Politics
03 August 2009 [16:33]
Such international organization as the Council of Europe and its representatives must demonstrate impartiality towards member states, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the CE Parliamentary Assembly and MP Ganira Pashayeva told ruling New Azerbaijan Party's official Web site.
03 August 2009 [15:54]
Azerbaijan’s Unified Popular Front Party convened on August 3, the party said in a statement.
03 August 2009 [14:54]
Well-known diplomat and political expert Fikrat Sadigov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
03 August 2009 [13:56]
Azerbaijani political expert Zardusht Alizade spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
03 August 2009 [12:18]
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday formally endorsed hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president for a new four-year term amid intense political turmoil in the Islamic republic, AFP reported.
03 August 2009 [10:53]
An explosion in luggage space of Tu-154 aircraft was the major reason for crash near Tehran, Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera" reported quoting sources in the Middle East as saying. Arms cargo intended for Hezbollah was on board of the aircraft.
03 August 2009 [10:22]
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen plans to visit Turkey soon, RBK-Ukraine quoted him as saying in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
03 August 2009 [10:10]
OSCE plans to conduct the next monitoring on contact line between the Azerbaijani and Armenian Armed Forces near the Borsunlu village of the Azerbaijan's Goranboy region on Aug.4 upon mandate of OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
03 August 2009 [09:40]
The Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev met on Sunday with Defense Minister of Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov traveling in Azerbaijan on two-day working visit, the the press service of Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reported.
03 August 2009 [09:16]
Georgia is not going to launch a new war in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
03 August 2009 [09:02]
The new head of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he is ready to open a dialog with moderate Taliban elements.
03 August 2009 [08:49]
Some 77 percent of respondents in Azerbaijan approve of the job performance of the country`s leadership, according to the Gallup poll results.
03 August 2009 [08:31]
Azerbaijan should adhere to the principled strategic line to peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, leading Expert on Eurasian countries, Doctor Robert Cutler said.
01 August 2009 [12:57]
Russian defense minister Anatoliy Serdukov has visited Baku.
01 August 2009 [12:42]
Azerbaijan’ National Independence Party (ANIP) believes there is no need to resume national resistance movement, ANIP spokesperson Ali Orujov said.
01 August 2009 [12:24]
Azerbaijani military men will take part in a number of events as a part of the NATO Partnership for Peace Program.
01 August 2009 [11:10]
The United States Naval Forces specialists will conduct exercises in Baku for the Special Task Forces of Azerbaijani Navy.
01 August 2009 [10:35]
The meeting of Azerbaijani Armed Forces attachés accredited in foreign countries will be held in Baku next week, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press service said.
01 August 2009 [10:22]
A delegation of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus will trip to Azerbaijan.
01 August 2009 [09:42]
Azerbaijani Airways (AZAL) has operated Israel-Azerbaijan flights for already 16 years and is the only direct air carrier between the two countries, IzRus reported.
01 August 2009 [08:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a message of congratulation to his Swiss counterpart Hans-Rudolf Merz on the country`s National Day.
31 July 2009 [17:53]
Azerbaijani MP considers it important to submit the bill on defamation to public discussions.
31 July 2009 [17:26]
“I think as a leading country of the alliance the U.S. will continue to facilitate integration of Azerbaijan into NATO and contribute to credibility of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces on international arena,” Azerbaijani military expert Uzeyir Jafarov said commenting on the Azerbaijan-U.S. military consultations.
31 July 2009 [16:50]
Head of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard Kirakosyan called on Serzh Sargsyan today to develop chess rather than gambling in the country.
31 July 2009 [16:19]
“I think if Moldova government is stabile, it will more closely cooperate with Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan as a part of GUAM,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said while responding to question what impact the recent parliamentary elections will have on country’s policy in GUAM.
31 July 2009 [14:29]
“First swine flu case revealed in Azerbaijan will not have any impact of application for Hajj pilgrimage,” Caucasus Muslims Office official Mugaddas Payizov said.
31 July 2009 [13:58]
Azerbaijani representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered the letter written by Armenian-captured Azerbaijani sergeant Anar Khanbaba Hajiyev to his family, the captive’s mother Naila Mammadova said.
31 July 2009 [13:17]
The Obama Administration has asked Ambassador Nancy McEldowney to return to Washington to assume the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
31 July 2009 [12:59]
Chairman of People's Socialist Party of Azerbaijan (PSPA) Rovshan Huseynov and heads the Labor Party of Georgia (GLP) chaired by Shalva Natelashvili will meet in Tbilisi soon, PSPA said.
31 July 2009 [12:38]
Azerbaijan’s Democratic Party believes that the opposition will not set up a union, party chief Sardar Jalaloglu said.
31 July 2009 [12:14]
The swine flu case may increase in Azerbaijan in a short period of time, WHO program coordinator on Azerbaijan Elkhan Gasimov said.
31 July 2009 [11:53]
Azerbaijan and Morocco will sign several documents in near future in a bid to promote and expand bilateral relations, Morocco ambassador to Azerbaijan Hasan Hami said.
31 July 2009 [10:37]
We are like provincial folks among strong and experienced players, Armenian parliament’s Heritage faction chief Larisa Alaverdyan said while commenting on Armenian president’s statement that he will not visit Turkey to watch return match between two countries’ football teams until Armenia-Turkey border is opened and Armenia’s blockade is lifted.
31 July 2009 [10:23]
Head of Azerbaijani oppositional public organization sees no necessity in launching of a new union of political forces.
31 July 2009 [10:07]
“Azerbaijan’s law enforcement agencies are fully capable of protecting state borders,” Azerbaijani member of parliament and ruling party official Siyavush Novruzov said while commenting on the Russian Foreign Ministry statement which said a group of mercenaries have been detained while trying to cross Russia-Azerbaijan border.
31 July 2009 [09:38]
The informal summit of heads of States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states opened at the resort located on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata on July 31.
30 July 2009 [17:43]
30 July 2009 [17:22]
On July 30, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received ambassador of Kuwait Fehd Saad al- Mey as his diplomatic mission will terminate soon, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
30 July 2009 [17:10]
A biased attitude toward the countries is still felt at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Member of the Azerbaijani Delegation to the PACE and MP Gultakin Hajibayli said.
30 July 2009 [16:48]
“A true communist must not be nationalist or chauvinist like Armenian communists,” chairman of the Azerbaijan Communist Party based on Marxism and Leninism Telman Nurullayev said while commenting on refusal of Armenian communists to cooperate with Azerbaijani counterparts on Karabakh problem.
30 July 2009 [16:29]
The Kyrgyz Constitutional Court recognized presidential elections held on July 23 as meeting Kyrgyz constitution.
30 July 2009 [15:54]
As Day.Az earlier reported, Deutsche Welle news agency Web site’s Weather Forecast and Discover Europe sections included Azerbaijan’s map where Nagorno-Karabakh was marked in a format similar to state borders or as being not integral part of Azerbaijan.
30 July 2009 [15:37]
The first stage of national program on centralized collection and control of detailed information about people missing due to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict completed in Azerbaijan.
30 July 2009 [15:04]
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.
30 July 2009 [13:16]
Azerbaijan's left-wing parties have expressed their readiness to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with their Armenian counterparts.
30 July 2009 [12:41]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement on possible cancellation of his visit to Turkey has aroused discontent in Ankara.
30 July 2009 [12:29]
Bloody clashes in Nigeria have claimed 300 lives.
30 July 2009 [10:42]
Open Society Party will not join any political bloc or union prior to the municipal elections, party official Yagub Abbasov said.
30 July 2009 [10:27]
As we earlier reported, Day.Az regular reader reported about an error on Web site of BMI, British airway company.
30 July 2009 [10:15]
Nearly 10,000 Uighurs involved in deadly riots in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are missing and an international inquiry is needed to probe the incidents, exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
30 July 2009 [10:06]
Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party member of parliament Ruhi Achikgoz spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
30 July 2009 [09:14]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday that Turkish government was still resolute to normalize relations with neighboring Armenia, Turk.net reported.
30 July 2009 [08:52]
The Union for Democracy working group on resolution of the Karabakh problem met in Baku on July 29, chairman of Azadlig party, part of the union, Ahmad Oruj said.
30 July 2009 [08:36]
Four pro-European opposition parties in Moldova took the lead after yesterday’s parliamentary elections in the ex-Soviet republic, results show.
30 July 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijan and the United States will hold the next consultations in Washington.
29 July 2009 [17:25]
The Azerbaijani observers who monitor the snap parliamentary elections in Moldova did not face any problems,” Chief of International Relations Department of Azerbaijan Central Election Commission (CEC) Rovzat Gasimov said.
29 July 2009 [16:22]
Azerbaijani political scientists say the discussion of two issues on the Nagorno-Karabakh at the 64th UN General Assembly is a continuation of the diplomatic pressure on Armenia.
29 July 2009 [15:58]
29 July 2009 [15:37]
“It is difficult to speak about the updated version of the Madrid Principles as they have not been disclosed yet."
29 July 2009 [15:17]
Azerbaijan’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe Arif Mammadov spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
29 July 2009 [14:18]
The Obama administration is not ruling out the possibility of Russian membership in NATO.
29 July 2009 [13:56]
A former Armenian consul, a prior consular employee and an immigration attorney have been arrested after a two-year investigation into an alleged document scam aimed at helping immigrants avoid deportation, officials said Tuesday.
29 July 2009 [13:19]
Azerbaijan’s pro-opposition Great Establishment party is taking measures to boost party’s structure, party official Azhdar Aliyev said.
29 July 2009 [12:56]
Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
29 July 2009 [12:15]
Director of Center for Economic and Political Studies and former SOCAR President Sabit Bagirov spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
29 July 2009 [11:32]
“Armenian authorities seek to unite society and demonstrate that they have common enemy against which they should struggle together,” political expert Araz Alizade said while commenting on Armenian media reports about possible launch of hostilities in Azerbaijan’s occupied lands.
29 July 2009 [11:19]
The United Nations General Assembly's upcoming 64th session is going to have two Nagorno-Karabakh conflict related issues, Information center of the UN New-York Headquarters said.
29 July 2009 [10:21]
Associate professor at International Relations and Foreign Policy Department of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry and candidate of political science Artem Malgin spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
29 July 2009 [09:58]
About 140 Iranians detained during protests against last month's disputed election result have been released from Evin prison, officials say.
29 July 2009 [09:36]
Moldovans are voting in a parliamentary election, three months after a disputed ballot led to violence and two deaths.
29 July 2009 [09:20]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party is going to participate in the coming municipal elections, party’s spokesperson Ali Orujov said.
29 July 2009 [08:57]
Iran and Russia will launch joint exercises “Clean and Reliable Caspian” in the Bender-Enzeli port in the southern part of the Caspian Sea on July 29.
28 July 2009 [17:44]
28 July 2009 [16:59]
Azerbaijan’s opposition Great Establishment Party is making all necessary arrangements for the coming municipal elections, party’s Supreme Assembly chairman Azhdar Aliyev said.
28 July 2009 [15:56]
Azerbaijan ranks first among former communist countries in Europe for coefficient of government’s legitimacy, according to the analysis at the book entitled "Right to Power: How State Gains and Loses Legitimacy" by associate professor at Portland State University Bruce Gilley.
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