Society
29 July 2009 [17:12]
“The speech by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov at a meeting of the State Commission to Combat Drug Abuse and Drugs Trafficking held in the Cabinet of Ministers has been misinterpreted by some media outlets,” the Cabinet of Ministers spokesperson Akif Ali said.
29 July 2009 [16:49]
Azerbaijani parliament’s social policy committee is working on a new bill, committee’s chair Hadi Rajabli said.
29 July 2009 [14:51]
Azerbaijani State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents controls the obligatory certification of arms and their registration.
29 July 2009 [14:33]
29 July 2009 [12:32]
The Azerbaijani Health Ministry did almost 500 tests under laboratory conditions in line with the measures to prevent swine flu (AH1N1), the ministry said on July 29.
29 July 2009 [10:49]
The chairman of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee says it is necessary to convene a congress on language.
29 July 2009 [10:33]
President Barack Obama says he and first lady Michelle Obama each have "living wills," but he hopes it will be a long time before either one has to put them to use, AP reported.
29 July 2009 [09:07]
29 July 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to apply the law on changes to list of municipalities, which is enclosure to the Law on Municipality Territories and Lands, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
28 July 2009 [17:56]
Thai health officials said on Tuesday that a baby had been born in Thailand with H1N1 flu having contracted the virus while still in the womb.
28 July 2009 [17:23]
The human bones at the mass burial site in Azerbaijan’s Guba region are decaying at a fast pace,” Archeology and Ethnography Institute territorial branch head Gahraman Agayev said.
28 July 2009 [16:41]
The third case of H1N1 virus has been registered in Georgia, Minister of Health and Social Care Sandro Kvitashvili announced at the special briefing today.
28 July 2009 [15:18]
Criminal proceedings were instituted against roughly 1,243 people for drug trafficking in Azerbaijan over 6 months of 2009. Roughly 37 of detained people are foreigners. More than half of detained foreigners are Iranian citizens.
28 July 2009 [14:52]
The number of drug addicts officially registered in Azerbaijan does not reflect reality.
28 July 2009 [11:39]
ABC News has learned that the autopsy of Michael Jackson found the powerful anesthetic propofol, as well as several prescription drugs, in his system, and law enforcement sources say that investigators believe their final report will list the propofol as a "contributing factor" in his death.
28 July 2009 [10:23]
28 July 2009 [09:22]
The death toll from mudslides and floods that have ravaged western Japan since July 19 has risen to 27, as troops and rescue workers found more bodies on Monday, authorities said.
28 July 2009 [08:54]
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia have visited captives Rafig Rahman Hasanov and Anar Khanbaba Hajiyev, spokesperson for Azerbaijani representation of ICRC Gulnaz Guliyeva said.
27 July 2009 [16:17]
27 July 2009 [12:46]
The Azerbaijani Ecological and Natural Resources Ministry has brought a disciplinary action against the Center of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Clinic for major violations in activities.
27 July 2009 [12:39]
The number of fatal traffic accidents dropped in Baku in January-June 2009.
27 July 2009 [10:34]
Thousands of angry Chinese steel workers clashed with police and beat to death an executive of the firm trying to take over their company, a Hong Kong-based human rights organisation has said.
27 July 2009 [10:06]
Azerbaijan’s new national museum will open in Kazan, capital city of Tataristan, World Azerbaijanis’ Congress press service said.
25 July 2009 [11:47]
Azerbaijan Armed Forces have violated ceasefire again.
25 July 2009 [10:04]
Azerbaijani Council for State NGO Assistance and the United Nations Development Program will sign a document soon to implement a joint project to improve NGO activities in Azerbaijan, the council said.
25 July 2009 [09:31]
US President Barack Obama has told reporters he should not have described the arrest of a black Harvard professor as "stupid", BBC reported.
25 July 2009 [08:55]
As many as 282 people are wanted internationally for crimes and terrorism acts committed in Azerbaijani villages of Khojali, Mesheli, Baganis-Ayrim.
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]
OPEC chief: Oil to remain vital despite ‘peak oil’ predictions
Explosion in Madrid from suspected gas leak kills 1 person, injures 25
Azerbaijan joins CIS Customs Law Enforcement Meeting in Almaty
Russia displays military might with hypersonic missiles and bombers in drills
Ukraine considers counter to Russian drones with mobile service limitations
Baku, Astana strengthen ties in law enforcement training
Chairwoman: Insurance sectors of Turkic states to benefit from new union