News for 27 November 2006
Politics
27 November 2006 [20:21]
The recent shutdown of an Azerbaijani broadcast channel and a print press editorial building is a clear sign of the deterioration of the media situation in the country, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday.
27 November 2006 [20:05]
Nothing extraordinary will happen at the CIS Summit in Minsk, Azeri political scientist Fikret Sadykhov stated.
27 November 2006 [19:40]
"We have no plan to station military forces in South Caucasus. We highly appreciate military and security partnership with Azerbaijan. We form our relations within the Individual Partnership Action Plan signed between NATO and Azerbaijan," said US Public Affairs Officer to Azerbaijan Jonathan Henick.
27 November 2006 [19:35]
Azerbaijani President left for Minsk to participate in CIS summit.
27 November 2006 [19:33]
The US will support the modernization of one of the Azerbaijani military air base and this question is now discussed between the military organizations of the two countries.
27 November 2006 [19:28]
The Azerbaijani government's aggressive moves to silence independent media and the leading opposition party last week not only raise obvious human rights problems but will have a detrimental effect on efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
27 November 2006 [16:09]
"Nagorno Karabakh poses serious obstacle for the normalization of Turkey-Russia relations," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told France-Press agency in his interview.
27 November 2006 [15:07]
The next meeting of CIS Council of Foreign Ministers is being held in Minsk, Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department chief Tahir Taghizadeh said.
27 November 2006 [14:32]
The meeting of GUAM member states for the formation of peacekeepers group is expected to be held in February, Ukraine Defense Ministry International Relations Department chief Ivan Androsenko told.
27 November 2006 [14:29]
The officers of Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkey will meet with Elif Pelit who was extradited to Turkey recently, Justice Ministry International Cooperation Department chief Zaver Gafarov told.
27 November 2006 [14:04]
Next discussions between Council of Europe Venice Committee, Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and OSCE Baku office representatives will be held in Strasbourg, on December 6-7.
27 November 2006 [13:57]
Azerbaijan's Popular Front opposition political party and the Azaliq newspaper, which were evicted from their Baku offices, say the government is trying to harass them.
27 November 2006 [13:47]
The Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents are set to meet on Tuesday on the sidelines of the summit of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders, reviving diplomacy on the long-running territorial dispute of Nagorno Karabakh after top-level talks collapsed in February.
27 November 2006 [13:29]
Armenian Armed Forces units in occupied Talish village of Tartar region fired on opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces by sub-machine guns from 00.15 till morning.
Business
27 November 2006 [20:11]
Taxes Ministry lifted arrest put on bank account of ANS TV and ANS CM radio.
27 November 2006 [20:10]
Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed on mutual power supplies in their alternating consumption peak seasons from December 1, the Azerenergy national power utility said Monday.
27 November 2006 [20:01]
As Vice President of the "Strategy 1" foundation, former Deputy Chairman of the UkrTransNafta Mykhailo Honchar said, a new gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Ukraine will run on the Black Sea floor.
27 November 2006 [19:49]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8723 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on November 27.
27 November 2006 [19:44]
27 November 2006 [19:24]
The U.S. will not approve Georgia's long-term energy-related cooperation with Iran, but it seems it may turn a blind eye on short-term Georgian-Iranian deals envisaging emergency gas supplies during the winter period.
27 November 2006 [17:28]
The authorized banks of Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund have reduced mortgage interest rate as per the amendments to the mortgage law.
27 November 2006 [15:11]
Taxes Ministry put arrest on bank account of ANS TV and ANS ChM radio, the adviser of the president of ANS group of companies Mais Mammadov informed.
27 November 2006 [14:37]
Russian RAO EES (Unified Energy Systems) has sent Azerbaijan's Azerenergy the draft agreement on the amount and prices of electricity it will provide for this country in 2007.
27 November 2006 [10:04]
Exxon Mobil has informed SOCAR it will cancel Exxon Azerbaijan Operating Company on Dec. 19, 2006.
Society
27 November 2006 [21:58]
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.
27 November 2006 [19:53]
Azerbaijan women's volleyball champions Azerrail will play Tuesday Italy's Scavolini in the European Champions League qualifier, press service of the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation said.
27 November 2006 [19:38]
Agriculture Ministry State Veterinary Service Chief Ismayil Hasanov held a press conference.
27 November 2006 [19:36]
Hungary Prosecutor's office protested against Hungary court decision November 17 about Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani army officer, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markarian in Hungary.
27 November 2006 [16:24]
Famous Azerbaijani intelligentsia appealed to President Ilham Aliyev to the restore the broadcasting of ANS TV and ANS CM radio, ANS Group of Companies informed.
27 November 2006 [15:46]
Stable weather observing in Azerbaijan will end today.
27 November 2006 [15:39]
Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
27 November 2006 [14:06]
"I appreciate Pope's visit to Turkey. This is positive step in developing and improving discussions and dialogues between the two different nations," Head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs Ali Bardakoglu.
27 November 2006 [14:02]
A survey will be conducted about Azerbaijan in Great Britain.
27 November 2006 [13:59]
The first group of pilgrims will go to Hajj December 13.
27 November 2006 [13:51]
Days of St. Petersburg culture opened on Monday in Baku within the framework of the Year of Russia in Azerbaijan.
27 November 2006 [13:26]
Plane crash took place at airport Mehdabad, Tehran, early in the morning.
