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01 April 2006 [01:31]
"The 29 March total solar eclipse did not cause any seismological activeness in Azerbaijan," the Head of Republic Seismological Service Center of National Academy of Science, Arif Hasanov stated.
01 April 2006 [00:56]
The internet action has started. The action has been organized by the Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Ministry with the participation of the all-republic youth movement "Forward".
01 April 2006 [00:51]
To control observation of the Azerbaijan Republic law on "Information gathering", a new State body will be created - Ombudsmen Informational Institute, the Press Council announced.
01 April 2006 [00:35]
The Azerbaijani Education Ministry and OSCE started the realization of the joint program "Educational program on human rights", the Ministry informs.
31 March 2006 [13:50]
The Azerbaijani government has transferred $20,000 to the budget of the new established UN Central Fund of Emergencies, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced.
31 March 2006 [12:25]
Today Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited monument of Azerbaijani genocide victims. Flowers were put at the memorial and prayers were given.
31 March 2006 [10:03]
The Azerbaijani government must ensure a fair trial for three opposition youth leaders whose trial begins today in Baku, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
31 March 2006 [09:54]
More than 50 foreign citizens from Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and other countries who settled in Azerbaijan have been given refugee status.
31 March 2006 [09:18]
Russian Defense Ministry representative Vasili Smirnov stated that Azerbaijanis also serve in the Russian Army.
31 March 2006 [08:58]
Three-day symposium on "Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development" held in Baku under the preparation for the 14th meeting of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development completed yesterday.
31 March 2006 [08:40]
Azerbaijan National AIDS Center supported by the UN Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will launch treatment of HIV/AIDS for the first time in the country.
31 March 2006 [08:27]
Two Baku buildings will be taken to provide servicemen of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry with apartments.
30 March 2006 [23:48]
On Thursday Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani President, signed decree on increase of basic labor pension.
30 March 2006 [17:31]
Local scientists have found a strain of bird flu in a 16-year-old girl from a family in Azerbaijan which has lost three members to the H5N1 virus, Deputy Health Minister Abbas Velibeyov said on Thursday.
30 March 2006 [14:40]
The Azerbaijani Ministry's Center for Innovation and Procurement will open a special lab to expose the low-quality and fake medicines, the Health Minister, Oktay Shiraliyev told.
30 March 2006 [14:29]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (IRCR) President, Jakob Kellenberger will pay 2-day visit to Baku April 3-4. The IRCR President was invited to Baku by the Azerbaijani government, however, it will be a regional visit as well.
30 March 2006 [13:29]
The Caucasus Muslims Administration Chairman, Sheikh of Islam, Allahshukur Pashazadeh will pay a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Caucasus Muslims Administration informs.
30 March 2006 [13:18]
The world community still remains indifferent towards the terror in the Azerbaijani territory under the Armenian occupation, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources stated.
30 March 2006 [13:01]
The relations between the Azeri authorities and opposition have reached the "hostility" level, half of the participants in a recent survey said.
30 March 2006 [11:42]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on injecting some changes and supplements in some legislative acts in connection with the application of the Law on TV and Radio Broadcasting.
30 March 2006 [10:16]
Conference in commemoration of the 31 March - Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis was organized by "Ireli"( Forward) Republic Youth Movement and students of the Baku State University.
30 March 2006 [09:04]
President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to dismiss Executive Power heads of Hajigabul and Barda.
30 March 2006 [09:01]
By the end of this year the first tuberculosis laboratory meeting modern standards will be constructed in Azerbaijan.
30 March 2006 [08:31]
The Society of Azerbaijanis (SA) will stage a protest March 31 - Day of the Genocide of Azerbaijanis in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, March 31.
30 March 2006 [08:28]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially recognized the celebration of Novruz in New York City with a reception at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York March 28.
29 March 2006 [23:47]
Three soldiers of Azerbaijani Army hit landmines at the frontline in the territory of Gadabey region on Tuesday.
29 March 2006 [19:16]
Jamil Aliyev was awarded Order of Fame at the decree issued by the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, on 29 March.
29 March 2006 [18:27]
"Azerbaijani and Jewish communities in US have the same positions on many issues," said President of the Former USSR Jews Association, Yuri Zilberman.
29 March 2006 [18:20]
Surgery was carried out at Baku Urological Hospital.
29 March 2006 [16:53]
Basic part of pensions will be increased by 5 manats from April 1, 2006, and foot up to 30 manats.
29 March 2006 [16:26]
Staff of the Ministry of Interior Affairs held a meeting on 29 March to discuss the activities of the interior bodies over 3 months of 2006.
29 March 2006 [16:09]
Counterpart International's Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP) will organize opening ceremony of the reconstructed Galagayin Tent Camp Drinking Water Supply in Sabirabad region of Azerbaijan, a project funded by the U.S. Department of State today March 29, the US Embassy announced.
29 March 2006 [14:14]
A solar eclipse will be visible today. The total eclipse of the sun will be visible in Antalia, Turkey. Astrophysicists worldwide will arrive in Antalia to observe this important event.
29 March 2006 [13:10]
A press- conference dedicated to the beginning of the application submission process for US Agency for International Development (USAID) program of Social Connections was held by the representatives of the Project Harmony NGO March 29 in Baku.
29 March 2006 [09:19]
A meeting will be held between the frontier guards of Georgia and Azerbaijan in the border of the two countries today.
29 March 2006 [09:07]
Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe has prepared answer to the items about the situation in the Azerbaijani Army placed in April session report on the situation in the Armies of the Post-Soviet countries.
29 March 2006 [08:52]
Like many manufactured goods, medicines are increasingly being illegally copied, and the consequences for users may be dramatic.
29 March 2006 [08:40]
Azerbaijani chess player Ulker Hasanova is among the leaders in the chess championship in Iceland.
29 March 2006 [08:38]
French rapper K-Maro will give his concert in Heydar Aliyev Palace, Baku, April 14.
29 March 2006 [08:34]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT) prepared an action plan to prevent interference of foreign TV and radio channels in the broadcasting zone of Azerbaijan.
29 March 2006 [07:48]
The World Health Organization will send two more epidemiologists to Azerbaijan to support the country in fighting avian flu.
29 March 2006 [01:52]
On 30th March the Jazz Centre organised a memorial evening dedicated to legendary Azerbaijani jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Rafig Babayev.
29 March 2006 [01:49]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday it was scaling down its presence in Azerbaijan because an outbreak of bird flu that killed five young people has not spread.
28 March 2006 [17:01]
The genocide and aggression policy by Armenian nationalists in regard to the Azerbaijani people has 200-year history.
28 March 2006 [12:02]
The third installment of the Kronos Quartet's stylistically omnivorous residency at Zankel Hall, on Sunday evening, was devoted to music from Azerbaijan, or at least, music with Azeri roots.
28 March 2006 [09:54]
Azerbaijani Health Ministry banned activity of illegal 12 drugstores in Binagadi, Sabayil and Khatayi districts of Baku.
28 March 2006 [09:41]
"Even if the initial payment forms 6-7%, it will be difficult for the youth to participate in the Mortgage program".
28 March 2006 [09:32]
Azerbaijani Federation of Human Rights Organizations told that they had drew up the list of new political prisoners. They also reported that the list is incomplete.
28 March 2006 [08:38]
President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on conferring high military ranks on the National Security Ministry (MNS) officers.
28 March 2006 [00:05]
The state of 15-year old Azerbaijani girl, hospitalized with bird flu suspicion, is stabile, Samaya Mammadova, the head of the press service of the Health Ministry, informs.
27 March 2006 [22:19]
Emergency Ministers Kamalladin Heydarov and Sergey Shoigu signed a protocol on further cooperation in Moscow.
27 March 2006 [21:54]
Azad Rahimov, the Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister, and Victor Tsvirkun, the Moldovan Enlightenment, Youth and Sports Minister, signed protocol on mutual cooperation during the official visit of the Moldovan Minister to Baku.
27 March 2006 [17:42]
The judges from Azerbaijan who visited South Carolina courts express their pleasure for the excellent agenda and warm hospitality.
27 March 2006 [17:00]
Baku Jazz Festival 2006 will be held in Azerbaijan on 19-27 June.
27 March 2006 [16:42]
Azerbaijani female volleyball team's coach headquarters will form a plan of preparation for the season after the players will come from vacations.
27 March 2006 [14:15]
Four members of a five-member criminal gang, who face the charge of abducting and raping two Azerbaijani women in Ajipayam district of Denizli, Turkey, have been arrested.
27 March 2006 [14:01]
"Azerbaijan Chess Federation leadership shows disrespect, ill-discrimination for the chess players," stated grandmaster.
27 March 2006 [13:47]
7 regional TV stations in Azerbaijan will start daily 3 hour broadcasts of entertainment programs to attract advertisers in the beginning of April.
27 March 2006 [13:43]
A conference of mass media decision-makers of the South Caucasus started in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday.
27 March 2006 [13:38]
Elmira Suleymanova, the Azerbaijani Ombudsman, will participate in an extraordinary meeting of the Institute of European Ombudsmen due in Innsburg on April 1.
27 March 2006 [03:04]
Death of migratory birds in the territory of Binagadi region of Baku decreased in comparison with last month.
27 March 2006 [02:52]
Local residents of southern region of Azerbaijan cannot watch some Azerbaijani TV channels, especially ANS and Lider TV because of Iran's interference in broadcasting zone.
27 March 2006 [02:47]
Director General of the provincial Natural Disasters Headquarters, Masoud Dalman, said here Sunday that Fin and Rouidar areas were jolted by earthquakes on Saturday which left one person dead and another one injured.
27 March 2006 [02:26]
Recently Defense Ministry will develop its official webpage.
26 March 2006 [21:27]
The Kronos Quartet has been such a tireless explorer of music from around the world that it sometimes seems like a musical travel agent for American audiences.
26 March 2006 [17:58]
The area of Agdam was put in guarantine after finding H5N1 virus among domestic birds in Banovshalar village.
26 March 2006 [17:52]
A regular meeting of the countries included in the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (OBSEC) held in Athens ended.
26 March 2006 [17:32]
Next discussions on strengthening Azerbaijan's borderlines will be held in Brussels in the framework of new neighborhood conception.
26 March 2006 [13:30]
No Azerbaijani singer to represent Azerbaijan in Eurovision song contest.
25 March 2006 [16:25]
International tension over Iran's nuclear program, coupled with rising concern about a possible US military response, seem to be prompting a growing number of Iranians to look for temporary residences in neighboring Azerbaijan, international organization representatives and realtors in Baku say.
25 March 2006 [16:04]
"Female Democracy Network" international meeting to be held in Baku
25 March 2006 [15:56]
Azerbaijan will transmit to summer time in the night from 25 to 26 March.
25 March 2006 [15:54]
The structural reforms covering the youth policy of the Ministry envisages establishment of a special sector on work with students.
25 March 2006 [15:44]
On Friday Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree conduct of additional measures on strengthening of socio-economic development of Agdam, Terter and Barda districts of Azerbaijan.
25 March 2006 [10:29]
The World Health Organization (WHO) may send a new mission to monitor avian flu in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan, Colombia discuss implementation of joint projects
Armenia becomes number one state for India
MFA: Azerbaijan always ready for negotiations with Armenia in Russia and on other platforms
Azerbaijan's State Committee holds meeting with Italian architect
Seoul says that Pyongyang is in last stage of creating TNW
Vietnam seeks partnership with Azerbaijan across various sectors
FM Fidan gives insight into Middle Eastern Affairs & Turkiye's strategic role