Society
17 August 2006 [13:02]
45-year-old man died of heart failure in "Neftchilar" station of Baku Subway this morning.
17 August 2006 [10:11]
The echelon loaded with weapons and military equipment withdrawn from Russian 62nd military base in Akhalkhalak, Georgia, was delivered to Russian military men at Yalama station in Azerbaijan at 13:00 today.
17 August 2006 [10:03]
GM Vugar Gashimov, from Azerbaijan, and GM Alexei Fedorov, from Belarus, the top-ranked players, shared the leadership in the Masters Championship at the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival.
17 August 2006 [09:37]
"The draft law on alternative military service will be discussed in parliament autumn session after approval of relevant organizations," Ziyafat Asgerov, Parliament vice-president and Head of standing Commission for Security and Defense Affairs told the journalists.
17 August 2006 [09:32]
Junior Faculty Development Program is implemented in Azerbaijan.
16 August 2006 [22:03]
President Aliyev issued an executive order to appoint Arif Alishanov chairman of the Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcast Closed JSC.
16 August 2006 [11:17]
World Cup quarter-finalists Ukraine thrashed Azerbaijan 6-0 in a friendly on Tuesday as both countries prepared for their respective Euro 2008 qualifiers.
16 August 2006 [10:06]
The fire in Aghsu forest was put out this morning, Rovshan Jalilov, Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry (ENRM) Foresting Department director stated.
16 August 2006 [09:57]
Detention conditions of Azerbaijani former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev has become severe, his lawyer Elton Guliyev informed.
16 August 2006 [09:01]
Kurgan city court sentenced Azerbaijanis to 10 and 14 years in jail for illicit drug traffic.
15 August 2006 [15:22]
"Ceasefire was declared in Lebanon on Monday. It is calm now. There are no bombings, no military planes. The devastated roads and bridges are being repaired," Azerbaijani honorary consul in Lebanon Nazih Gassoub told.
15 August 2006 [14:39]
Ombudsman of Azerbaijan has organized a gathering - "Youth is a bridge between generations" dedicated to the International Youth Day.
15 August 2006 [14:37]
There are more than half a million imprisoned women and girls around the world, according to the "World Female Imprisonment List," published for the first time by the International Center for Prison Studies at King's College in London.
15 August 2006 [14:32]
Two women who forced a 14-year-old girl into prostitution one of whom was the girl's aunt, have been jailed for two years.
15 August 2006 [13:30]
The weather temperature is forecasted to fall a little bit in Azerbaijan beginning from today till 21 August.
15 August 2006 [08:49]
Moscow intelligence bodies arrested two Azerbaijanis, who kidnapped 21-year-old girl and demanding money from her relatives.
14 August 2006 [20:22]
Fire danger increased in forests and other green areas because of the extreme hot in Azerbaijan.
14 August 2006 [19:39]
Life-term prisoner of Azerbaijan's Gobustan jail Kamandar Aslanov died early this morning.
14 August 2006 [16:18]
Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
14 August 2006 [10:00]
Shaikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Shakhboot Al Nahyan, the President of the Asian Chess Federation, declared open the 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, on behalf of the patron Lt General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Interior.
14 August 2006 [01:06]
About 100 taekwondoists from 12 countries will attend Azerbaijan Open championship in Baku Sports Complex, August 19-20.
14 August 2006 [01:00]
Azerbaijan's national Under-15 boxing team will participate in the European championship in Nikolayev, Ukraine, August 19-26.
14 August 2006 [00:58]
1st International Drama Festival to be held in Kazakhstan.
14 August 2006 [00:46]
Azerbaijan's national women's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 in a friendly game in Baku.
13 August 2006 [18:48]
Several persons were injured as a result of the fire in a high-rise apartment building.
13 August 2006 [02:22]
"Prosecutors aim to confirm the allegations by asking questions Haji Mammadov against Zakir Nasirov," said lawyer Adil Ismayilov.
13 August 2006 [02:19]
"Milli Yol" newspaper editor-in-chief Shahin Aghabeyli, who was sentenced to one year in prison by the parliamentarian Arif Rehimzadeh's claim, met with his family.
13 August 2006 [02:16]
"Qayda-Qanun" LLC chief, Baku resident Eldar Babayev was detained in an operation held by Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
13 August 2006 [02:12]
The last university entrance examinations were conducted in Azerbaijan today.
12 August 2006 [15:12]
"The Religious Belief and Conscience Freedom Support Center functions illegally and its president Ilgar Ibrahimoglu benefits from the organization for his political interests," said Adil Huseynov, Caucasus Religious Belief and Conscience Freedom Support Center (CRBCFSC) Azerbaijan Office chief.
12 August 2006 [15:00]
The plane taking off from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport en route to Surgut made emergency landing on Friday.
12 August 2006 [14:59]
The 6th international forum of Azerbaijani students studying abroad was held in the capital Baku on Saturday.
12 August 2006 [14:53]
With the support of the Canadian International Development Agency, representatives of the Association of Canada-Azerbaijan Cooperation stayed in Azerbaijan from August 1 to 10.
12 August 2006 [14:51]
Representatives of the national councils of the youth organizations of Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia will visit Azerbaijan on August 14.
12 August 2006 [11:18]
A talented group of teenagers from New York put together a dazzling show to help young children halfway across the world. On Aug. 8, the United Kids of America song and dance troupe performed "Step By Step, Child By Child" at the Kennedy Center's Family Theater in an effort to raise money for orphanages in Azerbaijan.
11 August 2006 [22:18]
Based on information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), there are renewed concerns about press freedom in Azerbaijan.
11 August 2006 [16:02]
Though Rehovot resident Leonid Ptashka's name might not mean much to most Israelis, in the former Soviet Union and many other places across the globe, the 42-year-old Azerbaijan-born jazz pianist is a household name.
11 August 2006 [15:56]
Caviar lovers may benefit from a five-nation deal entering into force from Saturday meant to clean up the badly polluted Caspian Sea.
11 August 2006 [15:51]
Control was beefed up in Azerbaijani border checkpoints after revealing group attempting to commit terrorist acts in London on 10 August, this year.
11 August 2006 [15:14]
Azerbaijani Border Troops soldiers will be replaced with professional personnel in accordance with the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) signed between NATO and Azerbaijani government.
11 August 2006 [14:37]
Silver medallists of Azerbaijan's last football championship Karvan lost 0-2 to Czech Slavia Prague in Baku in the first tie of the two-legged second qualifying round of UEFA Cup.
11 August 2006 [14:06]
Azerbaijan State Railway Company was put on alert due to supposed terror danger.
11 August 2006 [14:03]
The last university entrance examinations of this academic year will be conducted in Azerbaijan tomorrow.
11 August 2006 [14:01]
The ammunition depot near Saloglu village of Aghstafa region of Azerbaijan is being cleared.
11 August 2006 [13:58]
Baku Main Police Department Public Security Office detained 93 beggars during a raid in Bilajari settlement of the capital and took to Binagadi station.
11 August 2006 [10:05]
India's Viswanathan Anand won the 21st Ciudad de Villarrobledo rapid chess title following a four-way tie in the Spanish town of Villarrobledo on Sunday.
11 August 2006 [09:36]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev approved Regulations of State Committee for Family, Woman and Children Problems.
11 August 2006 [09:12]
Baku police arrested seven wanted persons. As Baku Police Department informs there is one Police Special Assignment Group (OPON) member among arrested men.
11 August 2006 [08:51]
Amnesty International is concerned at the sharp deterioration in freedom of expression in Azerbaijan, and in particular the killing, beating and intimidation of journalists.
10 August 2006 [22:41]
Armenian National Academy of Science Archeology Institute announced the results of the archeological excavations carried out in occupied Azerbaijani region of Agdam.
10 August 2006 [22:10]
National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) appealed to the local Economic Court #1 by the claim to ban B&B cable television broadcasting in Baku, NTRC chairman Nushiravan Meherremli stated.
10 August 2006 [16:07]
An Azerbaijani court has sentenced the editor-in-chef of an opposition newspaper to a year in prison after being convicted on charges of libeling a lawmaker of the country's ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party.
10 August 2006 [15:34]
Our compatriot living in Ukraine Alimammad Guliyev is going to stage continuous protest action at Independence Square in the capital Kyiv.
10 August 2006 [14:53]
Shahin Akhundov, who was involved in the crime outside Turkey's embassy in Azerbaijan in December, 2005, was arrested in Turkey.
10 August 2006 [14:14]
President Ilham Aliyev is visiting Salyan and Lenekran regions to get acquainted with the measures implemented within the state program on socio-economic development of regions.
10 August 2006 [09:47]
In near future the Caspian Sea level will rise 1.5 meters. 87 700 hectares of the territory (1.6%) will be flooded by the sea.
10 August 2006 [09:41]
In the past seven months of the year, Azerbaijani Constitutional Court received 1,333 individual complaints.
10 August 2006 [00:06]
Social taboos are slowly being lifted on women marrying men from other countries.
09 August 2006 [18:54]
Several life-term prisoners, whose death punishments were commuted to life-term imprisonment, are going to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
09 August 2006 [18:40]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former official of Crime Investigation Department of Interior Ministry.
09 August 2006 [18:20]
In exclusive interview with Balkanalysis.com director Christopher Deliso, Canadian journalist and publisher Scott Taylor shares his insights on the current situation in the strategic Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan, from where he recently reported.
09 August 2006 [16:37]
Seven-man Azerbaijan national free style wrestling team will attend the international tournament in Siedlche, Poland, August 18-20.
09 August 2006 [16:36]
The world-wide obsession with the King of rock'n'roll, Elvis Presley, continues and now spreads to Baku.
09 August 2006 [16:26]
The 53 winners of the contest held in Azerbaijan within the framework of the Future Leaders Exchange program were named.
09 August 2006 [15:32]
"Azerbaijan and Turkey will cooperate in organizing joint trainings of sportsmen as well as in struggle against doping and several other spheres," said Turkish State Minister Mehmet Ali Shahin, who is visiting Azerbaijan.
09 August 2006 [15:15]
25-year-old resident of Laman village of Lerik region, Azerbaijan, Jamal Mirzajan Alishov was murdered in the Russian city of Stavropol.
09 August 2006 [10:33]
Fire broke out in the 3rd car of Baku-Buzovna-Merdekan electric train near "Bakavtomat" railway station.
09 August 2006 [10:31]
Resident of Veravul village of Lenkeran, 16-year-old schoolboy Samir Shakir Rasulov drowned in the sea in Baku.
09 August 2006 [10:31]
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry Office To Fight Organized Crimes arrested a trafficker in women during a special operation.
09 August 2006 [10:24]
Air temperature will rise in Azerbaijan on August 11.
09 August 2006 [09:29]
Head of the Office of Caucasian Muslims Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh ended his visit in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
09 August 2006 [09:12]
Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry intends to set up a special station to study the impact of Daryal Installation in Gabala Radar Station on environment.
09 August 2006 [08:43]
Six officers of Georgian Interior Ministry Security Service confiscated 30 copies of newspaper "Hummat" (published in Azerbaijan) from the members of National Assembly of Georgian Azerbaijanis (NAGA) by force today.
09 August 2006 [08:32]
Secondary schools will be financed from the state budget by new principles from next year.
08 August 2006 [21:55]
Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
Armenians are preparing for a "crusade" against Baku – hopes for the United States
President Ilham Aliyev held expanded meeting over lunch with Somali President
Foreign Ministers of China, South Korea and Japan hold meeting in Tokyo
Pashinyan vs Dashnaks: are new purges starting in Armenia?
Next batch of humanitarian aid sent to Ukraine
ANAS announces plan of events to mark 100th anniversary of Elm Publishing House
MÜS?AD outlines strategic steps for economic resilience