News for 15 November 2006
Politics
15 November 2006 [17:49]
Speaking to Radio Liberty, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said he had "moderate expectations" from his meeting with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
15 November 2006 [17:45]
The representatives of the OSCE member states' embassies visited the journalists on hunger strike in the Azadliq office.
15 November 2006 [17:23]
On November 15, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the delegation of the Federative Republic of Germany led by Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Mrs. Astrid Klug.
15 November 2006 [16:39]
The OSCE does not recognize and does not acknowledge the outcomes of the referendum or any of the electoral activity in the South Ossetia region on 12 November, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said on Wednesday.
15 November 2006 [16:36]
15 November 2006 [16:33]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security Lieutenant-General Eldar Mahmudov met with visiting Director General of Lithuania's State Security Department Arvydas Pocius and his accompanying delegation, press service of the Ministry said.
15 November 2006 [16:21]
On Wednesday, the rector of Moscow State International Relations Institute Anatoli Torkunov lectured Azerbaijani diplomats on the aspects of Russian foreign policy and answered their questions.
15 November 2006 [15:29]
U.N. inspectors have found traces of plutonium, of possible use in atom bombs, at an Iranian nuclear waste site as Tehran pursues a nuclear program despite the risk of sanctions, an IAEA report said on Tuesday.
15 November 2006 [15:26]
Iran's nuclear ambitions will figure in talks on Wednesday between President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin that follow a visit to Moscow by a top Iranian official, the Kremlin said.
15 November 2006 [15:24]
The EU has signed European Neighborhood Policy action plans with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Brussels will give these South Caucasus countries access to the EU market in return for commitment to political and economic reform.
15 November 2006 [14:59]
"Turkey may appeal to the International court concerning the so-called Armenian genocide," Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul announced during the discussions of draft state budget for 2007 in the Turkish Parliament former diplomat, Shukru Elekdag made a new proposal to prevent international recognition of Armenians' genocide claims."
15 November 2006 [14:54]
Azerbaijan has welcomed Azeri-Armenian talks on the Karabakh settlement held in Brussels on Tuesday, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Tagizadeh told the press.
15 November 2006 [14:12]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met November 14 with visiting chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Organization for Social Insurance Suliman Al-Humaid and his accompanying delegation, press service of Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers said.
15 November 2006 [14:10]
The Azerbaijani parliamentarians led by Samad Seyidov, chairman of the standing commission on international relations and inter-parliamentary ties, head of the permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will partake in the PACE Standing Committee's meeting in San Marino on November 17, press service of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) said.
15 November 2006 [14:09]
The delegation of Azerbaijan's Parliament led by its first deputy chairwoman Bahar Muradova will visit Malta's capital, La Valletta, from 15 to 23 November, to attend the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meetings, press service of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) said.
15 November 2006 [14:07]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) Oqtay Asadov met November 14 with visiting chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Organization for Social Insurance Suliman Al-Humaid and his accompanying delegation, press service of the Parliament said.
15 November 2006 [14:05]
15 November 2006 [14:04]
Ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan Nikolay Patskevich visited Ganja province where he laid a wreath at the monument to nationwide leader Heydar Aliyev first.
15 November 2006 [14:02]
On November 14, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed to the Presidential palace Prof. Anatoli Torkunov, Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
15 November 2006 [13:59]
November 15 is one of the memorial dates for the Russian Navy -- the Day of the Caspian Flotilla.
15 November 2006 [13:44]
Today beginning from 08.25 the divisions of Armenian Armed Forces from their positions in the occupied village of Aghdam Bash Gervend fired at the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces for 15 minutes.
15 November 2006 [13:33]
CE Human Rights Committee held an assembly on the theme "Protection of human rights defenders in Europe."
15 November 2006 [13:28]
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Brussels Tuesday for talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia's Foreign Ministry said.
15 November 2006 [12:13]
The next round of talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan began.
15 November 2006 [11:31]
The vise-speaker of Greek Parliament Georgi Surlas made statement about his meeting with Georgi Petrosyan, the Foreign Minister of unrecognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
15 November 2006 [11:21]
Five-year Action Plan within European Neighborhood Policy in the sphere of politics, economy and democracy between Azerbaijan and EU was signed yesterday, Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department informed.
Business
15 November 2006 [16:18]
The price rise in some building materials, in particular cement and wood is closely connected to the increase of the demand for these materials in Russia and Iran, State Customs Committee chairman Aydin Aliyev said.
15 November 2006 [15:02]
New Customs Code of Azerbaijan, supported within the Improvement of the Customs Code of Azerbaijan Project by the EU and UNDP, has today been presented.
15 November 2006 [13:36]
New banknotes make 95 percent in the circulation in Azerbaijan now.
15 November 2006 [12:18]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8726 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
15 November 2006 [11:59]
Greater engagement by private pension funds and insurance companies as well as a relaxation of regulatory constraints could boost further the already growing market for private equity funds in former command economies from central Europe to central Asia, the EBRD concludes in its latest Transition Report.
15 November 2006 [11:36]
Two representatives of Ganja Automobile Plant visited ChangAn Automobile Co from Oct. 27 to Nov.9.
15 November 2006 [11:34]
The privilege Russian aluminum giant RusAl wants doesn't satisfy the Government of Azerbaijan, Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev said.
15 November 2006 [10:48]
Meeting, organized by Iranian embassy in Baku and Azerbaijan National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (ACE), brought together Iranian and Azerbaijani businessmen in Baku.
15 November 2006 [10:31]
"Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen' Association TUSIAD, based in Istanbul, which cooperates with Armenian businessmen, has no relations to the Union of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen-TUSIAB," TUSIAB issued a statement to make clear the article "TUSIAD establishes new union to expand business relations with Armenia."
Society
15 November 2006 [17:27]
In accordance with provisions of the Regulations of Competition for Jobs at the Office of Public Prosecutor, the Office of the Prosecutor General has announced the competition for 80 available vacancies.
15 November 2006 [17:21]
"The probe into the telecast about an Azeri woman by Turkish Channel D is ongoing and some measures will be taken," said National Broadcasting Council Nushiravan Maherramli.
15 November 2006 [17:18]
On November 17 Pest court headed by judge Tot Tyondyosh will hold court hearings on prison officers' claim against Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani army officer, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markarian in Hungary.
15 November 2006 [16:24]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
15 November 2006 [13:54]
Archive materials were used in the film called Ahiskas.
15 November 2006 [13:53]
The wind caused six electricity posts to fall in the villages of Garadagli, Guzanli in Aghdam, 100-KW transformer broke down in the village of Asedli yesterday.
15 November 2006 [13:51]
Unstable weather in Azerbaijan will continue till November 21.
15 November 2006 [13:50]
Changes were made to the regulations of all private high schools in Azerbaijan.
15 November 2006 [13:48]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
15 November 2006 [13:42]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
