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25 March 2006 [10:29]

WHO says Bird flu situation is stable in Azerbaijan

The World Health Organization (WHO) may send a new mission to monitor avian flu in Azerbaijan.
25 March 2006 [10:13]

President signs decree to perpetuate Ismayil Shikhli's and Mohsun Sanani's memory

President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to perpetuate People's writer Ismayil Shikhli and People's artist Mohsun Sanani's memory.
25 March 2006 [09:41]

Republic Prosecutors' Office confirms arrest of four Barmek officials

Barmek Azerbaijan Electricity Distribution Company LTD four more officials were arrested by the court decision.
25 March 2006 [09:23]

UN Office in Azerbaijan issues statement

"Organization named "International Development Company" has no relation to the UN," The United Nations Office in Azerbaijan issued this statement.
24 March 2006 [23:29]

Bird flu doesn't spread among dogs and cats

The state Veterinary Service under the Azerbaijani Agriculture Ministry denies information on possibility Bird flu spreading among dogs and cats, Ismayil Hassanov, the Head of the Veterinary Service, informed.
24 March 2006 [22:41]

Abulfaz Garayev: "We are going to take tough approach in protecting cultural values"

New structure and stature of the newly created Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan soon will be adopted, Azerbaijani minister of Culture and Tourism, Abulfaz Garayev stated.
24 March 2006 [17:22]

AFFA signs UEFA resolution

Special resolution was adopter by AFFA together with other national associations, composing UEFA, at the 30th UEFA Congress in Budapest.
24 March 2006 [16:44]

Prosecutor General's Office holds workshop for journalists

On Friday the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office jointly with the Azerbaijani Media Council held a workshop for journalists, covering legal field in media. The goal of the workshop is to expand the cooperation between the Prosecutor Office and media.
24 March 2006 [10:34]

Writers' Union against Iranian Ambassador

Azerbaijan Writers' Union (AWU) protests against Iranian Ambassador because of calling Nizami Ganjavi and Mohammad Shahriyar Persian poets.
24 March 2006 [10:18]

Scientific-practical ICT conference to be held in Lenkoran

Scientific-practical conference on "Formation and management of information-communication structures of socioeconomic development of the regions" will be held in Lenkoran March 25.
24 March 2006 [10:08]

KLO to hold 5th conference on "Karabakh yesterday, today and tomorrow"

Karabagh Liberation Organization (KLO) will hold the fifth conference May 23 named "Karabakh yesterday, today and tomorrow".
24 March 2006 [10:00]

Government slams Mikhail Piotrovski for grave destruction claim

Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism has condemned a Russian culture worker’s recent statement concerning the alleged destruction of ancient graves in Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan.
24 March 2006 [09:37]

President ends his visit to Imishli and Ali Bayramli

After Imishli, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited to Ali Bayramli.
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.