News for 26 November 2006
Politics
26 November 2006 [16:41]
ANS staff decided at its Saturday's meeting to address to Ilham Aliyev, president of the Republic of Azerbaijan after ANS TV and ANS ChM Radio Station were shut down on November 24 under the decree of National TV and Radio Council.
26 November 2006 [13:59]
Iran insists on enriching uranium on its own territory, but is ready to examine the Russian proposal on setting up a joint venture, spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a news conference on Sunday.
26 November 2006 [13:55]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he did not schedule a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, who will visit Turkey in late November, because of the NATO summit, adding that he might meet with the pope at the airport.
26 November 2006 [13:37]
The seventh meeting of the European Union-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee will be held in Strasbourg, France, December 13-14.
26 November 2006 [13:34]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulations to President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nebojsa Radmanovic and the people of his country on the occasion of the national holiday, the National Day (declaration of sovereignty).
26 November 2006 [13:32]
Azerbaijan's foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Speaker of Bulgaria's National Assembly Georgi Pirinski and his accompanying delegation, press service of the Ministry said.
Business
26 November 2006 [16:33]
Azerbaijan's major electricity company Azerenerji said its representatives would visit China at the invitation of the China National Electronic Equipment Company (CNEEC).
26 November 2006 [16:22]
The consortium of three European consulting companies headed by GDSI Ltd. from Ireland has begun to implement the TACIS program to support regional economic development. The program with a EUR 3.5 million budget will be implemented in 36 months.
26 November 2006 [16:20]
26 November 2006 [16:18]
The State Insurance Company Azersigorta collected insurance premiums of AZN 4,519,000 (+AZN 500,000 or +11% against the Jan.-Sept. 2005) in Jan.-Sept. 2006.
26 November 2006 [16:16]
The Azerbaijani insurers' conference that will amalgamate their different associations into one will be conducted at the Baku Enterprise Center on Nov. 28.
26 November 2006 [16:11]
The assets of the Bank of Baku increased by AZN 12.29 million (22.52%) in Jan.-Oct. 2006 and totaled AZN 66.89 million. The loan portfolio increased by AZN 13.42 million (45.66%) to AZN 42.82 million.
26 November 2006 [16:07]
The Tovuz district's authorities invite bids to repair the roads there.
26 November 2006 [16:02]
Starting on 1 December 2006 the activity of shops, restaurants, and other objects of public nourishment in Nakhchivan will be prohibited after 19:00 "for the saving of electric energy."
26 November 2006 [15:59]
The Iranian Deputy Trade Minister, Hossein Soltania stated that no "bird flu" is existing in his country, so the Azeri government should not have banned the imports of chicken and other poultry products from Iran. He said Iran will try to persuade Azerbaijan to cancel the ban.
26 November 2006 [13:47]
The recent acquisition of Armenia's dominant telephone company by a Russian company is raising concerns here that Moscow is attempting to exert economic control over the republic it once controlled politically.
26 November 2006 [13:41]
USAID-funded Azerbaijan Small and Medium Enterprise Support through Financial Sector Development Project conducted a presentation of the secured lending system on November 23 at the Hyatt hotel.
26 November 2006 [13:40]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Agriculture Ismat Abbasov met with Cuban Deputy Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Ricardo Gerrero.
26 November 2006 [13:08]
AIOC said oil from the East Azeri platform is currently flowing from two wells at a rate of about 70000-barrel-per-day.
26 November 2006 [13:05]
A member of Iran's parliament energy commission, Hussein Afarideh, commented that winter and internal gas consumption increase, posed no obstacle in the way of Iran's gas export to Armenia.
Society
26 November 2006 [16:25]
In early December of this year, Mehriban Aliyeva, the spouse of Azerbaijan's President, will visit the U.S. at the invitation of Vital Voices Fund and Senator Kay Hutchinson.
26 November 2006 [16:14]
The Roundtable "Role of Internet Technology in Education" took place in the International Press Center. The roundtable was organized by Azerbaijan Internet Forum (AIF).
26 November 2006 [16:05]
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) invites bids to provide 60 blocks of flats built for internally displaced persons (IDP) from Lachin in Garadagh, Baku with the utilities.
26 November 2006 [15:44]
Two Chechen nationals were detained.
