Politics
07 March 2007 [16:05]
President Ilham Aliyev signed an executive order on approving the new composition of Azerbaijan-Turkey joint intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation.
07 March 2007 [14:40]
The draft prepared by Azerbaijani government basing on the recommendations on Electoral Code of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe was studied by the commission and again sent to Azerbaijan for amendments, Sergey Kuznetsov, the officer of Venice Commission Elections and Referendums Division told.
07 March 2007 [14:18]
"To defend the person like Ali Insanov does not favor anyone. That is why I do not join Musavat's statement on Ali Insanov," the member of Musavat's Divan, the chief of medical commission of the party Adil Geybulla said.
07 March 2007 [13:25]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will leave for Azerbaijan on March 8 to attend the First Forum of World Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora Organizations.
07 March 2007 [13:03]
2074785sq.m areas of Azerbaijani territory were cleared from mines and unexploded ordinances (UXO) and 33565 UXO have been rendered harmless in February, Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Actions (ANAMA) told.
07 March 2007 [09:18]
The appeal of the chief of Azerbaijan People's Front Party Ali Karimli on getting national passport will be considered today.
07 March 2007 [09:13]
Some of the visitors invited to the first forum of Azerbaijan and Turkish Diaspora Organizations to be held March 9 have already arrived in Baku.
07 March 2007 [09:11]
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of U.S. Department of State released annual report on human rights practice in Azerbaijan.
07 March 2007 [09:09]
"Recent visits of high ranking officials of Turkey, one of the active members of NATO has no connection with Iran and the US relations," Turkish Land Forces Commander, General Ilker Basbug visiting Azerbaijan said.
07 March 2007 [08:38]
Azerbaijan Popular Front Party held discussions on Azadliq alliance's activity in the conference of executive board of the Party.
07 March 2007 [08:32]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly-appointed ambassadors.
07 March 2007 [08:24]
Independent and opposition newspapers in Azerbaijan have filed a lawsuit, demanding that officials allow journalists from non-state-run media to cover the high-profile trial of a former health minister accused of abuse of office and other crimes, activists said Wednesday.
07 March 2007 [08:09]
Armenia's Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington on Monday to discuss Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections, efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, and other issues of mutual interest.
07 March 2007 [07:57]
Baku executive power rejected the appeal of the Azerbaijan National Independence Party to place a picket outside the Iranian embassy.
07 March 2007 [07:56]
The press services of Azerbaijani and Russian interior troops will meet in Moscow from March 12 to 17.
06 March 2007 [23:30]
Ombudsman's annual report was debated in today’s sitting of Azerbaijani parliament.
06 March 2007 [23:25]
President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by the Turkish Land Forces commander, Army General Ilker Basbug.
06 March 2007 [23:19]
"We do not have any information that the US is negotiating with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia to deploy its missile defense system," Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov told.
06 March 2007 [23:07]
U.S. European Command and Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry are working on a Work Plan.
06 March 2007 [22:41]
"The reason of Azerbaijan Democrat Party's (ADP) dismissal from Azadliq alliance is the party's insisting on the dialogue with the government," member of Board of Chairs of the Azadliq alliance, leader of the Citizen and Development Party Ali Aliyev told.
06 March 2007 [17:53]
Cem Ozdemir, Member of European Parliament and Bundestag does his best to draw up a report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
06 March 2007 [17:07]
The Azerbaijan Democratic Party has been dismissed from the Azadliq alliance in today's conference.
06 March 2007 [16:56]
Turkey's Land Forces Commander, Army General Ilker Basbug is visiting Azerbaijan.
06 March 2007 [16:53]
"Rordyuja's statement is not to be regarded as the position of Moscow, as he is not representing Russia, but Collective Security Treaty Organization," Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov said when commenting on the statement of Nikolay Bordyuja, Secretary General of CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization.
06 March 2007 [16:51]
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has ratified an agreement between the Ukrainian Government and the Government of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the geodesy, cartography and the Earth remote sensing areas.
06 March 2007 [16:50]
Washington will present New Black Sea strategy to the Azerbaijani government soon.
06 March 2007 [16:01]
European Court of Human Rights dismissed the appeal of former Azerbaijani Defense Minister Rahim Gaziyev.
06 March 2007 [15:50]
Iran apologized to Azerbaijani side for violation of airspace with helicopters, Deputy FM Khalaf Khalafov told the journalists.
06 March 2007 [14:42]
Parliamentarian, chairman of Umid party Igbal Agazadeh proposed to adopt amnesty act in today’s sitting of the parliament.
06 March 2007 [13:49]
Armenians violated ceasefire again.
06 March 2007 [12:37]
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Manjgaladze will meet his Azerbaijani counterpart Khalaf Khalafov in Baku on March 6-7 to discuss border delimitation issues, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.
06 March 2007 [12:35]
Russia is ready to study Azerbaijan's potential proposals to reexamine the rent contract for the Gabala radar, Russian Ambassador to Baku Vaisly Istratov said.
06 March 2007 [09:40]
Natural resources in the Caspian region are vital to the European Union's future energy policy. Though the United States has been focusing on the region since the 1990s, European decision-makers have largely neglected its strategic importance.
06 March 2007 [09:35]
"Official Baku expects the upcoming Geneva meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers with deep anxiety," said Azeri Deputy FM Araz Azimov.
06 March 2007 [09:25]
The United States is ready to assist Turkmenistan in the development of the fuel and energy sector.
06 March 2007 [09:20]
Armenia's foreign minister says he is worried about high-level Turkish lobbying against a proposed congressional resolution that would recognize as genocide the early 20th century killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians.
06 March 2007 [08:55]
Azerbaijan National Front Party will start to hold conferences in the local organizations to prepare for the Party conference.
06 March 2007 [08:50]
Mazahir Panahov, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) visited the UK at the invitation of the UK Election Officials Association from 25 February to 3 March.
06 March 2007 [08:40]
"Necessary measures are being taken for construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway project," Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyni Avni Garsioglu told.
06 March 2007 [08:35]
Turkish Lawyers Association Chairman Kemal Kerincsiz sued Armenian President Robert Kocharian and 78 people in connection with Khojaly genocide, Kamal Kerincsiz told.
06 March 2007 [08:30]
"US intention to install radar system in the Caucasus in the frame of Eastern Europe Missile Defense system plan has no relation with Russia," Ambassador of Russia to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov claimed on the statement of the official representative of Pentagon, Lieutenant-General Henry Oberg.
06 March 2007 [08:25]
"I do not have any information about US installation radar system in the Caucasus in the frame of Eastern Europe Missile Defense system plan," head of President's Office International Relations Department Novruz Mammadov stated.
06 March 2007 [08:20]
"Preparation to the forum of Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas to be held on March 9 in Baku is already completed. A part of the delegations had already come to Azerbaijan. The opening ceremony of the forum will be held in the Palace named after Heydar Aliyev and conference part in "Park INN" hotel. Over 500 representatives from 48 countries will partake in the conference," the chief of the State committee working with Azerbaijani Living Abroad Nazim Ibrahimov told.
06 March 2007 [08:15]
President Aliyev received credentials of newly-appointed ambassadors to Azerbaijan.
06 March 2007 [07:25]
Health Minister Ogtay Shireliyev is on official visit to Turkey at the invitation of Turkey's Health Minister Rajab Agdol.
06 March 2007 [07:15]
The constituencies finished specifying voters' lists and they are being submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the head of the "Elections Information Centre" Igbal Babayev told.
05 March 2007 [23:56]
Col Gen Mikael Harutyunyan, Deputy Defense Minister, chief of the Republic of Armenia armed forces general staff, said that Armenia has not received any proposals on installation of U.S. anti-aircraft system elements on its territory, said.
05 March 2007 [23:43]
"I have not made up my mind to visit Nagorno Karabakh this month. I have a lot of work in Brussels, but I may visit the conflicting zone," Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, told.
05 March 2007 [17:35]
World military expenditure in 2006 is estimated to have reached $1.2 trillion and this corresponds to 2.5 per cent of world GDP, Stockholm International Peace researches Institute report says.
05 March 2007 [17:12]
OSCE Minsk Group French co-chair Bernard Fassier will be on visit to Azerbaijan March 8-9.
05 March 2007 [16:28]
The last three military camps in Azerbaijan will be abolished by the end of the year, Senan Huseynov, the officer of the State Committee on Work with Refugees and IDPs told.
05 March 2007 [16:06]
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski will be on official visit in Azerbaijan on March 30-31, councillor of Polish Embassy in Azerbaijan Voychekh Guretski told.
05 March 2007 [15:22]
Romanian President Trayan Basescu intends to develop relations with Azerbaijan.
05 March 2007 [14:06]
Chairman of Azerbaijani Committee against Tortures Elchin Behbudov and chairman of Detention Place Observation Social Unity Kamil Selimov will appeal to the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse for monitoring Gunatanamo, Elchin Behbudov stated.
05 March 2007 [13:57]
Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zurab Gumberidze ends his diplomatic mission to Azerbaijan.
05 March 2007 [13:47]
Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has met with Kori Udovicki, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States.
05 March 2007 [13:28]
Azerbaijan's Embassy will be opened in Syria, Nazih Gassub, Azerbaijani honorary consul to Lebanon told.
05 March 2007 [13:23]
The parliament will again discuss rental of Deryal radar in Gebele, MP Zahid Oruj informed.
05 March 2007 [13:08]
Commander of Azerbaijan Interior Troops, lieutenant-general Zakir Hasanov will visit Turkey in April.
05 March 2007 [13:04]
Commander of Turkish Land Forces, Army General Ilker Bashbugh will pay visit to Azerbaijan tomorrow, Turkey's Embassy in Baku informs.
05 March 2007 [08:58]
On Monday in Saint Petersburg in the headquarters of CIS IPA is to be held a session of the Permanent Council of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly (IPA) of the CIS member states for culture, information, tourism and sport, Kazinform refers to the press service of CIS IPA.
05 March 2007 [08:47]
The Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) hosted a lunchtime discussion for members of the U.S. Congress and Congressional staff members on Thursday, March 1 in Washington, DC.
05 March 2007 [08:44]
04 March 2007 [14:49]
Armenian election authorities on Saturday finalized the list of parties and candidates that will take part in the May parliamentary vote, paving the way for the start of the election campaign, officials said.
04 March 2007 [14:40]
A senior U.S. official who oversees efforts to clamp down financially on Iran was slated Sunday to hold talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a spokesman said.
04 March 2007 [14:31]
GUAM summit in Baku will focus on the solution of the 'frozen conflicts,' ways of preventing threats to the maintenance of stability, said Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in his interviewed to APA.
04 March 2007 [14:00]
Major powers failed on Saturday to settle all their differences over a second U.N. sanctions resolution against Iran for its nuclear work but remain committed to passing one soon, the United States said.
04 March 2007 [13:51]
EU Special representative in South Caucasus Peter Semneby and Armenian Premier Andranik Markarian discussed a number of issues on relations between the EU and Armenia, forthcoming parliamentary elections, regional cooperation and settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
04 March 2007 [13:26]
Azerbaijan's southern neighbor is working under its nuclear program and missile manufacturing that pose danger not to the USA or Russia, but directly to Azerbaijan, political analyst Rasim Musabekov said commenting on a statement of director of the US Missile Defense Agency Henry Obering that in the framework of deploying the air defense in Eastern Europe, the USA plans to place a radar system in the Caucasus.
04 March 2007 [13:24]
The leader of the Belarusian opposition Alexander Milinkevich has invited the chairman of the Democratic Reforms party of Azerbaijan, a former PACE Rapporteur on Belarus Asim Mollazade to visit Belarus on March 25 to take part in the celebration on Freedom Day.
04 March 2007 [13:02]
U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile radar in the Caucasus affect Russia's national security, former commander of the Russian Air Force Anatoly Kornukov said Friday.
04 March 2007 [12:55]
04 March 2007 [12:53]
Russia should demonstrate a sober approach to the possible installation of American anti-missile defense system in the Caucasus, said Sergey Markedonov, the head of the department of international relations at the institute of political and military studies.
04 March 2007 [12:47]
Deputy Agriculture Jihad Minister for international affairs and development of cooperation with Africa, Farid Ejlali, said on Saturday that the third OIC agriculture ministers meeting will be held in Tehran on March 17.
04 March 2007 [12:44]
Azerbaijan's National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov on Saturday called on Iran to continue its efforts to settle the Karabakh crisis.