News for 03 November 2006
Politics
03 November 2006 [17:02]
In accordance with mandate of the special envoy of the OSCE Chairman-In-Office, on November 3, a monitoring was conducted near the Fizuli-Horadiz highway in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan, on the contact line of troops.
03 November 2006 [16:58]
The Polish Senate speaker Bogdan Borusewicz will be on official visit to Azerbaijan on November 7, Polish ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski told journalists.
03 November 2006 [16:30]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met November 2 with newly appointed ambassador of Latvia Mihails Popkovs.
03 November 2006 [16:26]
On November 3, President Ilham Aliyev received credentials from Javid Gureysh, the newly appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Pakistan to Azerbaijan.
03 November 2006 [16:23]
"The solution of the Nagorno Karabakh issue does not depend on other countries but is the own business of Azerbaijan, which has to solve it on its own," Azeri Deputy FM, former Ambassador to the US Hafiz Pashayev stated November 2.
03 November 2006 [16:21]
Experts of Jane's Research Center consider settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict before 2009 utterly unlikely.
03 November 2006 [15:57]
Iran is ready to share expertise with Azerbaijan in campaign against narcotic drugs, said Secretary general of Iran's Drugs Campaign Headquarters (IDCH) Fada Hossein Maleki here on Friday.
03 November 2006 [15:31]
There is no consensus on the next meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijan Military Ministers, National Security Council chief and Military Minister Serge Sarkisian stated.
03 November 2006 [15:28]
Scandal happened at the meeting of Staff Generals chiefs of Collective Security Treaty Organisation member countries in Moscow.
03 November 2006 [15:04]
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovich said that Kosovo may be an example for Nagorno Karabakh.
03 November 2006 [14:13]
"We wish to improve fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The main target in our relations with Azerbaijan is to establish cultural and social relations," Mehmed Ali Talat, the President of TRNC, stated at the briefing held for foreign media in Istanbul.
03 November 2006 [13:05]
"Iran's support for such actions is not innovation," Israel Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk told while showing his attitude to Iranian Hemshehri newspaper's caricature competition on Holocaust.
03 November 2006 [10:25]
In accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office, a monitoring will be held in Fizuli, near Fizuli-Horadiz road, in the contact line of troops.
03 November 2006 [10:24]
Court of Appeal headed by Judge Rasim Isgenderov considered the appeal against the decision of Nasimi District Court on prolonging former Health Minister Ali Insanov's detention for six months.
03 November 2006 [10:00]
Beginning from 16.59 divisions of Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire in the direction of Aghdam region, at the same time explosions were heard from the occupied territories of the region.
Business
03 November 2006 [17:00]
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has purchased 28 300 tons of American red wheat to donate to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
03 November 2006 [16:56]
Russian oil company RussNeft and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have signed a production-sharing agreement to develop two oil fields in Azerbaijan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.
03 November 2006 [16:28]
The 28th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization (PABSEC) will be held in Baku November 21-23, press service of Azerbaijan's Parliament said.
03 November 2006 [16:27]
Standard Bank has opened its new branch in Sumgait city of Azerbaijan.
03 November 2006 [13:08]
Georgian leadership considers Gazprom's more than doubling gas prices not to be a "tragedy".
03 November 2006 [10:31]
The official currency reserve of the National Bank of Azerbaijan has grown $961.71m (66.38%) to US $ 1.6bn.
03 November 2006 [10:30]
Adoption of the Insurance Law may be protracted by spring next year.
03 November 2006 [10:29]
As of November 1, Azersu OJSC installed 134 464 water meters, of which 79 791 were fixed in October.
03 November 2006 [10:20]
The 4th Tehran International Transportation Fair-TITAF 2006 will be held from Dec. 19 - 22, 2006 at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground of Tehran, Iran.
03 November 2006 [10:19]
Azerbaijan, Russian and Iran railway structure heads will come together in Tehran on November 20 to discuss North-South corridor project.
03 November 2006 [10:17]
Azunko Holding LLC has won the tender, for the sale of Moscow Hotel in Baku, announced by State Committee for Management of the Public Property.
03 November 2006 [10:16]
Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov has visited South Korea.
03 November 2006 [10:10]
The volume of foreign credits attracted to Azerbaijan's economy in January-September made $1 9157m, of which 9.7% of the Gross Domestic Product.
03 November 2006 [10:09]
CATEL Joint Venture has received ISO certificate.
03 November 2006 [10:02]
A great fire broke out at 16.45 in the Oil products supply base in Lenkeran.
Society
03 November 2006 [16:10]
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.
03 November 2006 [16:07]
"I think the Dominican Republic are a good team and do not deserve to have lost two games already," said Azeri coach Faig Garayev at the press conference after a winning game against to Dominicanian squad 3-1.
03 November 2006 [16:04]
Azerbaijan recovered from a first-set shock to score a 3-1 Pool B victory over Dominican Republic on Friday for their first win in the FIVB Volleyball World Championship for Women in Sapporo.
03 November 2006 [16:02]
Challenges and prospects for the privatized and privately owned media in the South Caucasus are the focus of the third annual OSCE Media Conference, hosted by the Government of Georgia, which opened in Tbilisi on Thursday.
03 November 2006 [14:41]
Abnormal warmer weather is forecasted to predominate in Azerbaijan from November 5, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department Forecasting bureau told.
03 November 2006 [13:53]
The leader Azerbaijani Chess team Teymur Rajabov won “Cap d’Agde” tournament held in Monpelie, France.
03 November 2006 [10:28]
The earthquakes happened in Turkey and Iran did not influence Azerbaijan.
03 November 2006 [10:26]
The students of Independent Azerbaijan University (IAU) appealed to Baku Mayor's Office for placing picket outside the University building and Education Ministry (EM).
03 November 2006 [10:22]
As November 12 - Constitution Day is Sunday, that date will not be considered working day.
03 November 2006 [10:18]
The results of three public hearings on violence against women and early marriage will be announced in the conference organized by UNIFEM.
03 November 2006 [10:15]
Azerbaijani Football team under 19 which won Armenian Football team within Europe Football Championship in Cyprus and passed to the second stage will return to Baku on Friday.
03 November 2006 [10:14]
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Department Fighting Human Traffic officers arrested two more Azerbaijanis on human traffic.
03 November 2006 [10:13]
There are no Azerbaijanis among the dead as a result of intensive showers in Turkey.
03 November 2006 [10:08]
Interior Ministry Department for Struggling with Drugs south department officers arrested Terdik village resident Nahid Sherbetov Yusif born in 1986 during the operations held in Jalilabad.
03 November 2006 [10:07]
The member of Azerbaijan Composers Union, composer Tahir Ekber's 60th anniversary will be celebrated in Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmony.
03 November 2006 [10:05]
Intensive showers continue to create problems in Turkey.
03 November 2006 [10:04]
A meeting was held in Azerbaijani Turkish Businessmen Unity (ATBU) with Turkish Education Minister Hussain Chelik.