Politics
03 October 2009 [08:56]
Minister of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant-General Eldar Mahmudov received Chairman of the National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant-General Amangeldi Shabdarbayev, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, the MNS said in a statement.
03 October 2009 [08:36]
Azerbaijan's Press Council plans to hold a series of events in October related to the level of training of journalists and the society to defamation, which will promote the liberalization of the information environment, the Head of the Press Council Aflatun Amashov said.
02 October 2009 [17:54]
An Israeli soldier held by Hamas in Gaza for three years appears healthy in a video handed over to the Israeli authorities, officials say, BBC reported.
02 October 2009 [17:15]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkish-speaking countries (TurkPA) will work to obtain international status.
02 October 2009 [16:30]
Brochures and DVD-disks distributed by Armenian delegation in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has caused discontent of the Azerbaijani delegation.
02 October 2009 [16:13]
02 October 2009 [15:59]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the loss of live caused by a powerful earthquake which struck the island of Sumatra.
02 October 2009 [15:48]
Azerbaijan has refuted media reports claiming that it voted for deprivation of Russian delegation's vote right in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
02 October 2009 [15:28]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to President of Korea Lee Myung-bak on his country`s National Foundation Day.
02 October 2009 [15:13]
Head of the Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Working Group and Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament Nizami Jafarov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
02 October 2009 [14:56]
Only Iranian population would suffer from new sanctions or unilateral restrictive measures imposed by western countries towards Iran, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group Frederic Tellier said.
02 October 2009 [14:42]
02 October 2009 [14:33]
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has today arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit.
02 October 2009 [13:45]
A meeting of border guards of Iran and Azerbaijan will be held soon.
02 October 2009 [13:21]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France and Yuriy Merzlyakov of Russia arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 2.
02 October 2009 [11:11]
Iran will never give up it obvious rights, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has stressed during his talks with the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Press TV reported.
02 October 2009 [10:32]
Given scale of the military equipment of all other Caspian countries' fleets, Turkmenistan's step to build naval forces "seems the least possible measure", 'Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper' quoted Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov as saying.
02 October 2009 [10:09]
“The process of settlement of the Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group should proceed without preconditions,” OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Robert Bradtke said in an interview with the Armenian Public Television.
02 October 2009 [09:44]
"We welcome the steps of sides which lead to the peaceful resolution of the conflict," French Minister for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche told reporters.
02 October 2009 [09:26]
"Unfortunately, I have to note that there is a different Council of Europe with different standards," Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said debates on the report "The future of the Council of Europe in the light of its 60 years of experience" by the French MP Jean-Claude Mignon held as part of the autumn session of the organization.
02 October 2009 [09:18]
Brighton town of the Great Britain hosted on September 28 a seminar focusing on Conflicts in Sothern Caucasus and Europe`s energy security within annual congress of the British Labor Party, Azerbaijan`s Embassy to Great Britain said.
02 October 2009 [09:03]
02 October 2009 [08:52]
Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Czech Republic Martin Bartak met with Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev in Baku on Oct. 1, the Defense Ministry said.
02 October 2009 [08:41]
The situation in the Caucasus does not meet the interests of the region countries, said Turkish President Abdullah Gul at the opening of the autumn session of the Grand National Assembly (Parliament) of the country, CNN Turk television channel reported.
02 October 2009 [08:33]
Armenia attempted to show the map of so-called “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” in its stand at the JATA International Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
02 October 2009 [08:21]
The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and Constitutional Court of Turkey co-organized Thursday the 4th Conference of Secretaries General of the Eureopan Constitutional Courts on Oct. 1.
01 October 2009 [17:57]
Slovenian President Danilo Turk sees Azerbaijan as an important partner of Europe in energy security.
01 October 2009 [17:42]
On Oct. 1, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic Martin Bartak AzerTAj state news agency reported.
01 October 2009 [17:30]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France, Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia and Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk on Oct. 1.
01 October 2009 [17:07]
A meeting was held with outgoing Korean ambassador to Azerbaijan Lyu Kwang Chul in Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry, the ministry said.
01 October 2009 [16:37]
Romania's Social Democrats quit the coalition government on Thursday in protest at the sacking of a minister ahead of a November presidential election, jolting markets and raising the risk of failure to meet IMF aid terms, Reuters reported.
01 October 2009 [16:28]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to his Nigerian counterpart Umaru Yar`adua on country`s Independence Day.
01 October 2009 [15:42]
Chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tarig Majid will visit Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press service said.
01 October 2009 [15:37]
Turkmenistan considers possibilities to hold further bilateral talks on the Caspian sea oil fields with Azerbaijan, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow said at a meeting with representatives of the Turkmen media outlets.
01 October 2009 [15:23]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has not supported Georgia's initiative to deprive the Russian delegation to the Assembly of the vote right.
01 October 2009 [15:17]
Russia-based Institute of Globalization Problems Director Mikhail Delyagin spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
01 October 2009 [14:17]
“Accreditation of journalists of the Turkish NTV television channel in Azerbaijan has been canceled without terms,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
01 October 2009 [13:54]
Amendments to Law on Prosecutor's Office are not linked with certain persons, Azerbaijani Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov said.
01 October 2009 [13:43]
"Azerbaijani government considers that the Lachin corridor should be opened for both Azerbaijan and Armenia."
01 October 2009 [13:38]
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Robert Bradke of the U.S. today have made an official statement in which they again described the conditions under which the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be settled.
01 October 2009 [13:16]
Baku is hosting conference “NATO/ PfP defence policy and strategy” organized by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
01 October 2009 [12:42]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minks Group on resolution of the Karabakh conflict have arrived in Yerevan.
01 October 2009 [12:34]
The delegation led by NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Jiri Sedivy has arrived in Azerbaijan.
01 October 2009 [12:27]
The Armenian occupying forces retreat towards west and direction of their dislocation from the occupied territory is being determined, Azerbaijani President's special envoy for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told reporters.
01 October 2009 [11:22]
Baku does not believe signing of the Turkish-Armenian protocol on the resumption of diplomatic ties may lead to positive changes in Armenia's position.
01 October 2009 [11:16]
Parliamentary hearings on Armenia-Turkey Protocols started in Yerevan today.
01 October 2009 [11:09]
Azerbaijani delegation fully supports my nomination for PACE President, said Turkish parliamentarian Mevlut Cavusoglu, nominee for president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
01 October 2009 [10:44]
Normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia will make Turkey a responsible regional player for European Union that will help it strengthen ties with Europe, and possibly help in the process of joining the Union, Deputy Director of Centre for European Reform (CER) in London Katinka Barysch said.
01 October 2009 [10:25]
01 October 2009 [10:17]
Prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Slovenia will be discussed at the highest level in Baku in November.
01 October 2009 [10:07]
Turkey will not take steps that could hurt Azerbaijan, Head of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)Movlud Chavushoglu said in an exclusive interview with Trend News commenting on issue of ratification of the "Protocol on Establishing Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for Development of Bilateral Relations" by the Turkish and Armenian parliaments.
01 October 2009 [09:52]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made a rare visit to Washington to inspect Iran's unofficial diplomatic office but there were no plans for him to meet U.S. officials, the State Department said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
01 October 2009 [09:24]
"Opposition's calls of boycott at every elections and raising the question of changes to the Electoral Code have become unsuccessful tendency."
01 October 2009 [09:12]
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby hopes that by the end of the year certain results will be achieved in the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
01 October 2009 [08:47]
Azerbaijan is ready to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh on the basis of international law.
01 October 2009 [08:21]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey was refreshing and changing its relations with the world, adding that Turkey would continue talks with Armenia to settle problems.
30 September 2009 [17:47]
On Sept. 30, the Azerbaijani parliament ratified the paper on completion of the delimitation of borders with Russia.
30 September 2009 [17:34]
“Today reporter of Turkey’s NTV TV channel in Azerbaijan Ramin Abdullayev was invited to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and was notified that accreditation of the NTV TV channel journalists to Azerbaijan has been canceled,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
30 September 2009 [17:27]
Armenian president’s decision to visit Armenian communities was a little bit belated,” Editor-in-Chief of “Ararat” Lebanese-Armenian newspaper and member of Social-democratic Hnchakyan party Aharon Shkhrtmyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
30 September 2009 [17:16]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel with confident victory of her party in Germany's parliamentary elections.
30 September 2009 [16:59]
“We are all pleased with Chief Delegate of Turkey to PACE Movlut Chavushoglu’s nomination for PACE Presidency on behalf of the European Democrat Group”, Member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Ganira Pashayeva said.
30 September 2009 [16:44]
The Azerbaijani government believes Turkey should not sign any agreement with Armenia unless the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is resolved.
30 September 2009 [16:33]
The Ankara -Yerevan protocol will be signed before Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Turkey, Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported quoting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying at a news conference.
30 September 2009 [16:18]
Vice President of Russia-based Center for Political Technologies Sergey Mikheyev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [15:52]
A meeting of European Democrat Group (EDG) has today been held within the framework of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
30 September 2009 [15:47]
Well-known journalist, editor and owner of the Lithuanian internet portal www.slaptai.lt Gintaras Visotskas spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [15:34]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received European Union`s Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
30 September 2009 [15:29]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu is looking forward to the next meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to be held in Chisinau.
30 September 2009 [14:53]
Azerbaijani parliament begun its fall session today.
30 September 2009 [13:31]
The current processes in the region have created a brilliant opportunity for resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the most influential U.S lawmakers, Republican Senator Richard Lugar, said.
30 September 2009 [13:14]
Azerbaijani member of parliament proposed to sign 'road map' with Turkey on Sept. 30.
30 September 2009 [12:53]
The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says, AP reported.
30 September 2009 [12:24]
Embassy of China to Azerbaijan gave an official reception on the 60th anniversary of the National Day of the People`s Republic of China.
30 September 2009 [11:49]
Member of the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and member of the Monitoring Committee and Political Affairs Committee of PACE Mike Hancock spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [10:29]
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