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10 January 2007 [17:53]
Haji Mammadov and the other accused will be sentenced next week.
10 January 2007 [17:52]
11 mine accidents happened in 2006 in Azerbaijan. The explosions killed 2 and wounded 15 persons.
10 January 2007 [15:03]
Ilgar Gasimov, the chairman of the Political Movement Azerbaijan’s Path had a car accident in 50km of Moldova-Ukraine road while leaving capital of Moldova Kishinev for Kiev, near Dubossary city at 14.00 December 28.
10 January 2007 [13:36]
A missile for "Grad" multiple launch rocket system was found in the sports ground of school # 5 in Terter.
10 January 2007 [13:23]
The weather will be stable in Azerbaijan until the end of the week.
10 January 2007 [13:14]
Five unknown persons beat two Azerbaijanis in Balakhna, Russia.
10 January 2007 [11:57]
The works of Azerbaijani painters will be exhibited in State Art Museum on the occasion of 17th anniversary of 20 January tragedy.
10 January 2007 [11:07]
No bird flu virus was found during the investigations by the State Veterinary Service in the village Boyuk Bahmanli of Fuzuli region, State Veterinary Service press service told.
10 January 2007 [10:59]
State Student Admission Commission (SSAC) will hold a regional conference with participation of education officers of 15 regions in Sumgayit tomorrow, SSAC Chief Maleyka Abbaszadeh told journalists.
10 January 2007 [10:48]
Azerbaijan corresponded with European Court of Human Rights on 35 appeals during 2002-2006, Azerbaijani plenipotentiary representative in the European Court of Human Right Chingiz Asgarov told.
09 January 2007 [22:55]
"The plane which was carrying Turkish workers crashed probably due to bad weather conditions," Ali Ariduru, Deputy DG of Civil Aviation of Turkish Transportation Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday.
09 January 2007 [21:38]
European National Olympic Committee president Patrick Hickey will pay a visit to Azerbaijan in late March.
09 January 2007 [17:43]
"The execution of the procedure of defining of status of migrants living in Russia will begin from January 15," said Denis Soldatikov, Russian Federal Migration Service Public Relations Department chief.
09 January 2007 [17:41]
Trial on the case of Azerbaijani Army reserve officer Pyotr Mocalov accused of espionage for Russian special service in Military Court for Grievous Crimes has finished.
09 January 2007 [17:21]
The association of Azerbaijani Jew repatriates will be set up in Irael.
09 January 2007 [16:24]
"Simultaneously with the opening of the International "Kings" cartoon exhibition on the 1st of March and the introduction of the participating cartoonists, this museum which is one of the greatest cartoon museums in Asia and the Middle East will be opened," informed Tabriz Cartoon Association director, Rahim Baghal Asghari.
09 January 2007 [14:15]
"The certificate marks of the entrants are sometimes biased. There are some regions that the marks are objective, but in other regions biased. We have always declared the existence of this problem," the chief of State Students Admission Commission (SSAC) Maleyka Abbaszade told the journalists.
09 January 2007 [14:13]
The month of Muharram will begin on January 20.
09 January 2007 [14:10]
Early Tuesday morning fire occurred in Bina hypermarket located in the territory of Azizbayov district.
09 January 2007 [11:26]
State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry continues monitoring after the temporary suspension because of bad weather.
09 January 2007 [11:24]
Baku Educational Organization will finish monitoring kindergartens in late January-early February.
09 January 2007 [11:24]
376 religious communities have been registered in Azerbaijan up to date.
09 January 2007 [11:23]
Media Council will discuss the preparation of State Programme project to develop media in Azerbaijan.
09 January 2007 [11:21]
Milli Majlis Permanent Commission for Science and Education presented Draft law on Education to Education Ministry.
09 January 2007 [11:21]
Azerbaijani movies are displayed on Moldavian NIT TV Channel.
09 January 2007 [11:13]
The number of car accidents (3197) has increased compared with last year.
09 January 2007 [11:08]
Baku Educational Organization will organize a Roundtable with the Media Council to improve the cooperation between educational institutions and media.
09 January 2007 [11:08]
Roszarubejsentr Office will be established in Azerbaijan this year, stated the organization chairman Eleonora Mitrofanova.
09 January 2007 [11:06]
A group of Azerbaijani pilgrims returned from Hajj pilgrimage.
09 January 2007 [00:09]
The semifinal match of the First ACP World Rapid Chess Cup between Azeri grandmaster Teymur Rajabov and Ukraine's Vassily Ivanchuk became a real gem of the tournament.
09 January 2007 [00:06]
Education Ministry and Higher Education Institutions start hotlines to prevent bribery in exam period.
09 January 2007 [00:04]
State Commission for Students Admission held a conference on the results of entrance exams in 2006/2007 academic year in Ganja Executive Power residence.
09 January 2007 [00:02]
A newspaper article that landed two journalists in jail and provoked Muslim protests underscores rifts over crucial issues - religion, freedom of speech and foreign influence - troubling Azerbaijan.
08 January 2007 [18:03]
"Rise in prices of energy deliveries will influence the activity of the press. The publication of the newspapers and the price for imported rolls of paper may rise. Our colleagues also consider that newspaper prices should raise," said chairman of the Press Council Aflatun Amashov.
08 January 2007 [17:55]
Acting director and engineer general of Synthesis Caoutchouc Plant Ikhtiyar Balakishiyev, department chief Ikhtiyar Shahverdiyev and Metleb Shamuradov were arrested because of the explosion happened in Synthesis Caoutchouc Plant of "Azerkimya" State Company located in Sumgayit on December 29, Republic Prosecutor's Office and Emergencies Ministry released joint information about the case.
08 January 2007 [17:52]
Mass death of poultries is observed in the village Boyuk Bahmanli of Fuzuli region.
08 January 2007 [17:19]
The captain, co-captain and five other crew members of a giant Antonov-124 "Ruslan" cargo plane were detained at a Norwegian airport Monday on suspicion of intending to fly while drunk, police said.
08 January 2007 [15:55]
Advocates Collegium of Azerbaijan chief Azer Tagiyev will pay an official visit to Hungary on January 15.
08 January 2007 [15:27]
The weather is forecasted to be stable in 2-3 days, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department Forecasting bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva told.
08 January 2007 [15:11]
The period of the tender for ANS television and ANS CM radio frequency has been expired, National Television and radio Council chairman Nushirevan Meherremli stated.
08 January 2007 [01:22]
At a quaterfinal match of the First ACP World Rapid Chess Cup Azeri grandmaster defeated Russia's Alexander Morozevich.
07 January 2007 [22:35]
As Day.Az informs, citizens, disturbed by information about a petrol prices rising, try to fill full tanks.
07 January 2007 [21:21]
One more victim of the Synthesis Caoutchouc Plant blast, Gafur Mikay?l Aliyev, 60, died in the intensive care department on Sunday.
07 January 2007 [21:06]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has extended Christmas congratulations to the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan.
07 January 2007 [01:52]
Azerbaijan's Teymur Rajabov started his performance at the First ACP World Rapid Chess Cup by a win over Russia's Eugeny Bareev.
06 January 2007 [13:53]
More than 5 thousand people were deported from Russia to Azerbaijan in 2006, informs Russia Federal Migration Office.
05 January 2007 [00:59]
Grandmaster Teymur Rajabov opens Azerbaijan's overseas participation in the New Year as part of the 16-player field in the First ACP World rapid chess cup beginning in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday.
05 January 2007 [00:29]
New audience for international news and retail sites on the horizon as former Soviet state looks at dropping internet ban following Niyazov's death.
04 January 2007 [21:56]
Emaar Properties will host 68 artists from around the world at its third International Art Symposium to be held from January 7 to 27, 2007, at Emaar's Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club and Global Village in Dubai.
03 January 2007 [21:15]
Five students from the leadership class participated in Whitman's first video conference with students in Azerbaijan Dec. 7 as part of an initiative to promote technology and global awareness.
03 January 2007 [13:40]
The evidence of the wealthy oil industry can be seen everywhere in Azerbaijan's capital. Baku is definitely booming. There are gleaming marble squares, presidential palaces, new shops packed with western designer goods and even British bars that now cater for the hundreds of oil workers, including dozens from the North-East.
03 January 2007 [12:44]
A conference commemorating prominent Azerbaijan poet Nizami Ganjavi will take place January 24 in Strasbourg, France.
03 January 2007 [12:42]
The Geology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences continues to implement joint projects with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
03 January 2007 [12:21]
Police are investigating the murder of a Mountain Jew in Moscow.
02 January 2007 [16:36]
One of Azerbaijani pilgrims visiting Mecca passed away.
01 January 2007 [17:29]
Over a thousand Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in emergency wards on Sunday after stabbing themselves or suffering other injuries while sacrificing startled animals.
01 January 2007 [16:58]
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran became the second Indian ever after Viswanathan Anand to join the 2700 ELO rating club in the FIDE ranking list announced on Monday.
31 December 2006 [19:45]
Day of Solidarity of Azerbaijanis living throughout the world is marked in Azerbaijan on Sunday.
30 December 2006 [17:19]
Baku Mayor's Office will organize a firework at capital's sea front at 24.00, Dec 31.
30 December 2006 [17:13]
I forum of World Azerbaijani journalists will be held in Baku in 2007, stated Nazim Ibrahimov, chief of State Committee for Azerbaijanis living abroad.
30 December 2006 [17:12]
Head of Caucasus Muslims Office, Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade has congratulated Azerbaijani people on Id-al-Adha.
30 December 2006 [17:10]
Representatives of State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad and a number of Diaspora organizations visited the grave of Heydar Aliyev in the Honorary Alley on occasion of December 31 - Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis.
30 December 2006 [17:09]
A blast causing fire hit D-4A Butadiene Workshop of Synthesis Caoutchouc Plant of Azerkimya State Company at 19:00, Dec. 29.
30 December 2006 [12:15]
At present Azerbaijani pilgrims are in Arafat Mountain, said Caucasus Muslims Department press service chief Haji Akif Agayev.
30 December 2006 [11:58]
Fire occurred in apartment situated in Isgenderov Street, Nesimi region at night December 28 to 29.
30 December 2006 [11:56]
29 December 2006 [18:31]
Azerbaijanis suffered much from xenophobia in Russia in 2006; these ideas belong to the report of Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
29 December 2006 [18:18]
The parliament has appealed to the world Azerbaijanis on occasion of December 31 - Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis.
29 December 2006 [18:17]
Independent Azerbaijan University students on hunger strike held a press conference.
29 December 2006 [18:13]
President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Azerbaijani people on Id-al-Adha.
29 December 2006 [18:10]
100 more officers of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Closed Joint-Stock Company will be sent to retirement from 1 January 2007, AzTV personnel department chief Mansur Bayramov told.
29 December 2006 [16:09]
Unstable weather will dominate in Azerbaijani territory beginning from December 30 to January 1, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology department told.
29 December 2006 [01:13]
Azerbaijan state Social defence Foundation has issued social insurance cards to 1 089 758 of 1 220 320 applied people.
29 December 2006 [01:13]
Azeristiliktejhizat has to date supplied heating to 1720 of the planned 1885 residential buildings.
29 December 2006 [01:09]
Famous architects of the world will be involved in the construction of Independence Museum and Independence monument, Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev told journalists.
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