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25 July 2009 [08:21]
At least 30 people have been killed and 20 others have been injured when an Aria Air plane crash-landed in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Press TV reported.
24 July 2009 [17:57]
Japanese rescue crews on Friday pulled three more bodies from mud and rubble in a western region hit by a series of landslides and floods early this week, bringing the death toll to 15.
24 July 2009 [16:58]
Azerbaijan improved its position from 40th to 39th position in the UEFA co-efficient ranking due to outcome of the last two return matches.
24 July 2009 [13:09]
Azerbaijan State Railway has designed an action plan to prevent spread of swine flu to Azerbaijan as A/H1N1 virus has already been revealed in neighboring countries, company’s spokesperson Nadir Azmammadov said.
24 July 2009 [12:42]
President Barack Obama plunged his presidency into a charged racial debate and set off a firestorm with police officers nationwide by siding with a prominent black scholar who accuses police of racism.
24 July 2009 [10:37]
Azerbaijan State Committee for Diaspora official Fuzuli Najafov met with adviser to the Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Savalan Mirzayev.
24 July 2009 [09:30]
The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he was on the path to independence a year after the pioneering operation.
24 July 2009 [08:11]
23 July 2009 [17:45]
Cargo and passenger traffic in Azerbaijan can stop in daytime in case of high temperature.
23 July 2009 [17:04]
There is necessity to adopt a law banning smoking in public places in Azerbaijan, said Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee.
23 July 2009 [15:50]
Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov spoke in an exclusive interview with APA.
23 July 2009 [14:58]
The chairperson of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee does not rule out the possibility of establishing the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Central Asian countries.
23 July 2009 [14:07]
A fire that occurred in private lands and pastures of the Sighirli village of Kurdamir region at about 16.30 on July 20 extended into the forests in the territory of Sabirabad Forestry Office and covered 4.2 ha of forests, press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources said.
23 July 2009 [13:16]
Azerbaijan has set out to build the highest complex automatic metrological station in Europe.
23 July 2009 [12:59]
Some international environmental organizations have expressed their desire to join the green initiative in Azerbaijan.
23 July 2009 [11:39]
Arab health ministers agreed on Wednesday to ban certain people including the elderly and young children from pilgrimage to Mecca in an effort to contain the spread of swine flu.
23 July 2009 [09:53]
23 July 2009 [09:11]
The court has examined the case of Azerfon and Azercelll mobile operators.
23 July 2009 [08:55]
Present state of Azerbaijani press can be appreciated as positive, head of the Public and Political Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov said at the meeting on 134-th-anniversary of Azerbaijani press.
23 July 2009 [08:20]
Fund of State Support for Development of Mass Media under President of Azerbaijan allocates several news agencies and newspapers one-time financial aid worth 10,000 manats on occasion of National Press Day.
22 July 2009 [15:01]
Day.Az has received a letter from a reader which complains of problems related to obtaining visa to Azerbaijan.
22 July 2009 [14:27]
A fire occurred in a four-storey building under construction in the Khatai district in Baku.
22 July 2009 [14:13]
The meeting of high level group for interreligious dialogue under the aegis of UNESCO was held in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
22 July 2009 [13:51]
Head of the OSCE Office in Baku Ali Bilge Cankorel congratulated the Azerbaijani journalists on the National Press Day.
22 July 2009 [12:12]
ISESCO member states' ministers responsible for culture will meet in Baku on October 12-15, Azerbaijani deputy culture minister Sevda Mammadaliyeva said.
22 July 2009 [10:35]
22 July 2009 [10:26]
The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon Wednesday.
22 July 2009 [10:00]
Malfunction caused 20-minute hold-up in Ganjlik subway of the Baku Metro at 09:50 today.
22 July 2009 [09:23]
22 July 2009 [09:09]
Azerbaijan marks the National Press Day.
22 July 2009 [08:50]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to inject amendments to the law on Freedom of Religion, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
22 July 2009 [08:43]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has decreed to apply the Law on Combating Legalization of Money or Property Acquired by Criminal Ways and Financing of Terrorism, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
22 July 2009 [08:32]
Azerbaijan's Press Council has released a report for the first half of 2009.
21 July 2009 [17:42]
Azercell will cut interconnection with a local mobile operator from July 22.
21 July 2009 [13:07]
Hydraulic system of the Azerbaijani-flagged Gazanfar Musabayov ship broke during a loading in Yeysk port of Russia on July 19.
21 July 2009 [10:49]
Incaution and indifference by population have caused a number of forest fires in Azerbaijan recently.
21 July 2009 [09:58]
20 July 2009 [17:09]
The fire on the roof of the Iraqi embassy in Azerbaijan was cause by a short circuit.
20 July 2009 [16:24]
Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has made Rules of Perpetuating War Victims and Advantages for Their Families, the Cabinet of Ministers said.
20 July 2009 [13:13]
“National events are always held on occasion of anniversary celebrations."
20 July 2009 [12:57]
20 July 2009 [12:45]
A car crash in the area of the Astara terminal has caused traffic problems on Azerbaijan-Iran border.
20 July 2009 [12:18]
The measure of what humanity can accomplish is a size 9 1/2 bootprint.
20 July 2009 [11:42]
A military aircraft used by NATO-led forces crashed shortly after take-off from a major base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, alliance officials said, the second crash at the base in as many days, Reuters reported.
18 July 2009 [12:31]
Majority of Azerbaijani couples prefer to register marriage in September and April, Baku Nasimi district civilian registrar's deputy head Elmira Khalilova said.
18 July 2009 [11:39]
A U.S. military F-15E fighter jet crashed in central Afghanistan early Saturday, killing two crew members, officials said.
18 July 2009 [11:23]
Religious leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia will meet to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
18 July 2009 [10:04]
18 July 2009 [09:23]
Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery, AFP reported.
17 July 2009 [17:52]
Azerbaijani and Moldavian Constitutional Courts will sign memorandum on mutual law cooperation.
17 July 2009 [17:35]
Azerbaijani citizens have not suffered during the blast in Indonesian capital, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
17 July 2009 [17:22]
Doctors of Umberto Parini hospital of northern Italian city of Aosta operated Pope Benedict XVI on wrist. The pontiff slipped and fell in his chalet in the Alps, local media said with reference to sources in clinic.
17 July 2009 [17:16]
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met soldiers of Armenian army Ohan Harutunyan and Gevorg Tomosyan in captivity in Azerbaijan on July 15, ICRC Spokeswoman in Baku Gulnaz Guliyeva said.
17 July 2009 [16:13]
“Armenian soldiers who voluntarily crossed border to Azerbaijan in an effort to go a third country understand very well that Azerbaijani authorities will not return them home,” Azerbaijani member of parliament and chairman of Great Establishment Party Fazil Mustafa said.
17 July 2009 [15:32]
A total of 220 new HIV cases have been confirmed in Azerbaijan in recent years, Health Ministry said.
17 July 2009 [14:45]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister and Rector of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy Hafiz Pashayev has presented a new book entitled “Manifest of an Ambassador."
17 July 2009 [14:19]
Azerbaijan’s Movement of Intellectuals faces problem of premises again, AMI chairman Eldaniz Guliyev said.
17 July 2009 [13:53]
Representatives of the Azerbaijan Ombudsman Administration performed a monitoring at the detention facility at the Penal Service of the Justice Ministry today.
17 July 2009 [13:26]
Tourism & Rest, Russian bestseller magazine with 90,000 issues sold every week, calls into question the facts about Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
17 July 2009 [11:14]
Azerbaijanis can once again encounter problem of iodine shortage as 50 percent of salt on the local markets is not iodinated, Free Consumers Union said.
17 July 2009 [10:42]
17 July 2009 [09:34]
17 July 2009 [09:26]
First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded medal by the Azerbaijan Association of Women Journalists.
17 July 2009 [08:38]
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perin de Brichambaut noted progress of Azerbaijan in the creation of a modern penal system during a meeting with the Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Judicial-Legal Council Fikrat Mammadov.
17 July 2009 [08:20]
The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the decree by approving financial monitoring service under the Azerbaijani Central Bank on July 16, AzerTaj state information agency said.
Upon the President's decree, the Central Bank must approve structure and staff schedule of financial monitoring service within 15 days and own powers to solve other issues proceeding from the decree
16 July 2009 [17:48]
16 July 2009 [16:52]
Soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces who crossed border to Azerbaijan in Gadabay region has been detained.
16 July 2009 [16:37]
Baku will host 7th international Mammadaliyev conference on petrochemistry on the 80th anniversary of Petrochemical Processes Institute at the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA) from September 29 to October 2, the NASA press service said.
16 July 2009 [15:38]
An aircraft heading from Tehran to Yerevan crashed near Qazvin, Iran on July 15.
16 July 2009 [15:12]
Recently Day.Az published an article which reported that juice the label of which depicts Azerbaijan without Nakhchivan is sold in Kopeika chain of shops in Russia.
16 July 2009 [12:18]
Specialists of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) will hold one-month training for Georgian field engineers, the ANAMA press service said.
16 July 2009 [10:35]
Day.Az has received a letter from its reader which says that Russian largest food company 4SEZONA has labeled Azerbaijani dish bozbash as Armenian.
16 July 2009 [10:10]
16 July 2009 [09:48]
On July 15, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops located in areas of the Gazakh region at 18:10-18:20. The shots were fired from Armenia's Noembryan region.
16 July 2009 [08:46]
President Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of condolence to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
EU acknowledges strategic significance of Baku International Sea Trade Port in Middle Corridor
Weapons & ammunition discovered in Khankendi
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