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23 March 2006 [23:34]

Cases of bird death in Azerbaijan considerably drop

Cases of bird death in Azerbaijan considerably dropped, Huseyn Baghirov, the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, stated.
23 March 2006 [18:19]

Hussein Arabul: "The goal of government is to force Barmek to annul its contract"

Special commission was established in the Barmek-Azerbaijan Electricity Network Limited Liability Company (LLC) for investigation of activity of the arrested employees of the Company.
23 March 2006 [18:00]

New gold mines to open in Azerbaijan in 2006

There is big interest in Azerbaijan towards in the gold mines and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources conduct regular exploration work and define new areas for conduct of researches, Huseyn Bagirov, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources, told.
23 March 2006 [16:14]

Meeting with Austrian historian

The Austrian historian Erich Fiegle met with the staff of the Azerbaijan State Economic University in Baku.
23 March 2006 [11:36]

Retired Turkish general to hold conference in Baku

A retired Turkish general will hold a conference on geo-political issues in Baku.
23 March 2006 [11:29]

Radioactive device found in Baku

The container discovered in the Binagadi district of Baku is a powerful source of radiation, it has been confirmed.
23 March 2006 [11:27]

Saudi TV to shoot film on Azeri tourism

Saudi Arabia's Black and White television channel will shoot a film about tourism in Azerbaijan.
23 March 2006 [10:23]

Head of WHO office dismissed

Ferman Abdullayev was dismissed from the post of Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) representative office in Azerbaijan.
23 March 2006 [10:04]

AZN 5,000 to be paid to families of those died in Basmanny and 3,000 to injured

4 of Azerbaijani citizens, who were injured in Moscow market roof collapse February 23, are being treated in the hospitals in Moscow currently.
23 March 2006 [09:10]

Azerbaijani diaspora in France

Participant of the 2nd World Azerbaijanis Congress tells of Azerbaijani people living in France.
23 March 2006 [08:52]

Three residents of Salyan died because of eating wild fowls

Three residents of Salyan region died of bird flu because of having eaten wild fowls.
23 March 2006 [08:33]

"Role of Azerbaijan and Turkey in Geopolitics in the Eurasian Region" conference to be held

The member of the Turkish Global Strategic Researches Centre Nejat Eslen will be on a visit to Baku in March 23-27 on an invitation of the Azerbaijan Turkish Businessmen's Union (ATBU).
23 March 2006 [00:53]

The Pope abstained from using the phrase "Armenian Genocide"

The Pope Benedict XVI met Patriarch of Armenian Catholic Church Nerses Petros XIX.
23 March 2006 [00:47]

Book dedicated to 2nd congress of World Azerbaijanis to be published

At present the document adopted at the 2nd congress of World Azerbaijanis are translated into foreign languages in order to be sent to international organizations.
23 March 2006 [00:31]

Azerbaijan's Ambassador to the US to be appointed Rector of the Diplomatic Academy

Ambassador Hafiz Pashayev will be appointed a Rector of the Diplomatic Academy.
23 March 2006 [00:28]

Haji Magomedov's gang member Mahammad Gurbanov attempted suicide

Mahammad Gurbanov, member of the gang led by Haji Magomedov, who committed a number of grave crimes in Zagatala-Balaken region, Azerbaijan, in 2000-2002, has been imprisoned in Dagestan and taken to Azerbaijan several days ago.
23 March 2006 [00:26]

10 religious communities registered since 2006

10 religious communities have been registered since the beginning of 2006 in Azerbaijan.
23 March 2006 [00:24]

Emergencies Minister meets PACE members

Azerbaijani Emergencies Minister, general-colonel Kemaleddin Heydarov, has discussed work of the ministry with the member of the Parliamentary Commission of the Council of Europe (PACE) monitoring committee Edward Lintner and European parliament former member Werner Munch.
23 March 2006 [00:18]

WHO specialist: "Bird flu danger is decreasing in Azerbaijan"

Migratory birds have already left Azerbaijan.
23 March 2006 [00:14]

59 schools to be renovated with the WB assistance

59 schools will be renovated within the frames of the World Bank project in Azerbaijan aimed at the development of educational sector.
23 March 2006 [00:12]

Emergencies Minister: "No need to declare state of emergency"

There is no need to declare the state of emergency in the country because of the bird flu virus.
22 March 2006 [23:57]

AFFA has problems shifting country's championship calendar games

AFFA has problems transferring country's championship calendar games due to the friendly match Azerbaijan-Turkey that will be held on March 12.
22 March 2006 [15:41]

54 detained & extradited to Azerbaijan

54 wanted people were detained and extradited to the Azerbaijani investigative bodies on the base of petitions raised before the CIS countries in 2005, Ruslan Hajiyev, the head of the International Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office, informs.
22 March 2006 [15:31]

Foreign diplomats at State University of Architecture and Construcrion

The teaching stuff and students of the State University of Architecture and Construction met with representatives of of Iranian, Turkish and Chinese Embassies.
22 March 2006 [13:22]

Indian exhibition to open in Baku

5-day exhibition of Indian goods will open at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex March 24, 2006, the Indian Embassy in Baku announced.
22 March 2006 [10:49]

President tours regions

Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, will pay visits to Imishli and Ali-Bayramli regions.
22 March 2006 [01:52]

WHO on Avian influenza situation in Azerbaijan: "5 people dead, 11 cases under investigation"

On March 21, 2006, World Health Organization issued updated information on Bird Flu situation in Azerbaijan.
21 March 2006 [20:05]

President Aliyev participated in Novruz parties

Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan participated in the holiday party held in Youth Square in front of Qosha Qala doors.
21 March 2006 [20:03]

Georgian President met with Azerbaijanis on Novruz holiday

President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Marneuli region congratulating local Azeris on the beginning of the Novruz Bayram holiday.
21 March 2006 [16:38]

Novruz Bayram marked in Spain

On 20 March, a ceremony to mark Novruz Bayram was held in Spain, the embassy of Azerbaijan to this country said.
21 March 2006 [12:12]

WHO representatives meet with families in Salyan

Three members of World Health Organization (WHO) were In Daykand and Sarvan, Salyan where Bird Flu infection was detected.
21 March 2006 [12:02]

Fire broke out in Barda - Two children dead

Fire happened in Baymadaghi village of Barda region at about 7 am on March 20 took lives of 2 children.
20 March 2006 [22:50]

President Aliyev congratulates people on Novruz Bayram

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has issued a message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Novruz Bayram.
18 March 2006 [11:25]

Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia issued visa to Armenian delegates to visit Baku

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia issued visa to the Armenian delegates to visit Azerbaijan to attend the conference "Enhancing transportation security in OSCE region" organized by OSCE in Baku.
18 March 2006 [10:48]

Mujgan Suver: "Turkish government do not organize flights to Armenia"

"Istanbul-Yerevan and the opposite direction flights are not organized by the Turkish government but a private company," head of Turkey Marmara Strategic and Social Researches Foundation on European Union and Human Rights Platform, Mujgan Suver told.
18 March 2006 [10:06]

Afshar Suleymani considers Nizami and Shahriyar as Persian poets

"Former Iranian President Mahammad Khatami's writing that Nizami Ganjavi is a Persian poet is true. Nizami wrote and created his works in Persian, he didn't have even one work in Azerbaijani," Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Afshar Suleymani, told.
18 March 2006 [09:43]

Presidential decree on draft and sending servicemen into reserve

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on draft and sending military men who completed their termed service into reserve from April 1 to 20, 2006.
18 March 2006 [09:23]

Women chess team to join the tournament

Chess Tournament will start in Turin, Italy May 19.
17 March 2006 [10:24]

Eggs on sale under sanitary and veterinary control

The Republic Hygiene and Epidemiology Center strengthened control over the selling of eggs in the territory of the country.
17 March 2006 [10:21]

Health Minister: "Inspections will continue in drugstores"

Health Ministry, Taxes Ministry and sanitary service to continue inspections in the drugstores in Baku.
17 March 2006 [10:17]

One more Bird flu suspect hospitalized

One more Azerbaijani suspected of Bird flu infection has been hospitalized in Scientific Research Lung Diseases Institute.
17 March 2006 [10:05]

The Second Congress of World Azerbaijanis is over

The congress focused on several issues on further development of Azerbaijani Diaspora.
17 March 2006 [09:47]

Students Admission Commission to conduct exam for study in Turkey

Azerbaijan's State Students Admission Commission (SSAC) has announced student admission for Turkey's Universities from March 22 till April 14.
17 March 2006 [09:44]

Birds' mass death in Aghdam

Domestic birds died in Yuzbashi village, Aghdam.
16 March 2006 [20:47]

Abel Maharramov: "Education law to be adopted soon"

"The law on education is expected to be put for discussion and adopted at the spring session of the Milli Majlis," said MP Abel Maharramov, the head of the Baku State University.
16 March 2006 [18:45]

WHO gets familiar with Bird flu in Azerbaijan

The experts of the World Health Organization (WHO), Naomi Boxal and Andreas Gividorf assist to the Azerbaijani Health Ministry on epidemiological supervision in the framework of struggle with bird flu.
16 March 2006 [17:55]

Tomris Azeri: "Organization of 2nd Congress of World Azeris marked in US"

"The organization of the second conference of the Congress of World Azerbaijanis was marked in Brooklyn, New York," Tomris Azeri, the chairman of the Azerbaijani-US Society, Tomris Azeri, said in her speech to the conference in Baku.
16 March 2006 [16:30]

Adil Ismayilov: "Last examination of Azeri officer was tendentious"

The last examination for definition of psychological state of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani officer who is accused of assassination of An Armenian officer, Gurgen Markarian in Budapest, was carried out in tendentious way, Adil Ismayilov, a law-defender of Safarov, told a news conference at the International Press Center.
16 March 2006 [16:15]

Ali Hasanov: "No tent camp for refugees, IDPs to be left by mid-2007"

"The tent camps built for refugees and internally displaced people will be fully eliminated by mid 2007," said Ali Hasanov, the Azerbaijani Vice Premier, the chairman of the State Commission on refugees and internally displaced people (IDP), on March 16.
16 March 2006 [15:48]

Nazim Ibrahimov: "Azeri Diaspora in the stage of progress and evolution"

"The Azerbaijani Diaspora now is in the stage of progress and evolution," stated Nazim Ibrahimov, the chairman of the state committee on work with Azerbaijanis residing abroad, at the 2nd Congress of the world Azerbaijanis.
16 March 2006 [13:36]

The Second Congress of World Azerbaijanis started its work

"We want Azerbaijan to become a powerful country and live in peace and prosperity," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated on 16 March to an opening ceremony of the Second Congress of World Azerbaijanis.
16 March 2006 [10:45]

Scores arraigned over corruption in 2005

The Department on Fighting Corruption under the Azeri Prosecutor General's Office has received 92 appeals, according to the deputy prosecutor general, Eldar Nuriyev.
16 March 2006 [10:20]

No progress for Azerbaijan in FIFA rating list

FIFA reported new rating list of the national teams.
16 March 2006 [10:00]

Several PMs appealed to Ministries and Azersu Company

Several parliamentarians from south regions of Azerbaijan have appealed to Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov, Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev, Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov and chief of Azersu Joint-Stock Company Nizameddin Rzayev.
16 March 2006 [09:55]

Nizami region does not follow instructions of Azerigas

Houses in the R.Aghayev Street of Keshle settlement are not provided with natural gas.
16 March 2006 [09:50]

World Azerbaijanis Congress to hold its 9th conference in Stockholm

World Azerbaijanis Congress led by Mammadrza Kheshti will hold its 9th conference in Stockholm, capital of Sweden on June 24-25.
16 March 2006 [09:45]

Deadly road accident happened in Lenkaran

Deadly traffic accident occurred in Alat-Astara main highway in Lenkaran region of Azerbaijan at 9.10 a.m on Wednesday.
16 March 2006 [09:40]

Six Azerbaijanis injured in Bassmany market incident still in hospital

Six Azerbaijani citizens who were injured in the collapse of Bassmany market's roof on February 23, 2006 are still being treated in different hospitals in Moscow.
16 March 2006 [09:25]

Village in Fuzuli quarantined due to Bird Flu

After bird flu was confirmed in Boyuk Bahmanli village, Fuzuli region of Azerbaijan, quarantine was imposed on the village.
16 March 2006 [09:15]

Georgian special forces attacked Head of NAGA

Saakashvili's regime accuses Dashgin Gulmammadov of acting in concert with ex-chief of Georgia’s SSM Igor Georgadze and considers him as a separatist.
16 March 2006 [01:31]

President Aliyev to award public figures

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to award a number of public figures for their activities in solidarity of the world Azerbaijanis.
15 March 2006 [20:14]

Transport Minister: "Mayor's Office doesn't provide us with information on technical passports of routes"

Licensing and defining signs system application has moved under the Ministry of Transport control.
15 March 2006 [19:39]

Stray dog infected with Bird flu

Bird Flu virus "A" type discovered in a stray dog in Baku city, State Commission on Preventing Bird Flu epidemic announced.
15 March 2006 [17:24]

Foreign delegates visit Alley of Honors

About hundred delegates from Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other countries arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the 2nd Congress of the World Azerbaijanis.
15 March 2006 [15:27]

Natik Bagirov: "Sunday schools for Azeri children open in Belarus"

"Sunday schools for Azerbaijani children will soon open in Belarus," said chairman of Azerbaijan Diasporas Congress in Belarus Natik Bagirov.
15 March 2006 [15:23]

Nasraddin Muhammadiyev: "2nd congress of world Azeris to develop Azeri-Uzbek cooperation"

"The 2nd congress of world Azerbaijanis will make a contribution in the development of the cooperation between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan," said Nasraddin Muhammadiyev, the Director of the Uzbek International Culture Center, also the head of the group of representatives of Azerbaijani Diaspora.
15 March 2006 [15:20]

Justin McCarty: "If Armenians had anything to say they wouldn't have minded the TV debates on "genocide"

Turkey should maximally speed up the measures undertaken within the Armenian issue.
15 March 2006 [14:00]

WHO confirms three human deaths from bird flu in Azerbaijan - UPDATED

New blood samples sent to the UK.
15 March 2006 [11:12]

Hussein Baghirov: "Summer migration of birds from Africa may increase Bird flu risk"

"15,000 birds have been culled due to Bird flu virus. Most of birds have been culled in Khizi, Devechi and Khachmaz regions as well as Apsheron peninsula," Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources Hussein Baghirov stated.
15 March 2006 [11:01]

Baku will be awarded with "Investment City of the Future 2006/2007: Western CIS" certificate

Official ceremony of awarding Baku city with the "Investment City of the Future 2006/2007: Western CIS" certificate will be held in Cannes March 16.
15 March 2006 [10:39]

Two residents of Terter reported dead from TB not Bird flu

Two residents of Bayimsarov village of Terter, Subhan and Khayale Musayevs, who were suspected of Bird flu virus, died of tuberculosis.
15 March 2006 [10:12]

Congress of Georgian Azerbaijanis to be held

Congress of the Azerbaijanis living in Georgia will be held shortly.
15 March 2006 [09:53]

PACE report reveals human rights in armed forces

"Members of armed forces cannot be expected to respect humanitarian law and human rights in their operations unless respect for human rights is guaranteed within the army ranks," PACE rapporteur on human rights of members of the armed forces, Alexander Arabadjiev (Bulgaria, SOC) said during a meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee in Paris.
15 March 2006 [09:23]

Teymur Rajabov's rating points are the highest in Linares

Teymur Rajabov gained the highest points among the eight grand masters participated in Linares tournament held in Mexico and Spain.
15 March 2006 [09:00]

Azeri Diaspora to join great Turkish march in NY

Azerbaijani Diaspora will join the great Turkish march to be held in New York, US, this May.