first time in Azerbaijan from May 18 to June 6.
05 April 2007 [07:42]
The first Forum of Azerbaijani students studying in Strasbourg will be held with the participation of Emin Milli (Alumni Network), Vusal Mammadov (FASE deputy secretary) and Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe Arif Mammadov in the building of Council of Europe on April 10.
04 April 2007 [19:52]
3,731 crimes, including 514 grave crimes were unfolded in Azerbaijan in 2006.
04 April 2007 [19:41]
Astara Customs Office's department to fight against smuggling and custom laws violation detained a narcotic smuggler.
04 April 2007 [19:24]
There is no need to teach religion as separate subject in Azerbaijani secondary schools, said Hidayat Orujov, chief of the State Committee for Religious Communities.
04 April 2007 [19:20]
The final decision on the venue of the Armenian and Azeri national football teams within EURO-2008 qualifying games will be announced April 24, head coach of the Armenian national team Ian Porterfield told reporters.
04 April 2007 [15:52]
Press Council has prepared bill on increasing government's care on the press in Azerbaijan.
04 April 2007 [15:44]
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detected 1,249,801 sq m Azerbaijan's territory and cleared from mines and UXOs in March, 2007.
04 April 2007 [15:42]
Azerbaijan handball squad has returned to the country after a 10-day training camp in Ukraine.
04 April 2007 [14:03]
Azerbaijan honored artist, pianist Murad Adigozalzadeh will perform Schumen concert together with popular Russian conductor Vladimir Verbitski in Moscow on April 27.
04 April 2007 [13:56]
Mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) injured 11 and killed 4 in Azerbaijan in the first term of 2007, Hafiz Safikhanov, director of Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines said.
04 April 2007 [12:55]
Nubar Kerimova, sister of lifer Dayanat Kerimov, accused of vice-speaker Afiyeddin Jalilov’s assassination and going on hunger strike in Gobustan jail wants to start hunger strike, Kerimova told.
04 April 2007 [12:41]
Traffic in Mardakan-Zugulba highway will tomorrow stop from 8.00 till 21.00 with regard to reconstruction, Baku Traffic Police Office officer Vagif Asadov told.
04 April 2007 [11:56]
"Attack on uranium enrichment facilities in Iran will not harm Azerbaijan. But exploding any atomic power station or oil refinery will cause dangerous problems for the whole world," said Adil Garibov, director of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Radiation Problems Institute.
04 April 2007 [11:12]
81-year old People's poet Gabil Imamverdiyev died at the night of April 3 to 4 at night.
04 April 2007 [08:02]
Azerbaijan's Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev today received the delegation led by UN Secretary General's Representative on Human Rights of IDPs Walter Kalin.
04 April 2007 [07:52]
The opening of International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO) will be held on April 4 in Baku.
04 April 2007 [07:42]
Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov will visit one of the military units of Azerbaijani Army in Shamkir region in the framework of the project implemented at the initiative of 'Army's friends' press club on April 4.
03 April 2007 [21:15]
Director General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri said on Tuesday that common religion is the most important and essential element for amity of people of Iran and the Caucasus.
03 April 2007 [21:06]
Azerbaijani Cultural Days will be held in Moscow on April 15-19.
03 April 2007 [21:05]
Catholic church is to be opened in Azerbaijan on April 29.
03 April 2007 [21:01]
Azerbaijan introduced credit system in eight higher schools with 2500 students.
03 April 2007 [20:56]
Fatal road accident happened in Ziya Bunyatov Street at 1.00 on April 2 to 3.
03 April 2007 [20:55]
United States Agency for International Development USAID Azerbaijani representatives Ziba Guliyeva and Gulrukh Orujova had a meeting in the region of Balaken.
03 April 2007 [20:51]
Five-storey building constructed for Interior Ministry's departments of Fighting Human Trafficking, Medical, Finance-Plan and Supply has been commissioned on Tuesday with participation of the Interior Minister Ramil Usubov.
03 April 2007 [20:49]
The hunger-striking prisoners of Gobustan jail, except lifer Deyanet Kerimov have stopped the strike.
03 April 2007 [20:48]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on conferring Glory order on Litvin Abbasov.
03 April 2007 [20:47]
Prisoners of Azerbaijani Gobustan jail stopped hunger strike on Tuesday.
03 April 2007 [20:09]
Azerbaijani chess players are joining 8th European individual chess championship started today in Dresden, Germany.
03 April 2007 [19:29]
A conference "Heydar Aliyev and religious policy in Azerbaijan: Realities and Prospects" started in Baku.
03 April 2007 [19:27]
Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry has neutralized an organized criminal group engaged in drug smuggling on the route Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia-Japan.
03 April 2007 [19:26]
"We have not yet found a company willing to construct youth camp in Azerbaijan," Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov said.
03 April 2007 [16:01]
The referees who are going to conduct fifth UEFA Regional Cup tournament for amateur squads which will take place in Baku on April 25-29 have been determined.
03 April 2007 [14:12]
"The new education bill is not expected to be debated in the Parliament soon," Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists.
03 April 2007 [14:11]
"Azerbaijan achieved high religious tolerance. This situation is not so good in many countries who claim tolerance," Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, head of Caucasian Muslims Office told journalists.
03 April 2007 [14:02]
The Turkish military will continue to give assistance to Azerbaijan's military. In order to endorse Azerbaijan's efforts for NATO membership, the two countries will establish a joint commission.
03 April 2007 [13:57]
Agdam's Garabakh club defender Timur Israfilov has left the country.
03 April 2007 [13:05]
There are no cases of evading school during primary education in Azerbaijan. Education Minister Misir Mardanov stated.
03 April 2007 [12:53]
"I have not received any appeal for Huseyn Abdullayev's release," President Office's socio-political department head Ali Hasanov stated.
03 April 2007 [11:28]
The lifers of Gobustan jail have not stopped hunger strike.
03 April 2007 [09:14]
An international Greco-roman wrestling tournament among schoolchildren wrapped up in Moscow.
03 April 2007 [07:36]
The presentation ceremony of the book "History of Western Azerbaijan" was held in Azerbaijani consulate general in St. Peterburg.
03 April 2007 [07:28]
Youth and Sports minister Azad Rehimov has received British delegation.
03 April 2007 [07:26]
Georgian police arrested three Armenians while crossing illegally Georgia-Turkey border.
Russia’s potential moves spark debate amid Tartus lease termination
Macaron prepares for war with the United States
Uzbek FM: Tashkent supports further strengthening of strategic relations with Baku & Ankara
Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan summoned to Foreign Ministry
World Bank unveils 5-year strategy to boost Azerbaijan’s economy and sustainability
Hikmet Hajiyev: Investigation into Azal plane crash continues, Azerbaijan in talks with Russia
Ankara Declaration strengthens trilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan