News for 18 November 2006
Politics
18 November 2006 [20:15]
Iran, facing possible U.N. sanctions for failing to halt sensitive nuclear work, will press on with its Arak heavy water reactor with or without help from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a top Iranian nuclear official said.
18 November 2006 [18:00]
If the elections in Armenia are not conducted in correspondence with international standards, it will be a reason to strengthen EU relations with Georgia and Azerbaijan, leaving Armenia behind, US political analyst Richard Kirakossian said at a news conference on November 18.
18 November 2006 [16:04]
The leaders of Georgia's two breakaway regions today set conditions for the reopening of talks with Tbilisi.
18 November 2006 [15:59]
Today the Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program (EXBS) of the United States of America granted 4 Chevrolet Nivas and 9 Lada Nivas to the Border Guards, National Security Service of Armenia. According to press service of the US Embassy in Armenia.
18 November 2006 [15:50]
The eighth summit meting of Turkic speaking countries, hosted by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Antalya, wrapped up.
18 November 2006 [15:44]
Armenian armed forces held military trainings in occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
18 November 2006 [13:54]
The Bush administration is offering to narrow the scope of proposed U.N. sanctions designed to force Iran to stop enriching uranium, a State Department official said.
18 November 2006 [13:35]
Establishing peace and security as well as increasing cooperation in Eurasia is Turkey's foreign policy priority, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said at the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States in Antalya, Turkey.
18 November 2006 [13:31]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Antalya on the sidelines of the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States.
18 November 2006 [13:27]
Georgia's economic development minister, Irakli Okruashvili has reportedly resigned, just one week after he was named to the post by President Mikheil Saakashvili on November 17, officials have confirmed.
18 November 2006 [13:22]
Azerbaijan's foreign minister, who met his Armenian counterpart this week, announced that the Brussels meeting had helped the Armenian and Azeri sides 'to start to understand more clearly' the principles on which they didn't reach agreement.
18 November 2006 [13:18]
President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates Nov.20.
18 November 2006 [13:17]
Uzbekistan did not take part in the Summit of Turkish Speaking States because it was not satisfied with Antalya Declaration.
18 November 2006 [13:15]
Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated late Thursday that Turkey, as a candidate for for European Union membership, should follow a "different approach" on the issue of establishing diplomatic relations with Yerevan.
18 November 2006 [13:12]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is in Antalya, Turkey, to participate in the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States, met with President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
18 November 2006 [13:00]
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Berlin categorically denied a recent report in the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine which alleged that Tehran had a secret fund to finance its nuclear activities.
18 November 2006 [12:51]
"The Summit of Turkish Speaking Countries' heads is a great event," Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told.
Business
18 November 2006 [17:58]
Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev summed up the get-together between presidents of Turkic-speaking countries quite nicely: "We were living together and speaking the same language 14 centuries ago. Then taking different names, Oguz, Kipcak and Karluk, we scattered around the world."
18 November 2006 [13:40]
The 3rd Georgian International Food Industry Exhibition opened November 16 in the capital Tbilisi. The exhibition gathered 29 local and foreign companies.
18 November 2006 [13:37]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev who made remarks at the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States in Antalya, Turkey, said the internationally important Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway project will be implemented despite all artificial obstacles.
Society
18 November 2006 [20:37]
Nijat Daglar, the Azadliq newspaper correspondent and Vidadi Bayramov, Hurriyyat newspaper correspondent joined to the hunger strikers.
18 November 2006 [16:00]
Artur Arutunyan, President of Armenian Association in Murmansk, Russia, was found dead outside his house.
18 November 2006 [14:39]
Azerbaijani Artist Gulshan Gurbanova, 56, died of infarction last night?
18 November 2006 [13:57]
Shoddy buildings will pose the biggest danger to Istanbul when the next big earthquake hits and more than 100,000 people could be killed, Turkey's top seismologist warned on Friday.
18 November 2006 [13:43]
The International Committee of the Red Cross together with the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines held a workshop for local journalists to raise awareness about the important role of the media in reducing the problems caused by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW).
18 November 2006 [13:42]
Azerbaijan's mugham singer Aygun Bayramova performed at Switzerland's Bern Conservatory, press service of Azerbaijan's Embassy to Switzerland said.
18 November 2006 [12:36]
The trial on the case of Ramil Safarov for the claim raised by jailers was held yesterday in Budapesht.
