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23 September 2005 [09:24]
UNICEF will spend $10 million to Azerbaijan in next 5 years.
20 September 2005 [12:03]
On September 23 in “Hyatt Regency” hotel the inauguration ceremony of “Britain-Azerbaijan Graduates Net” will be held by the support of “British Council” organization of Great Britain, and embassy of this country to Baku and “bp” company of Great Britain.
20 September 2005 [11:40]
Modern Art exhibition is held in the exposition hall of the UNO section in Geneva on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of signing the UNO Regulation.
20 September 2005 [11:29]
The publishing house ”Lotos” refused to publish the newspaper “Chernovik” published in Mahachkala.
13 September 2005 [10:23]
Very serious investigational operations are carried out in connection with the murder of the editor-in-chief of the “Monitor” journal Elmar Huseynov.
13 September 2005 [10:19]
Actions will be held on September 14-15 on the occasion of 87th anniversary of the release of Baku from occupation.
13 September 2005 [10:15]
The sheikh of the whole Caucasus sheikh Haji Allahshukur Pashazade received the Vatican Cardinal Cresense Sepen being on a visit in Baku yesterday.
13 September 2005 [10:12]
The president Ilham Aliyev signed a decree yesterday on giving the presidential grant to students who scored highest results on specialty groups in entrance examinations in the 2005-2006 academic year and were admitted to higher schools.
13 September 2005 [09:57]
150 prisoners have been pardoned by the offer and effort of the Ombudsman’s Apparatus till now.
13 September 2005 [09:47]
Allahshukur Pashazade, the chairman of the Caucasus Clerical Board (CCB), invited the new head of the Catholic Church Benedictus XVI to visit Azerbaijan. Sheik-ul-Islam presented the invitation Kreschentsio Sepe, the Vatican Cardinal, who is currently on visit to Azerbaijan.
13 September 2005 [09:34]
The ULTRA Company creates wireless Internet zones in 18 state universities of our republic together with the INTEL Corporation (USA) for the purpose of providing all state universities with wireless Internet zones in the frame of the “Wireless Universities” Programme.
13 September 2005 [09:27]
The country chess championship among clubs in Merida, Spain is over.
13 September 2005 [09:17]
Assuming commitments or signing the agreement on issues related to ensuring the citizens rights for freedom of assemblies would be a direct disrespect of the existing legislation, the executive secretary of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (New Azerbaijan, NAP) Ali Ahmedov said in a statement on 12 September at the seminar, organized by the OSCE Baku office.
13 September 2005 [09:14]
The court process appointed to be held yesterday on the case of Tahir Asadullayev accused of giving false information about the citizen of Great Britain Alan French to law-enforcement organs did not take place.
13 September 2005 [08:51]
“The information spread in the press that former chairman of Head Office of Fighting Organized Criminality of Interior Ministry Zakir Nasirov was tortured is not true.
13 September 2005 [08:44]
Foundation-laying ceremony of Catholic Church “Madonna Dell’immcolata concezione” was held in Nobel Avenue yesterday.
09 September 2005 [10:35]
All refugee campuses in Azerbaijan will be abolished by 2007.
09 September 2005 [09:28]
The art exhibition of Azerbaijani artist Ashraf Heybatov will be opened in Mainz on 14 September at initiative of the Azerbaijani ‘Mainz’ Society functioning in the German Federative Republic, Bashar Komur, the chairman of the Society told the State Committee on Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
09 September 2005 [09:13]
135 citizens of Azerbaijan appealed to the European Court on Human Rights to refuse the citizenship of the Azerbaijan Republic.
09 September 2005 [08:14]
?zerbaijan is among the countries with the average development according to the annual report of the UNO Development Program (UNDP) on human development.
08 September 2005 [11:34]
Photo exhibition “Poland 1980-2005” was opened in Baku Arts Center yesterday evening.
08 September 2005 [11:20]
The minister of education Misir Mardanov held a press-conference yesterday in connection with beginning of the new academic year.
08 September 2005 [11:02]
Schoolchildren of Khojali, Shusha and Khojavend collected donations for memorial complex to the victims of 11 September in front of Pentagon.
08 September 2005 [09:07]
124 samples consisting of virus pathogens of the plague, anthrax, cholera and other dangerous diseases were taken to the laboratory of the Pathology Institute of the USA Armed Forces.
07 September 2005 [10:29]
516 468 sq meters of territory was cleared from mines and unexploded military munitions (PHS) in August this year.22 demining dogs,138 sappers,15 PHS operators, 8 paramedics and about 100 assistants were involved in the mine action.
07 September 2005 [10:25]
43 persons drowned in the sea and 278 persons were rescued till now since the beach season started.
07 September 2005 [10:03]
Catholic Church will be established in Baku on 11 September.
07 September 2005 [09:28]
Producer of “Channel-1” television of Israel Eytan Oren started the shootings of film about Azerbaijan.
07 September 2005 [09:02]
During August the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan detained 35 persons, being searched.
06 September 2005 [09:49]
The EBORAJEDREZ with Teymur Rajabov and Shahriyar Mammadyarov will play in the semi-final of the Spanish team championship first in the history of club, grand master Rajabov told Trend.
06 September 2005 [09:07]
Zaur Aliyev, a member of Al-Qaeda terror organization, accused of perpetrating grave crimes, has appealed to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Aliyev was sentenced to 7.5-year imprisonment in February 2004 by the Court of Serious Crimes of Azerbaijan.
06 September 2005 [08:09]
The USA State Secretary Condoleezza Rice expressed her deep satisfaction to President Ilham Aliyev for granting emergency aid to remove the results of the hurricane Katrina.
05 September 2005 [09:38]
The Azerbaijani government rendered a $500,000 extraordinary aid to the U.S. regions suffered from tornado.
05 September 2005 [09:12]
The chairman of the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) Javad Derakhti came to an official visit to Baku yesterday.
03 September 2005 [11:36]
The Appeal Court today reviewed the complaint on the extradition of Turkish journalist Elif Pelit of Kurdish origin who is accused of passing the borderline of Azerbaijan illegally.
02 September 2005 [13:35]
“The investigation related to death of Department chief of Main Criminal Search Office of Ministry of Internal Affairs, police –Colonel Mazahir Aliyev is on, there is no need to create big sensation in relation with this event.”
25 August 2005 [09:43]
Beach season will be over on 31 August this year.
25 August 2005 [09:19]
The 15th traditional chess festival ended in the capital of the United Arabian Emirates, Abu-Dabi.
24 August 2005 [09:32]
The Patriarch of Moscow and whole Russia II Alexi will arrive in Baku on September 22.
24 August 2005 [09:14]
A grave crime was committed in Zagatala region on 21 August.
24 August 2005 [08:38]
The Ministry of Education (ME) of Azerbaijan is ready to consider the issue of releasing the internally displaced persons (IDPs), who entered the private institutions of higher education this year from payment in case of respective addresses.
24 August 2005 [08:31]
The issue concerning expanding the cooperation between Azerbaijan and UNESCO in educational sphere will be focused on especially in the frame of the visit of UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura to Baku.
24 August 2005 [08:25]
The birthday of Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II will be celebrated in Baku.
23 August 2005 [09:08]
Cannibal-maniac was arrested in Barda region of Azerbaijan last week.
23 August 2005 [09:05]
Teymur Rajabov, the Azerbaijani grand master, will train for a match “Duel of Champions” with Indian chess giant, Vishvanatan Anand, through a special program.
20 August 2005 [09:39]
The weather will be cool in Azerbaijan beginning from 20th of August.
20 August 2005 [09:36]
Some high schools increased the education fees on some specialties form this academic year.
19 August 2005 [08:16]
A joint Memorandum on understanding aimed at implementation of the UN Development Program for 2005-2009 between the government of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan’s office of the United Nations Organization (UNO) was signed on 18 August 2005 between the Ministry of Economic Development and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
09 August 2005 [09:56]
Embassy of Japan in Azerbaijan opened Japanese language courses on 1 August.
09 August 2005 [09:40]
Modern modification of mine clearing machines such as 60-ton machine of night vision was delivered to Azerbaijan.
09 August 2005 [09:13]
The embassy of India in Baku will celebrate the 59th anniversary of Independence of India.
09 August 2005 [08:52]
A citizen of Azerbaijan being engaged in commerce in the Matveyevsk market of Moscow was attacked.
06 August 2005 [11:05]
The number of the foreign students at the Azerbaijani universities is expected to increase in a new academic year.
06 August 2005 [11:03]
On 12-14 September, 1st nations Cup will be held on “What? Where? When?” intellectual game in Baku.
06 August 2005 [09:17]
Structural changes must take place in the educational sphere of Azerbaijan. It is needed to re-establish the “party organizers” system, which will enable to reveal and suppress in due time the facts of corruption at schools and other educational institutions of the country.
06 August 2005 [09:06]
The 40th session of the UN Support Commission on illegal drug traffic in the Near and Middle East will be held in Baku from 12 to 16 September.
05 August 2005 [09:34]
The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish will swear in the third group of Peace Corps volunteers comprising 36 USA citizens on 5 August.
05 August 2005 [08:38]
Two missions of World Health Organization (WHO) will be on a visit to Azerbaijan till 22 August.
05 August 2005 [08:32]
“Our team could score 2-3 goals instead of 1 in the match against “Anderlecht”. But excitation impeded this. In general, I was very satisfied with my team. If Allah permits, “Neftchi” will demonstrate better game in future”.
05 August 2005 [08:28]
The education minister Misir Mardanov signed a decree “On passing into 5-day education week in schools providing general education”.
04 August 2005 [11:08]
The USA Embassy in Azerbaijan established the next regional library information center in Gabala region in the frame of program “Development of regional libraries”.
04 August 2005 [10:55]
About 30 persons convicted in vahabbism were arrested in the result of the operation conducted by the National Security Ministry (NSM) in Novkhani settlement from 12 to 13 July.
04 August 2005 [10:48]
A sitting of the Executive Committee (EC) held in the headquarters of AFFA yesterday.
04 August 2005 [10:31]
7 Azerbaijani boxers continue to fight for medal at the European Championship started in Tallinn. Samir Mamadov (51 kg), Elshan Ismayilov (54 kg) Namig Jabrayilov (60 kg), Elchin ALizada (91 kg) Namik Husseynov (57 kg) and Natig Alishev (64 kg) achieved a success at the tournament.
04 August 2005 [10:21]
“The Asian Muslims Committee of Kuwait sent 14 tons of literature in Uzbek, Kazakh, Arabian, Azerbaijani and Russian languages to the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO).
04 August 2005 [10:19]
For the last 3-4 years 436 new schools have been built, the Education Minister of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov told journalists on 3 August.
04 August 2005 [10:14]
The European chess championship between clubs continues in Getheborg city of Sweden.
04 August 2005 [09:50]
22 persons have drowned in the sea since beach season started.
04 August 2005 [09:15]
The Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan recommended the country’s judicial bodies to consider appeal on changing the terms of convictions of persons, sentenced to the capital punishment within the acting legislation, the return letter of the Azerbaijan’s Constitutional Court Collegium addressed to the ombudsman of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova reads.
04 August 2005 [09:12]
Mehman Muradov who has been holding the revolt of the hungry since 1 August in the Gobustan closed prison also stopped the action yesterday.
03 August 2005 [10:37]
The associates of the National Security Ministry (NSM) arrested 11 persons by realizing a special operation in one of the mosques in the capital yesteday.
03 August 2005 [10:24]
Two of hunger-strikers in Gobustan closed prison stopped the strike.
02 August 2005 [11:16]
On 31 July on the area of the Ahmedagali village of Agdam region in Azerbaijan two brothers Suleymanovs, Emin and Elvin, 1990 and 1992 respectively, were blasted by anti-tank mine.
02 August 2005 [10:29]
Two rounds were played at the European Team Championship in Hottierburg, Sweden.
02 August 2005 [09:34]
28 prisoners serving their times in the Gobustan closed prison and imprisoned for life informed that they will start a permanent hunger protest action from day before yesterday.
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