Society
04 June 2009 [17:11]
Azerbaijan will host the international conference on the development of civil society.
04 June 2009 [15:59]
There is no need to keep current restrictions for appointment of a prosecutor general, head of Azerbaijani parliament's committee said.
04 June 2009 [15:06]
Azerbaijani science has sufficient potential to add to the list of top twenty countries soon, said president of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan Mahmud Kerimov, according to Interfax-Azerbaijan.
04 June 2009 [14:55]
The Law on Education will be discussed in a third reading at a regular session of Milli Medjlis in June, said chairman of the parliamentary committee on issues of science and education Shamseddin Hajiyev, according to the press service for the Yeni Azerbaijan party.
04 June 2009 [14:27]
Barmek company president Huseyn Arabul was condemned to conditional sentence for corruptional crimes in Azerbaijan.
04 June 2009 [14:05]
Date for meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic Speaking Countries to be held in Baku has been set.
04 June 2009 [11:49]
2,348,225 square meters of Azerbaijani lands were cleared of mines and unexploded shells in May of 2009.
04 June 2009 [11:25]
Heads of the parliament administrations of the member states of the Turkic Speaking Countries' Parliamentary Assembly visited Baku today.
04 June 2009 [11:18]
There are serious problems in professionalism of Internet-media in Azerbaijan.
04 June 2009 [10:07]
Mosques are not destructed in Azerbaijan, but definite figures' illegal activities are prevented, Head of the Presidential Administration Public-Political Department Ali Hasanov told journalists on June 4.
04 June 2009 [09:40]
04 June 2009 [09:33]
The National Television and Radio Council of Azerbaijan considers it necessary to regulate the Internet in order to counter cyber crime, said head of the Council Nushirevan Magerramli, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
04 June 2009 [09:13]
The Israeli citizen, who went missing in the Yasamal district of Baku, was found dead, said sources in the 26th police department of Yasamal.
04 June 2009 [09:08]
03 June 2009 [16:10]
Armenian and Azerbaijani men, who were designing false documents in an effort to sell in Azerbaijan, have been detained in Georgia.
03 June 2009 [15:39]
The committee on social policy of Milli Medjlis is holding a monitoring of the Family Code, said deputy chairman of the committee on social policy Musa Guliyev, according to the press service for the Yeni Azerbaijan party.
03 June 2009 [15:07]
A large arms cache was found by law enforcement officers in the Aghdash region yesterday, according to the press service for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
03 June 2009 [14:34]
03 June 2009 [14:26]
The Board of American Azerbaijanis presented the first US stamp with Shusha city featured on it.
03 June 2009 [13:07]
Candidate of historical science Fizuli Ismaylov published a book "Historical roots of a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia and modern period", according to the press service for the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan.
03 June 2009 [12:24]
In the Caspian Sea, water levels could drop by roughly six meters by the end of the 21st century because of increased evaporation and it will affect on the fish resources and coastal infrastructure of the sea, the World Bank said in its report on “Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia”, APA reports.
03 June 2009 [10:20]
"During interrogation two soldiers of the Armenian armed forces Ogan Harutyunyan and Gevorg Tomosyan expressed intention to be transferred to a third country", said representative of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan Teymur Abdullayev.
02 June 2009 [16:36]
The National Council on Television and Radio (NSTR) of Azerbaijan has prepared recommendations related to broadcasting of information on extreme situations on televisions, which is not binding, but televisions will have to carry them out.
02 June 2009 [16:32]
The Azerbaijani State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and patent does not exclude the probability import of food stuff from Armenia to the country.
02 June 2009 [15:19]
All religious communities will be re-registered in Azerbaijan, department chief of the State Committee for Religious Organizations Gunduz Ismayilov told APA.
02 June 2009 [13:59]
The Azerbaijani parliamentarians offer to discuss the Bill on Defamation under definite conditions.
02 June 2009 [13:33]
Azerbaijani Justice Ministry's Penal Service is studying proposals by the human rights activists to turn Bayil remand prison into museum.
02 June 2009 [13:00]
Azerbaijan's embassy in France is studying possibility of presence of Azerbaijani citizens on board of the Air France aircraft that was lost over Atlantic Ocean yesterday, embassy official told Trend News over telephone from Paris on June 2.
02 June 2009 [11:46]
All universities and schools will be thoroughly protected in a new academic year, Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists on June 2.
02 June 2009 [11:36]
A suit has been filed over reckless attitude to work which results in bad consequences over the incident in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center, Military Prosecutor Khanlar Valiyev told reporters.
02 June 2009 [11:27]
The Japanese may be included into the curriculum in Baku schools, Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists.
02 June 2009 [11:22]
Monitoring starts on the projects funded by the Council for State Support to NGOs under the President of of Azerbaijan.
02 June 2009 [10:13]
"The world dedicates only a day to children while Azerbaijan allocates a year, said MP Hadi Racabli, who is also a chairman of the parliamentary commission on social policy, according to Lenkoran's Cenub TV.
02 June 2009 [09:55]
A group of unknowns attacked the country house of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia Polad Bul-Bul oglu, located in the village of Nardaran.
02 June 2009 [09:15]
June 15 will be a holiday in Azerbaijan, according to spokesman for the Cabinet Akif Ali.
02 June 2009 [09:09]
02 June 2009 [08:47]
The investigation materials of the criminal case on the organized gang accused of committing terror attack on Abu Bakr mosque have been submitted to the Court of Grave Crimes, the court told APA.
01 June 2009 [17:50]
The average monthly temperature is expected to be close normal in Azerbaijan in June, chief hydrologist of National Hydrometeorological Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Asif Verdiyev told APA.
01 June 2009 [16:18]
“Armenia violates human values and international laws by refusing to release Azerbaijani children taken hostage during the military operations,” chairperson of “Hesret Yolu” Public Union for Assistance to Captives and Hostages Esmira Orujova told APA.
01 June 2009 [13:57]
The Baku police received alert about an installed bomb at the Zengi Lyceum, according to the press service of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
01 June 2009 [10:57]
State Commission on Hostages, POWs and Missing People is aware of capture of two Armenian soldiers by Azerbaijani army.
01 June 2009 [10:29]
A foreigner has gone missing in the Yasamal district of Baku, sources in the Yasamal police station of Baku report.
01 June 2009 [10:21]
Association of Azerbaijani students held the first meeting, which identified priorities and goals.
30 May 2009 [11:36]
Three people, who were party to a blast in Zahidan, Iran, on May 28 were executed on Saturday morning, MEHR news agency cited Sistan and Baluchistan Province police commander General Asgarpur.
30 May 2009 [10:52]
A diagnosis of functional gastrointestinal disorder has been set to Azerbaijani soldiers at the military training center Garaheybet in Garadagh district.
30 May 2009 [08:50]
Office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan has conducted an investigation on the mass food poisoning in the Garaheybat Military Training Center.
29 May 2009 [17:14]
The National Security Ministry (NSM) of Azerbaijan has detained individuals smuggling large consignment of drugs to Azerbaijan from Iran and Russia.
29 May 2009 [16:28]
First Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament says soldiers were not poisoned from food in a mass manner in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku.
29 May 2009 [16:05]
After getting familiar with the recent interview of the head of the International Armenian Cossacks Association Sergey Madatyan, I would like to say that his information is false, said chairman of the Azerbaijan's Cossacks Community, ataman Viktor Mereshkin.
29 May 2009 [15:50]
Officers of the Ganja police have found and confiscated weapons and ammunition, reports Day.Az with reference to the press service of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
29 May 2009 [14:56]
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Latvia held an official reception ceremony at the Latvian Society House in the centre of Riga on the occasion of the May 28 - the Republic Day.
29 May 2009 [14:17]
The Azerbaijani State Committee on Diaspora Affairs urged the Azerbaijani youth studying abroad to be more active in the diaspora movement.
29 May 2009 [13:09]
The European Broadcasting Union is postponing the 3rd running of the Eurovision Dance Contest, which is to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in the autumn of 2010, according to the official website of the Eurovision Dance Contest.
29 May 2009 [12:24]
29 May 2009 [11:32]
The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has decided to establish a protection (buffer) zone of the Ichari Shahar (Inner City) State Historical-Architectural Reserve.
29 May 2009 [11:26]
The Day of Republic in Azerbaijan was celebrated in Astana.
29 May 2009 [11:24]
The soldiers, who were poisoned in Garaheybet Training center of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry on May 26, feel better, spokesman for Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroglu told APA.
29 May 2009 [09:06]
Canned fish, included in the diet of soldiers during the mass poisonings in Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku, was eligible for usage.
27 May 2009 [17:21]
State Student Admission Commission (SSAC) has announced Turkish universities Master’s Program for Azerbaijani students for 2009-2010, SSAC press service told APA.
27 May 2009 [16:07]
Azerbaijani members of parliament say mass food poisoning in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku is not provocation.
27 May 2009 [15:41]
Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagir Bahrami congratulated Azerbaijani people and state on Republic Day which is marked on May 28.
27 May 2009 [15:20]
Today the Court of Grave Crimes held a preliminary hearing on a criminal case of members of the organized criminal gang charged with high treason and espionage.
27 May 2009 [15:00]
A shop has been subjected to an armed assault in the territory of the Nasimi district of Baku at 9:00 pm yesterday, according to the public television.
27 May 2009 [13:08]
Draft law on education will be put to the third reading with several serious amendments.
27 May 2009 [12:45]
Mass poisoning occurred at one of the military units of Mushvigabad village of Garadagh settlement of Baku.
27 May 2009 [11:21]
8 Azerbaijanis, crew members of the Mira vessel, arrested in India's territorial waters for five months, returned home.
27 May 2009 [10:39]
The Azerbaijani Supreme Court has not permitted to resume the Abu Bakr Mosque's activity.
27 May 2009 [10:13]
Commission of Pardon under the President of Georgia held its meeting on Tuesday.
27 May 2009 [09:00]
26 May 2009 [16:46]
Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Associations says the so-called Abu Bakr mosque in Baku will re-open.
26 May 2009 [16:42]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is enhancing the safety of educational institutions after the tragedy on 30 April in Baku, when fire at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy left dead and wounded, Interfax-Azerbaijan reports.
26 May 2009 [16:19]
The capital police will take serious security measures on May 30, the day of graduation ceremony at the secondary schools, deputy chief of the Baku Police Headquarters General-Major Yashar Aliyev told APA.
26 May 2009 [12:53]
Some 92 percent of the population of Baku does not know the location of municipalities, the poll report by the ELS Research Centre says. The monitoring was held in six districts of Baku in April-May.
26 May 2009 [12:42]
Orphanages, functioning in Azerbaijan might be eliminated by 2015, said Chairman of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Hijran Huseynova.
25 May 2009 [16:28]
Booklets for receivers of social payments and pensioners have been published in Azerbaijan as a part of the reforms in the insurance and payment system.
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