News for 01 November 2006
Politics
01 November 2006 [19:41]
"US government supports free media," US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne E. Derse told the journalists.
01 November 2006 [19:29]
Constituency Election Commission (CEC) of Khankendi election constituency #122 will include Armenian Azerbaijanis in the list of electors beginning from January of 2007, Allahverdi Dolukhanov, the chief of CEC #122, told.
01 November 2006 [19:07]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev visited Shamkir.
01 November 2006 [18:51]
Abbas Lisani one of the activists of South Azerbaijan National Movement was arrested again, Said Naimi, the chief of Political Prisoners' Defense Committee, stated.
01 November 2006 [18:19]
Today Turkish Education Minister Hussain Chelik visited Azerbaijan. The Minister first visited Martyrs' Alley and Heydar Aliyev's grave in Honor Alley then he met with the Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov.
01 November 2006 [15:50]
A top Russian security official and a senior lawmaker suggested Tuesday that Moscow could back a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran, despite Russia's long-held opposition to punishing Tehran.
01 November 2006 [15:43]
Visiting European Parliament President Jose Borrell on Tuesday urged Turkey to open its ports and airports to Cypriot ships and aircraft and to honor and observe the Copenhagen criteria in the framework of its negotiations for its European Union accession.
01 November 2006 [15:28]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with visiting co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd and Andres Herkel, press service of the Ministry said.
01 November 2006 [15:15]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Indonesia Ibrahim Hajiyev met October 31 with Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives Agung Laksono to discuss ways of further boosting the bilateral ties between the two countries, press service of the Embassy said.
01 November 2006 [13:59]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev within his visit to western regions of Azerbaijan was in Gadabay today.
01 November 2006 [10:17]
"The territory where Davit Garadji Monastery is located has not been coordinated by delimitation and demarcation commission yet," said Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, the chief of Delimitation and Demarcation Commission Georgi Manjgaladze.
01 November 2006 [10:13]
The monitoring group will announce the results of the arsons in Azerbaijani territories in mid-November, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the journalists.
01 November 2006 [10:02]
"Venice Commission considers conditions for freedom of assembly very limited," stated Allen Shamble CE Venice Commission administrator.
01 November 2006 [10:00]
GUAM, OSCE and the US call on Transdnestria to participate in negotiations.
01 November 2006 [09:51]
A group of Modern Musavat Party members picketed outside France Embassy in Baku.
01 November 2006 [02:59]
Iran announced on Tuesday that its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) would soon hold a new round of war-games.
01 November 2006 [02:56]
Russia said on Tuesday it believed Iran's nuclear program was peaceful, and a political dialogue, not sanctions, must be used in talks with Tehran.
01 November 2006 [00:48]
Georgia's foreign minister arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for the first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since a bitter confrontation broke out between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
Business
01 November 2006 [18:56]
The Cabinet considered Draft Mortgage and Social Mortgage Amendments proposed by Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund.
01 November 2006 [18:53]
The delegation headed by the Azerbaijani Emergencies Minister colonel-general Kemaladdin Heydarov participates in the 11th assembly of Emergencies Ministers of CE member states and Mediterranean countries on protection of population from natural and man-caused emergency cases through CE in Morocco, Emergencies Ministry Press Service Department told.
01 November 2006 [14:18]
Budget revenues of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) for the period of January-September, 2006 reached AZN 730.7m, while budget expenditures constituted AZN 606.8m, SOFAZ Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov stated at media briefing today.
01 November 2006 [10:28]
According to representative of Azergaz, Alikhan Melikov, it's probable that the price of Azerbaijani natural gas will increase in 2007.
01 November 2006 [10:23]
International Monetary Fund forecasts that inflation rate will reach 12% in Azerbaijan in 2006, head of IMF Office in Azerbaijan, Bazil Zavoyko, said.
01 November 2006 [10:22]
Most of the imported automobiles are old and the State Customs Committee made a number of proposals to the Government for prevention of old car imports, said State Customs Committee chair Aydin Aliyev.
01 November 2006 [10:20]
The Azerbaijan Business Assistance and Development (ABAD) program, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), will hold an opening ceremony for a vegetable cold storage facility on Wednesday.
01 November 2006 [10:19]
UniBank has received an additional tranche of the German-Azeri Fund's SME on-lending facility.
01 November 2006 [10:11]
Converting to digital system will be compulsory for privately-owned TV broadcasters.
01 November 2006 [10:09]
A tender for construction of the Georgian part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway project has been completed.
01 November 2006 [10:08]
The preliminary version of Azerbaijan's Customs Code is ready.
01 November 2006 [10:07]
A 15-member delegation composed of medicine-making companies of Pakistan will pay a business visit to Azerbaijan on November 9.
01 November 2006 [10:05]
NIKoil Bank has opened an office in Ganja.
01 November 2006 [10:04]
Economic Research Center held the final event on 'Increasing awareness on social subsistence allowance mechanism.'
01 November 2006 [09:57]
Binagadi and Sabayel municipalities sell oil-polluted lands illegally, Baku land Department chair Natig Malikov said.
01 November 2006 [09:56]
Some amendments will be made to the law on real estate appraisal, Real Estate Registration Service chair Arif Garashov said.
01 November 2006 [09:55]
Youth and Sport Ministry applied to a designing institute for the project of youth town will be completed for provision of young families with flats on preferential conditions.
01 November 2006 [09:53]
Workshop examining problems of local authorities has been organized by Real Estate Registration Service, State Land and Cartography Committee and Justice Ministry department on work with local authorities.
01 November 2006 [03:14]
New details emerged on Tuesday of the latest Russian-Armenia energy deal that will give Russia's state-run Gazprom monopoly a commanding share in Armenia's natural gas distribution network and, most probably, the incoming gas pipeline from Iran.
01 November 2006 [00:39]
Microsoft will unveil an Azeri language version of Microsoft Windows Vista OS by the summer of 2007, Islam Akhmedov, general director of Sinam Ltd., Microsoft's official partner in Azerbaijan, said at a Monday presentation.
01 November 2006 [00:37]
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan has signed an agreement with the Bank of New York for depositary services, the Oil Fund said in an official statement.
Society
01 November 2006 [19:37]
The investigation material of the criminal case against Penitentiary Service's 72 former officials were sent to the court, Vugar Aliyev, the chief of General Prosecutor's Office press service, told.
01 November 2006 [17:57]
"Wrestling in Azerbaijan has its tradition and history. According to statistics independent wrestling stays behind the classic wrestling. Our wrestlers won different medals in the USSR period," Mahyaddin Allahverdiyev, the ex-president of National Olympic Committee and three time world champion told.
01 November 2006 [14:43]
Flash floods swept away a minibus carrying wedding guests in southeastern Turkey, killing 14 people, as torrential rain fell across the country, local authorities said on Wednesday.
01 November 2006 [14:16]
"I congratulate the Russian team on their victory. I think the start of the match was very important to the result because we didn't start off very well," said Azeri coach Faig Garayev at the press conference after loosing a game to Russian squad 1-3.
01 November 2006 [14:11]
Russia overcame a determined challenge from regional rivals Azerbaijan to score their second straight victory in Pool B of the FIVB Volleyball World Championship for Women in Sapporo on Wednesday.
01 November 2006 [12:33]
"It was our first match of the championship and the schedule was not kind to us because we had to open against China, who are the Olympic champions," Faig Garayev, Azerbaijan volleyball team's head coach told at press conference, after his team lost to Chinese.
01 November 2006 [10:03]
ANS license problem will be considered till the end of this year, said Nushiaravan Meherremli, the chief of National Television and Radio Council.
01 November 2006 [09:54]
A murder happened in Lerik.
01 November 2006 [02:53]
International Medical Corps has been honored with two prestigious awards, recognizing its health care development work in Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
