Society
14 August 2009 [09:29]
Following Azerbaijan’s joining the appeal against domestic violence in the world and in Europe, the country has taken major steps against human rights violations.
13 August 2009 [17:39]
The surrogate mother of Michael Jackson's youngest son is a Mexican nurse.
13 August 2009 [16:58]
“In fact, currently there is no military hazing in Azerbaijani army,” Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroglu said.
13 August 2009 [16:31]
“All Azerbaijanis on board of the Turkish vessel on the Indian coast can leave it any time and return home,” attache for political issues at Azerbaijani embassy in India Habib Mammadov said.
13 August 2009 [16:04]
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has charged embassies in Turkey and India with clarifying situation concerning the arrest of Turkish vessel on the Indian coast with five Azerbaijanis on board, the ministry said in a statement.
13 August 2009 [14:31]
“Currently, the situation with the swine in the country is stabile,” Plague Center Deputy Director Rakif Abdullayev said.
13 August 2009 [13:55]
Jean-Baptiste Collard, a Belgian farmer, got the shock of a lifetime when one of his cows gave birth to a calf with two heads, telegraph.co.uk reported.
13 August 2009 [12:54]
Georgia and Armenia keep on contaminating Azerbaijani transboundary rivers.
13 August 2009 [12:37]
Heydar Aliyev Foundation, together with the Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is implementing next stage of the project aimed to promote use of IT by disabled people.
13 August 2009 [11:51]
Koran youth delegation will be on visit to Azerbaijan from August 12 to 22.
13 August 2009 [10:14]
13 August 2009 [09:29]
Match of selection tournament of 2010 World Championship between Azerbaijan and Germany national football teams ended with the score 0:2 in favor of the German national team.
13 August 2009 [09:18]
The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said.
13 August 2009 [08:21]
Match of selection tournament of 2010 World Championship between Azerbaijan and Germany national football teams ended with the score 0:2 in favor of the German national team.
12 August 2009 [16:32]
“Azerbaijan’s embassy in India does not have any information about Turkish vessel arrested on the Indian coast,” Azerbaijani ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev said commenting on reports about arrest of Turkish vessel with 5 Azerbaijanis on board on the Indian coast.
12 August 2009 [16:17]
The UN has provided $115 million in food assistance to Azerbaijan over 15 years, head of the UN World Food Program representative office Fuad Huseynov said at a meting with a Azerbaijani children from families of internally displaced persons.
12 August 2009 [15:54]
A vessel owned by Turkish ECE A Tanker Grup has been arrested on the Indian coast.
12 August 2009 [15:10]
Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Chairman Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade says officials are to be blamed for demolition of illegally built mosques.
12 August 2009 [14:53]
From now on Friday prayers will be performed in all mosques in Azerbaijan.
12 August 2009 [13:29]
The regulations of Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) was changed due to the amendments and additions made to the Law on Freedom of Religion.
12 August 2009 [12:37]
A number of food products branded "Halal" ["allowed for believers"] are sold without permission of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), the office said.
12 August 2009 [11:51]
Azerbaijan guarantees full freedom of religious confession, State Committee for Work with Religious Associations chairman Hidayat Orujov said at the 12th meeting of the Caucasus Muslims Office.
12 August 2009 [11:04]
Azerbaijani Ministry of Youth and Sports welcomes activities of Azerbaijani youth abroad.
12 August 2009 [10:20]
12 August 2009 [08:39]
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was infected with influenza A/H1N1, Legislative Assembly President Francisco Antonio Pacheco confirmed on Tuesday.
11 August 2009 [16:24]
The Caucasus Muslims Office will hold 12th meeting on August 12, Caucasus Muslims office Head Haji Allahshukur Pashazade said.
11 August 2009 [16:09]
Germany's national team gave a news conference in Baku.
11 August 2009 [13:25]
Rest camp for psycho-social rehabilitation of children with diabetes has been organized in southern Lankaran region of Azerbaijan with support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
11 August 2009 [12:59]
International Music Festival and Piano Competition will be held in Gabala region of Azerbaijan with the support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
11 August 2009 [11:57]
Secondary schools teachers will be admitted to job via Internet in Azerbaijan starting from 2009/2010 academic year.
11 August 2009 [10:36]
11 August 2009 [09:32]
Michael Jackson was reportedly laid to rest last week, six weeks after he died of a suspected cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles home.
10 August 2009 [15:21]
A delegation led by Azerbaijan’s Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev will attend 24th meeting of the Cultural Cooperation Council of the CIS member states.
10 August 2009 [14:08]
'King of Pop' Michael Jackson has finally been laid to rest without any grand ceremony.
10 August 2009 [10:46]
A typhoon slammed into Japan's west coast on Monday, bringing heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides and left at least 12 people dead and another 10 reported missing.
10 August 2009 [10:27]
Strong winds and rain that began in southern Azerbaijan on August 9 caused power outage and cut-off in communication.
10 August 2009 [10:11]
08 August 2009 [12:02]
Official WHO figures record 1,550 deaths from swine flu worldwide and more than 200,000 confirmed cases, Russia's consumer watchdog said on Friday.
08 August 2009 [11:26]
Pop icon Michael Jackson is finally set to be laid to rest, more than six weeks after he passed away.
08 August 2009 [10:45]
08 August 2009 [09:39]
08 August 2009 [08:55]
The 13-th case of swine flu was confirmed in Georgia.
07 August 2009 [17:57]
“The branches of Baku Islam University in country's regions will stop functioning."
07 August 2009 [13:55]
Azerbaijan’s "Ireli" public organization and Youth and Sports Ministry will organize Friendship Camp of Turkish and Azerbaijani youth in Lankaran, the organization said.
07 August 2009 [13:28]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Garabagh football club of Aghdam, AFFA’s Information and Public Affairs Department said.
07 August 2009 [11:18]
07 August 2009 [10:59]
Head of Azerbaijani diaspora organization in the United Aram Emirates Samir Iman spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
07 August 2009 [09:17]
More than 60 people, mainly women and children, are now feared to have drowned after a ferry capsized near the Pacific Island state of Tonga.
07 August 2009 [08:49]
Iran has banned Iranians from performing the umra pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia during the holy month of Ramadan to slow spread of swine flu in the country, a health ministry official said on Thursday.
07 August 2009 [08:32]
Azerbaijan’s Garabagh football team won over Finland’s Honka at a match of the third qualifying round of the European League and got into the next round.
06 August 2009 [17:44]
“We will always support the friendly people of Azerbaijan”, said Mayor of Bucharest`s Sector 2 Neculai Ontanu after he visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
06 August 2009 [17:36]
The Council of Europe (CoE) together with the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry is implementing a program on the protection of natural habitat in the country, the organization said.
06 August 2009 [15:19]
Azerbaijani wrestler Orkhan Ahmadov became gold-winner of the World Wrestling Championship in Turkey.
06 August 2009 [14:16]
Iran has conducted one of the largest mass executions in its post-revolution history when 24 convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison west of Tehran.
06 August 2009 [13:43]
Azerbaijan National Mine Action agency (ANAMA) demined 2,244,355 square meters of area in July 2009.
06 August 2009 [12:34]
A fifteen-minute music video about four traditional players of Azerbaijani music on tour across the U.S. state of Montana has won an Award of Merit in the short film/documentary category at the La Jolla, California 2009 Accolade Film Festival Competition.
06 August 2009 [12:11]
06 August 2009 [11:22]
The US attack devastated the city and killed hundreds of thousands of people during World War Two.
06 August 2009 [11:06]
Rescue officials searched the South Pacific's waters for 27 people missing after a ferry sank during the night off the coast of Tonga, New Zealand rescue coordinators said Thursday.
06 August 2009 [10:06]
06 August 2009 [09:17]
The origin of the pneumonic plague might be the dog raised by the first victim, disease control specialists discovered yesterday.
05 August 2009 [17:49]
Azerbaijani Press Council received 247 appeals in the first half of 2009.
05 August 2009 [16:21]
“Indicators of socio-economic development show that the country developed at a fast pace in the first half of 2009,” parliament ‘s social policy committee deputy chairman Musa Guliyev said.
05 August 2009 [15:26]
05 August 2009 [14:24]
05 August 2009 [13:24]
Antigua's highest mountain officially became "Mount Obama" on Tuesday as the small Caribbean nation celebrated the American president on his birthday and saluted him as a symbol of black achievement.
05 August 2009 [12:59]
Turkey-flagged "Duden" cargo ship was attacked by pirates near the Nigerian coasts on August 2, Turkish media reported.
05 August 2009 [12:17]
05 August 2009 [11:42]
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that A/H1N1 virus spread in 168 countries.
05 August 2009 [10:12]
Brazilian health authorities Tuesday reported 37 new deaths of A/H1N1 flu in the country, which brought the total death toll to 129, Xinhua reported.
05 August 2009 [09:31]
Member of the Parliament of Azerbaijan is in favor of strengthening a struggle against violence towards children.
05 August 2009 [09:12]
Youth world wrestling championship has started in Ankara.
05 August 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijani citizen who lives in the Gaza Strip can not return home due to problem with her documents.
04 August 2009 [17:16]
Georgia's swine flu cases have reached 12.
04 August 2009 [17:06]
A poster featuring Barack Obama in "whiteface", complete with the Joker's sickly red smile and black eyes, is popping up all over LA.
Weapons & ammunition discovered in Khankendi
EU acknowledges strategic significance of Baku International Sea Trade Port in Middle Corridor
South Korea conducts live-fire exercises near borders of DPRK
Navigating challenges in Azerbaijan's trade turnover amidst global uncertainties
TikTok closed in Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan's AccessBank joins UN Global Compact
Rising fuel expenses signals economic challenges for Azerbaijan