Politics
14 December 2007 [18:30]
A preliminary sitting of the court on the case of the imprisoned chief editor of the Azadlyg newspaper Ganimat Zahid will take place in the Yasamal district court on December 26.
14 December 2007 [17:32]
Starting Jan 1, 2008, those requesting visa to the United States will have to pay $131 instead of $100, as reported by the spokesman for the US Embassy to Azerbaijan Jonathan Henik.
14 December 2007 [16:27]
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited the Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mamedov, captured by Armenians, on November 27.
14 December 2007 [15:17]
Armenia is spreading one-sided information regarding negotiations on the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, following the meeting in Madrid.
14 December 2007 [14:20]
A conference on the importance of Azerbaijan-Turkey-US strategic cooperation and cooperation with modern Muslim states for the United States was held in Los Angeles.
14 December 2007 [13:03]
Barrister Aydin Nazarli met with the founder and chief editor of the Gundelik Azerbaijan and Realniy Azerbaijan newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev, kept in the pretrial detention center of the Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security.
14 December 2007 [11:23]
Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan broke ceasefire again on December 13 and December 14.
14 December 2007 [10:15]
Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Fakhraddin Gurbanov met Wednesday with UK Minister for Europe Jim Murphy.
14 December 2007 [10:06]
The Adviser for political affairs for the US Embassy to Azerbaijan Rebecca Naslund visited reporters, who had initiated hunger strike in the publishing house of the Yeni Musavat newspaper, on Thursday.
13 December 2007 [19:03]
"Official Baku is ready to grant autonomy to Nagorno Garabagh within the Azerbaijan Republic", Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov told reporters Thursday.
13 December 2007 [18:29]
212 nongovernmental organizations of Turkey declared a period from December 10, 2007 to December 10, 2008 the Year of Garabagh, chief of Azeri-Turkish Women’s Union Tenzile Rustamkhanly told a press conference today.
13 December 2007 [17:13]
Official Yerevan faced a problem after the forced settlement of Armenians in the Azerbaijani region of Lachin, occupied by Armenia.
13 December 2007 [16:50]
Several reporters may fall under the presidential decree of pardon by the end of the year, as reported by human rights activist Isakhan Ashurov.
13 December 2007 [16:32]
Turkey has appointed a new ambassador to Azerbaijan, according to the English language newspaper “Turkish Daily News”.
13 December 2007 [16:13]
Written proposals, presented to the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia by the OSCE Minsk Group in Madrid on November 29, have been introduced to the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as reported by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov.
13 December 2007 [15:44]
The number of diplomatic missions in Azerbaijan has experienced rise as reported by Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
13 December 2007 [14:57]
Barrister Elchin Sadygov met with the chief editor of the Azadlyg newspaper Ganimar Zahid in Bayil pretrial detention center No 1.
13 December 2007 [12:22]
A meeting of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the newly appointed ambassador of Japan to Azerbaijan Masamitsu Oki is currently being held in the Presidential Palace.
13 December 2007 [12:08]
A group of the deputies of Azerbaijani parliament has left for London to participate in arrangements, held by LINKS.
13 December 2007 [11:09]
Armenian armed forces, locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, violated ceasefire on December 13 and December 14.
12 December 2007 [22:10]
Appeal says the following:
12 December 2007 [18:50]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received the advisor of Daghestani President Said Gurbanov, as reported by the press service for the President.
12 December 2007 [17:45]
12 December 2007 [16:28]
12 December 2007 [16:12]
It is difficult for us to prove the fact of arson, committed by Armenians on the Azerbaijani lands, as they are under occupation, as reported by Gultekin Gadjiyeva, deputy chairman of the delegation of Azerbaijan in the Parliamentary Session of Council of Europe.
12 December 2007 [13:05]
“Decree of pardon will be signed in the last decade of December,” human rights activist Chingiz Ghanizadeh announced.
12 December 2007 [12:49]
The Musavat Party has declared the next year the year of Republic.
12 December 2007 [11:57]
The Italian Minister for Economic development Pierluigi Bersani is visiting Azerbaijan.
12 December 2007 [11:16]
Armenian armed forces, locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, violated ceasefire on December 11 and December 12.
12 December 2007 [10:51]
Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov will visit Switzerland next year, as reported by Elchin Amirbayov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Switzerland.
12 December 2007 [10:28]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism sent a letter of protest to the British tourism agency Sunvil Discovery, which according to the Ministry's information arranges tours to the self-declared Nagorno Garabagh, as reported by the press secretary of the Ministry Intigam Gumbatov.
11 December 2007 [16:51]
I do not understand the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, who promises the release of imprisoned reporters, gathering their relatives in her house, the head of the center of political innovations and technologies Mubariz Ahmedoglu announced at today's press conference on the November political summary.
11 December 2007 [12:20]
"The United States are for breaking monopoly on natural gas supply to Europe, expecting Azerbaijan to play a key role in this process", the US deputy assistant of secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried announced in Washington during an international conference on relations between Azerbaijan, Turkey and USA and their importance for Eurasia.
11 December 2007 [11:54]
"United States, Azerbaijan and Turkey have an opportunity to establish trilateral strategic partnership, but at the same time USA can not and do not intend to oppose Russia's interests in the region", US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Daniel Fried announced in Washington.
11 December 2007 [10:49]
The Armenian armed forces, locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, broke ceasefire once again on December 10 and December 11.
11 December 2007 [10:15]
By recommendations of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), the list of three Azerbaijani candidates for position of a judge in the European Council of human rights has been sent to Strasburg.
10 December 2007 [19:20]
10 December 2007 [18:47]
A meeting between the representatives of the Department for consular affairs and the consular services of embassies, accredited in Azerbaijan, was held in the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan, as reported by the head of the Ministry's press service, Khazar Ibragimov.
10 December 2007 [16:40]
International conference “Human rights policy of European Union and Council of Europe: Azerbaijan’s prospects in the framework of European integration” has been initiated in Baku today.
10 December 2007 [16:16]
The Media Rights Institute has published an annual report on cases of libel.
10 December 2007 [14:53]
The agenda of the 72nd plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe which is to be held on December 14-15 in Venice has been declared.
10 December 2007 [14:04]
"Reporters should not be detained for libel. I fully share the opinion of Terry Davis, Council of Europe (CE) Secretary General, adhering to the principle of inadmissibility of crime pursuit for libel", special representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General to Azerbaijan Denis Bribosia said.
10 December 2007 [13:57]
Azerbaijan plays a significant role in combat against terrorism and boosting security in the Caspian and Caucasus regions, the NATO Coordinator on South Caucasus, Zbigniew Rybacki said during the opening of the winter session of NISA (NATO International School of Azerbaijan).
10 December 2007 [13:20]
The state commission of Azerbaijan for combat with corruption and the Council of Europe has signed a memorandum of mutual understanding on the implementation of the project of "Supporting Strategy on Combating Corruption in Azerbaijan".
10 December 2007 [13:01]
Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate ceasefire, the press service of the Azerbaijan Defense reports.
10 December 2007 [12:42]
"The critical statements, regarding violation of human rights in Azerbaijan, are baseless", Ramiz Mekhtiyev, the head of the president's office of Azerbaijan, told reporters.
10 December 2007 [12:29]
"We have already confirmed that it is possible to introduce some technical changes into the Electoral Code", Ramiz Mekhtiyev, the head of the president's office in Azerbaijan, announced.
10 December 2007 [12:16]
"The imprisoned reporters were brought to responsibility for certain law offenses rather than for their professional activity", the head of president's office Ramiz Mekhtiyev told reporters.
10 December 2007 [11:12]
"We are concerned with imprisonment of reporters in Azerbaijan", Andres Herkel, the co-reporter of the PACE Monitoring Committee, participating in an international conference on Human Rights in Baku, announced.
10 December 2007 [10:19]
09 December 2007 [03:20]
The co-chairman of PACE monitoring committee Andres Herkel arrived in Baku on December 8. The aim of the visit is to participate in the international conference on "The Policy of the European Union and Council of Europe on human rights: perspective of Azerbaijan's European integration".
08 December 2007 [17:57]
“Azerbaijan and Turkey have stated their position on this issue. If there are any PKK terrorists in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan and Turkey will take due measures against it,” Novruz Mammadov, chief of the international relations department of Azerbaijani President’s Office, said.
08 December 2007 [17:19]
“A number of newspapers reported on Farhad Aliyev’s death a few days ago”
08 December 2007 [16:25]
Currently, the number of political prisoners makes up 51 people, including 11 fatal cases.
08 December 2007 [15:55]
“Legal nihilism is ruling over Azerbaijan”, announced the representative of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party, Sardar Jalaloglu.
08 December 2007 [15:02]
The United States said Friday it was "deeply disturbed" by Azerbaijan's imprisonment of a journalist working for US-funded radio stations in the region, calling it a sign of deteriorating media freedom in the country.
08 December 2007 [13:26]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire, Azerbaijan Defense Ministry’s press service reported.
08 December 2007 [11:48]
Today.Az obtained the Statement by Secretary General of Council of Europe Mr.Terry Davis which says the following:
14 August 2007 [17:08]
UK embassy in Azerbaijan has at last allowed our hockey players to visit England to participate in European Championship.
12 July 2007 [23:05]
Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov ended his visit to Washington.
12 July 2007 [23:03]
Azeri Agriculture Minister meets with Turkish Prime Minister
Azerbaijan Agriculture Minister Ismat Abbasov met with Turkish Prime Minister Racab Tayyip Ardogan in the opening ceremony of UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Subregional Office over Central Asia in Ankara.
12 July 2007 [23:02]
Chairman of Press Council Aflatun Amashov will appeal to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in two days for releasing imprisoned journalists, the Council chief told APA.
12 July 2007 [22:50]
Senior Legal Advisor at Human Rights Watch, Executive Director Kenneth Roth will arrive in Baku on July 16.
12 July 2007 [13:38]
The 10th anniversary of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) will be marked in Baku on October 10.
12 July 2007 [13:25]
Azerbaijani government has compensated ? 10.000 to Azerbaijan Democratic Party chairman Sardar Jalaloglu by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.
12 July 2007 [13:22]
Solemn opening ceremony of Ganja EuroAtlantic Center was held.
12 July 2007 [13:20]
Chiefs of several Azerbaijani media outlets continue meetings in the US.
12 July 2007 [13:14]
Today trial on criminal case on ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev, Rafig Aliyev, former president of Azpetrol Group of Companies and other defendants accused of corruption continued at Court of Grave Crimes.
08 July 2007 [02:29]
08 July 2007 [02:27]
The delegation of Azerbaijani Parliament participating in the summer session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) met the president of the organization Goran Lennmarker in Kyiv, head of Azerbaijani delegation Eldar Ibrahimov informed.
07 July 2007 [00:53]
07 July 2007 [00:52]
“Both the government and the World Bank are satisfied with the current pension reforms in Azerbaijan that started three years ago,” Salim Muslumov, chairman of State Social Protection Fund (SSPF) briefed journalists
07 July 2007 [00:50]
Chief editor of Gundalik Azerbaijan newspaper Shahveled Chobanoglu was again interrogated in the National Security Ministry.
07 July 2007 [00:48]
Over 40 amendments are to be made to the country legislation for Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), deputy foreign minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev said briefing journalists.
07 July 2007 [00:46]
Trial on criminal case launched on ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev, Rafig Aliyev, former president of Azpetrol Group of Companies and other defendants accused of corruption continued at Court of Grave Crimes.
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