Society
13 July 2006 [18:45]
Two policemen and a Azeri man have been taken to hospital after being shot in an incident in eastern Moscow, police said Thursday.
13 July 2006 [16:20]
University graduates have submitted application for master's degree since July 7.
13 July 2006 [15:39]
On July 12, Armenians set out fire in Gulchuluk farm areas of Aghdam occupied by Armenians, beginning at 21.00, the fire crossed the contact line.
13 July 2006 [10:22]
The Grave Crimes Court on Wednesday handed down jail terms to the members of an opposition youth movement charged with attempting to topple the government with the aid of the Armenian secret service.
13 July 2006 [01:09]
On Wednesday human rights defenders Organizations Monitoring Group members-Saida Gojamanli, Novella Jafaroglu, Seadat Bananyarli and Chingiz Ganizade monitored Gobustan jail.
13 July 2006 [00:58]
"Let's fancy that one of the Armenian NGOs has recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. This cannot change anything," said Azeri writer and publicist Alekper Aliyev said.
13 July 2006 [00:41]
Ministry of Health issued a statement on the guests' having gotten poisoned at the wedding in Peshtetuk village, Lerik, Azerbaijan.
13 July 2006 [00:34]
Ministry of National Security (MNS) rendered harmless the criminal detachment bringing narcotic drugs through smuggling from Iran to Azerbaijan as a result of the raid conducted.
13 July 2006 [00:24]
ITAR-TASS Agency office of Russia in Georgia has been robbed by unknown persons.
12 July 2006 [16:31]
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan plats the ecological map of forests burned by Armenians in the occupied territories.
12 July 2006 [16:23]
According to the agreement signed between Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) and Oil University of China, over 49 young Chinese students will come to Baku to pursue their study in ASOA.
12 July 2006 [15:53]
A Moscow's court sent two Muscovites to prison for one and a half years Wednesday for assaulting a television producer of Azerbaijani origin in a sentence that even surprised the prosecution.
12 July 2006 [12:35]
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention of a critical journalist in Azerbaijan on what local press freedom activists and opposition journalists call trumped up drug charges.
12 July 2006 [12:28]
Oscar organizers on Tuesday said they invited 83 countries to submit movies for foreign language film nominations for the movie industry's top honors including first timers, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan.
12 July 2006 [11:55]
The Public Union for Humanitarian Assistance to Education, Culture and Social Fields is getting ready to hold TV marathons in Azerbaijan and abroad.
12 July 2006 [03:15]
Ministry of Health stopped DiaMed Medical Center's activity on June 29.
11 July 2006 [18:33]
On July 10, beginning from the afternoon hours Armenians started fire in Terter, Aghdam and Khojavend regions of Azerbaijan under occupation of Armenians.
11 July 2006 [18:31]
"Life sentenced prisoners continue hunger strike in Gobustan Detention Place," said Azerbaijan National Committee chief against Tortures, Elchin Behbudov.
11 July 2006 [18:03]
A group of right defenders will hold monitoring in Gobustan prison on Wednesday.
11 July 2006 [17:43]
According to Azeri representation to UNESCO inclusion of Hirkan woods in the list of Global Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO and condition of Icheri Sheher will be discussed at XXX session of UNESCO Global Cultural and Natural Heritage Committee which is held in Vilnius.
11 July 2006 [17:37]
Rasim Ojagov, the outstanding Azeri film director passed away in Baku.
11 July 2006 [12:04]
11 July 2006 [11:42]
Turkish Hurriyyet newspaper continues publishing controversial reports concerning the Azeri consul-general in Istanbul Ibrahim Nabioghlu.
11 July 2006 [01:16]
Azerbaijan State Musical Comedy Theatre will close the season on July 15 with the performance 'Love Affair'.
11 July 2006 [01:11]
In the end of the last week seminar–conference on Azerbaijan held in Japan for the first time in Osaka University, Azerbaijan-Japan Friendship Society (AJFS) program's second program for making Azerbaijan known in Japan held the second seminar.
11 July 2006 [01:04]
Tender announced by the National Television and Radio Council on 43rd channel through which Khachmaz TV is broadcasting.
10 July 2006 [20:31]
"Lake Boyuk Shor in Baku shouldn't be dehydrated. It can have bad results.
10 July 2006 [16:38]
Document's admission to high schools ends on Monday.
10 July 2006 [16:27]
Natural calamities annually cause damage to Azerbaijan to the tune of $15-50m, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
10 July 2006 [16:26]
The population of Azerbaijan increased by 47,000 (0.6%) in the first half of 2006 to reach 8,483,000 as of July 1.
09 July 2006 [21:51]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared July 10 a day of mourning for the victims of a Siberia air crash Sunday.
09 July 2006 [21:39]
President Aliyev sent a message of condolences to Vladimir Putin.
09 July 2006 [21:22]
Pointing to the parched ground of this farming village in the Azerbaijani steppes, Aliman Mammadov said the oil pipeline built under his land by British oil giant BP has left him poor.
09 July 2006 [00:23]
Three Iranian painters have been invited to participate in the 5th Gyumri International Biennial of Contemporary Art, which is scheduled to open in Armenia on August 8.
08 July 2006 [23:30]
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to improve transportation system.
08 July 2006 [09:35]
In nearest future hot line will be opened for victims of human trafficking In Baku, at present talks continue with the government related to this matter.
08 July 2006 [09:31]
None of the historical monuments being in the registration of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been protected so far.
08 July 2006 [00:54]
Second Sub-Regional Training Course on implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes to be held on July 10-14 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
07 July 2006 [23:24]
"There are 257 female prisoners in Azerbaijan at present, 27 of them are citizens of neighboring countries," Justice Ministry Court Awards Execution Main Office Detention Place chief for Women, Muzaffar Mammadov has told journalists.
07 July 2006 [19:52]
On Friday Samanyolu television (STV) held presentation of the film on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
07 July 2006 [19:49]
On Friday President Ilham Aliyev fired Nazim Mehdi Ismayilov from the post of Goychay Executive Power chairman.
07 July 2006 [19:43]
Zagatala police detained two wanted Georgian citizens on July 6.
07 July 2006 [19:39]
"Hajj pilgrimage this year will start by the end of December," official of Caucasus Muslims office informs.
07 July 2006 [19:36]
Chirman of Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Haji Allahshukur Pashazade visits Saudi Arabia.
07 July 2006 [19:28]
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan called on all Azerbaijani structures, institutions as well as juridical, political and social organizations to exert pressure on international organizations in order to achieve return of Iran's cultural heritage taken by the USA 70 years ago.
07 July 2006 [19:26]
Ministry of Health has announced the list of population group of privilege working in health enterprises operating on paid base.
07 July 2006 [15:37]
Some underground stations in the Azerbaijani capital will be renamed by fall.
07 July 2006 [01:58]
Recent continuous rainfalls in some regions of Azerbaijan and Georgia raised the level of the Kyur by 10-12cm.
07 July 2006 [01:54]
07 July 2006 [01:43]
On July 5 at 1100 hrs explosion happened at filling station in Lerik.
07 July 2006 [01:37]
On Thursday Azerbaijani National Hemophilia Committee has been established with participation of Azerbaijan Republic Association of Hemophiliacs (ARAH) and Independent Consumers' Union (ICU) management and parents of hemophiliacs.
07 July 2006 [01:35]
On Thursday preparatory trial on the case of the gang headed by Haji Mammadov, Interior Ministry Main Crime Investigation Department ex-officer, went on at Grievous Crimes Court.
07 July 2006 [01:32]
Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova investigates the case of Bakhtiyar Jabbarov, 1964, who died in the detention place of Lenkeran Police Department.
06 July 2006 [23:38]
Sturgeon continues to be illegally caught and sold, with the authorities seemingly doing little to curb the poaching.
06 July 2006 [17:40]
President of Georgian National Airlines Giorgi Kodua categorically rules out any technical problems during the Almaty-Tbilisi flight.
06 July 2006 [11:30]
The activity of the Azerbaijani Diaspora has come to the forefront and undoubtedly started to perturb the Armenian lobby, the chairman of the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad, Nazim Ibrahimov, has said.
06 July 2006 [11:26]
The incident involving the Azeri consul-general in Istanbul Ibrahim Nabioghlu will be thoroughly studied, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov has said.
06 July 2006 [11:21]
The negotiated settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict was discussed by the Caucasus Clerical Office chairman, Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazada and the Armenian Catalicos Garegin II on the sidelines of a summit of world clerics in Moscow on Wednesday.
06 July 2006 [02:38]
Religious leaders in Moscow adopted a final statement condemning terrorism and religious extremism Wednesday after a three-day forum.
06 July 2006 [02:14]
Russian frontier-guards detained Azerbaijani fishing vessel on July 5.
06 July 2006 [01:50]
In 7-8 km distance of Garabulag village of Khanlar region two Alban-Turkish temples dated to VII-IX centuries have been found.
06 July 2006 [01:23]
Preparation work is on for holding World Azerbaijanis Scientists I Forum.
06 July 2006 [01:17]
On Wednesday 4 year pass since establishment of State Committee for World Azerbaijanis Living Abroad (SCWALA).
05 July 2006 [20:59]
On Wednesday Justice Ministr Fikrat Mammadov held press conference within the Justice week frame in mass media.
05 July 2006 [20:56]
The books' donation ceremony was held on Wednesday at the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
05 July 2006 [15:03]
Two Turkish women have applied to Turkey prosecutor's office about beating and threaten claim about general council of Azerbaijan to Istanbul, Ibrahim Yagubov.
05 July 2006 [14:58]
Russia could have its first peroral vaccine for birds against the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza by the end of this year, the head of an institute working on the vaccine said Wednesday.
05 July 2006 [12:03]
The Grave Crimes Court on Tuesday held a preliminary hearing on the case of a criminal group that carried out numerous killings and kidnappings in Azerbaijan under the leadership of a former high-ranking Interior Ministry official.
05 July 2006 [09:39]
Azerbaijan National Committee against Tortures leader Elchin Behbudov held monitoring in Bayil detention place yesterday.
05 July 2006 [08:16]
Commissioner for Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova for defending right and freedom of military servicemen has visited Defense Ministry military unit #N in Salyan region.
04 July 2006 [21:42]
Caucasus Muslims Office leader Sheikulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade chaired the meeting of world summit of religious leaders held in Moscow today.
04 July 2006 [20:55]
This year tuberculoses have been found in 17 prisoners detained in Detention Place #1 and moved to treatment enterprise.
04 July 2006 [17:11]
Hunger strike of the prisoners in Gobustan detention place, that started July 26, continues.
04 July 2006 [16:22]
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia is awarded the highest Muslim Order of Sheikh ul-Islam for his contribution into development of mutual understanding among nations and religions.
04 July 2006 [15:17]
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev decreed on rename of the State Real Estate Registration Service under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic to State Real Estate Registration Service of the Azerbaijan Republic.