Politics
12 October 2009 [08:44]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that such a historic decision constituted a milestone toward the establishment of good neighbourly relations and the development of bilateral cooperation between Turkey and Armenia, Anadolu Agency reported.
12 October 2009 [08:32]
The protocol Ankara-Yerevan is the Turkish peace project, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, TRT1 channel reported.
12 October 2009 [08:23]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister George Papandreou, welcomed the signing of an agreement between Armenia and Turkey to normalize ties, said in a press release of the OSCE.
11 October 2009 [08:21]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu and his Armenian Counterpart Edward Nalbandyan signed the Ankara-Yervan protocol in the Swiss city of Zurich on Oct. 10, the Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported.
10 October 2009 [12:52]
President Ilham Aliyev, participating in Summit of CIS Council of the heads of states in Chisinau gave interview to the Azerbaijan TV.
AzerTAc presents the text of interview.
10 October 2009 [12:48]
Turkey and Armenia will sign protocols on Oct. 10, Zaman newspaper of Turkey reported.
10 October 2009 [12:35]
On Oct. 12, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Moscow, governmental sources said.
10 October 2009 [11:54]
Turkey will never expose Azerbaijan to danger, Turkish Ambassador to U.S. Nabi Shensoy said.
10 October 2009 [11:47]
On Oct. 9, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ended a visit to Moldova where he took part in the meeting of CIS heads of state.
10 October 2009 [11:33]
“A visit by ruling New Azerbaijan Party delegation to Brussels was success.”
10 October 2009 [11:21]
Commenting on the President Barack Obama's receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that this is a hasty decision and the Norwegian Nobel Committee has hurried to award Obama Peace Prize, Iranian Mehr news agency reported.
10 October 2009 [11:08]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Switzerland on Saturday to watch Turkey and Armenia sign a Swiss-brokered deal on normalizing their relations, officials said on Oct. 9, AFP reported.
10 October 2009 [10:55]
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish media that his country would not take a step contradicting Azerbaijan's interests, CNN Turk reported.
10 October 2009 [10:39]
Editor of the on-line journal of world politics "Transnational Perspectives", former professor and Director of Research at the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of Development Studies Rene Wadlow spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
10 October 2009 [10:18]
10 October 2009 [09:44]
10 October 2009 [09:36]
On Oct. 9, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev ended his visit to Moldova, where he attended the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
10 October 2009 [09:19]
Visiting Moldova, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was interviewed by Azerbaijan TV.
10 October 2009 [08:45]
Approving nomination of the MP from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Movlud Chavushoglu for the post of Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was possible due to the member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Ganira Pashayeva.
10 October 2009 [08:31]
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world, Reuters reported.
09 October 2009 [17:46]
During his visit to France, Turkish President Abdullah Gul asked a chance to bring Turkey's standards into conformity with the EU ones, the Turkish Anadolu news agency said.
09 October 2009 [17:34]
09 October 2009 [17:23]
09 October 2009 [17:07]
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia held tripartite meeting in Chisinau, Moldova on Oct. 9.
09 October 2009 [15:43]
Director of Russian-based Center for Post-Soviet Studies Aleksey Vlasov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
09 October 2009 [15:29]
The summit of CIS heads of states and governments has started in Chisinau.
09 October 2009 [14:53]
Discussions on “Azerbaijan-France relations in the context of modern regional geopolitics” were held in the Center for Strategic Studies under Azerbaijani President on Oct. 9.
09 October 2009 [14:45]
"Commonwealth of Independent States should not be considered useless organization."
09 October 2009 [14:36]
09 October 2009 [14:28]
09 October 2009 [13:54]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the ceremony of signing of the Turkish-Armenian protocols in Zurich, Switzerland on Oct. 10, 2009, Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon told reporters, Interfax reported.
09 October 2009 [13:39]
09 October 2009 [12:52]
Representatives of Azerbaijani Armed Forces will participate in several international events as part of the NATO Partnership for Peace, as well as part of bilateral cooperation with other countries in October, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
09 October 2009 [12:31]
Taking into account security in the region, Azerbaijan should solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a first step, U.S first ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Finn said.
09 October 2009 [12:11]
Azerbaijan advantageously differs from many countries by its tolerance, French ambassador to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller said at a meeting in the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President on Oct. 9.
09 October 2009 [10:27]
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Fuzuli-Horadiz highway in Azerbaijan's Fuzuli region on Oct. 12.
09 October 2009 [10:10]
Turkish President's statement on country's possible refusal from EU membership plans is more emotional statement than a statement that means real change of the country's policy, European Expert on Turkey's integration into the EU Fadi Hakura said.
09 October 2009 [09:44]
Swiss Foreign Ministry has officially stated that the protocol on the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations will be signed on Oct. 10, Trkey-based 'Hurriyet' newspaper reported.
09 October 2009 [09:26]
The Council of Foreign Ministers of CIS at its meeting in Chisinau approved a decision on measures to strengthen border security under the concept of coordinated border policy of CIS member states dated Aug. 26, 2005.
09 October 2009 [09:13]
Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia met in the Moldavian capital on Oct. 8.
09 October 2009 [08:37]
09 October 2009 [08:21]
On October 6 the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Italy organized a presentation devoted to the Azerbaijan’s economy.
08 October 2009 [17:52]
Russia and the United States may carry out a joint analysis into missile challenges making use of radar stations in Gabala and Armavir, Russian Foreign Ministry senior official Andrey Nesterenko said.
08 October 2009 [17:11]
08 October 2009 [16:57]
The next Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Oct. 8.
08 October 2009 [16:12]
Jason Katz, principal of the U.S.-based Tool Shed Group, a consultancy that advises foreign governments, corporations and executives, spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
08 October 2009 [15:42]
“Statements by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan causes surprise and incomprehension,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting a statement Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan made a the 35th UNESCO general conference.
08 October 2009 [14:57]
“Turkey recognized Armenia’s independence before the collapse of the USSR."
08 October 2009 [14:43]
08 October 2009 [14:32]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said at a news conference in Ankara that they expect much from the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents' Chisinau meeting, CNN Turk reported.
08 October 2009 [10:44]
Azerbaijan has given a start to municipal elections scheduled for Dec. 23.
08 October 2009 [10:33]
Opposition parties in Armenia have hinted at the possibility of proposing amendments to the text of the protocols, which can lead to postponement of signing the protocols, European Expert on Caucasus Licinia Simao believes.
08 October 2009 [10:22]
The editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper in Azerbaijan says next crisis has arisen within the opposition.
08 October 2009 [10:08]
Armenian A1+ television channel has an advertisement of Türk Hava Yolları (Turkish Airlines), large Turkish airway company, posted on its Web site.
08 October 2009 [09:47]
“Armenia's military budget could never be compared with ours, especially in recent years, when Azerbaijan’s economy began to develop at a greater pace,” Member of the Security and Defense Committee of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Zahid Oruj said commenting on media reports claiming Armenia will reduce its military budget by 30 percent.
08 October 2009 [09:24]
At a news conference in Netherlands on Oct. 7, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey will not be involved in any project that would harm rights of Azerbaijan, Anadolu Agency reported.
08 October 2009 [09:17]
The GUAM Working Group on combating terrorism has coordinated proposals to implement a new project of the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program "Combating terrorism: regional cooperation and security" for 2009-2010, the GUAM Secretariat said.
08 October 2009 [09:06]
“Election commissions are not formed based on authorities or opposition."
08 October 2009 [08:58]
08 October 2009 [08:43]
The Embassy of Germany in Azerbaijan has organized today an official reception to mark the Day of German Unity.
08 October 2009 [08:36]
08 October 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani minister of foreign affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with the newly appointed Italian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mario Baldi to accept a copy of his credentials on Oct. 8.
07 October 2009 [17:53]
The world Armenian lobby hampers normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations with all its might, the director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Svante Cornell, said.
07 October 2009 [17:41]
07 October 2009 [17:30]
"I think that the note which the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed to the Iranian ambassador fully reflects Azerbaijan’s position and the country had to express its dissatisfaction in this regard,” Co-Chair of the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Sabir Rustamkhanli said commenting on media reports that the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed a note to the Iranian ambassador.
07 October 2009 [17:19]
Hajj pilgrimage for Azerbaijani people will be implemented via the Caucasian Muslims Office, deputy chairman of the office Haji Sabir Hasanli said.
07 October 2009 [17:07]
Webcams will be used in the municipal elections in Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov said.
07 October 2009 [16:49]
Director of Kiev-based Civil Society Studies Center Vitali Kulik spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
07 October 2009 [15:50]
07 October 2009 [15:45]
07 October 2009 [15:32]
Turkey may refuse EU membership in future, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a news conference held during his visit to France, the Turkish IHLAS news agency reported.
07 October 2009 [15:27]
The municipal election campaign has been officially launched in Azerbaijan.
07 October 2009 [15:15]
07 October 2009 [14:55]
Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic commented on reports about a ban on Azerbaijani flag during the Turkey-Armenia football match to take place in Bursa, Turkey on Oct. 14.
07 October 2009 [14:34]
People from Azerbaijan mainly emigrate to Europe which accounts for 74.3 percent of migrants, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Bruno Pouezat said commenting on a a report on human development of UN Development Programme.