News for 04 November 2006
Politics
04 November 2006 [22:17]
Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Ogtay Asadov met on Saturday with Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Iraq to Azerbaijan Arshad Omar Ismail.
04 November 2006 [15:33]
Some Azadlig block members continue hunger strike for removing Azadlig paper from the building where it operated. Two members stopped the strike due to health problem.
04 November 2006 [14:57]
The list prepared by the Right Defense Organization Monitoring Group and published in the press caused inconvenience.
04 November 2006 [13:13]
"I do not accept the thought that PACE co-rapporteurs paid great attention to the problem of political prisoners during their visit to Azerbaijan," Ramiz Mehdiyev the head of President Administration told journalists.
04 November 2006 [13:03]
On November 3, President Ilham Aliyev received credentials from newly appointed Ambassador of Latvia to Azerbaijan Mihails Popkovs.
04 November 2006 [12:54]
Amendments to the Azerbaijan's Criminal Code and the Criminal Punishment Code earlier passed by the parliament and aimed at intensifying the fight against corruption have come into force under Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's Friday decree.
04 November 2006 [12:48]
"Azerbaijan and Armenia haven't replied our suggestion about presidents' next meeting yet," Yuri Merzlyakov, OSCE Minsk Group Russian co-chair, stated.
04 November 2006 [11:34]
"The opposition wants to organize rally in the center of the city in Azadliq square. But there is a law about it and it does not allow organizing rally in the center of the city," Ramiz Mehdiyev, the head of President Administration told journalists.
Business
04 November 2006 [22:19]
According to the Economic Development Ministry, the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan led by its Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on November 6-8. The delegation includes Jordanian businessman.
04 November 2006 [22:13]
Armenia said Saturday that the price it is paying for Russian gas of US$110 (?86) will stay fixed until the end of 2008, an announcement certain to rile neighboring Georgia which has been told to pay more than double that from next year.
04 November 2006 [15:39]
President of the State Oil Company Rovnag Abdullayev met with executive vice president of the BP company Andrew Inglis, ex-president of the BP-Azerbaijan David Woodward and his successor Bill Schrader, SOCAR’s press service said.
04 November 2006 [13:11]
04 November 2006 [12:57]
Georgia believes gas from Iran and a BP-led project in Azerbaijan could fully replace Russian fuel after Moscow threatened to double prices amid a political row with Tbilisi, a minister said on Friday.
04 November 2006 [12:52]
Bulgaria wants to be linked to a strategic pipeline channeling gas from a massive Caspian Sea gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe via Turkey and Greece, its economy and energy minister said.
04 November 2006 [12:24]
"There is a great rise in the prices," Ziyafat Askerov, Vice-speaker said during the discussions on Draft State Budget.
04 November 2006 [12:12]
11th Ministerial Session of the European and Mediterranian major hazards areement took place in Morocco October 30-31.
04 November 2006 [11:56]
Defense spending of the State Budget of Azerbaijan will be US $1.1bn or AZN 907m in 2007, Azerbaijani Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said during discussion of the Draft State Budget.
04 November 2006 [11:51]
Those having VISA cards of Azerbaijan International Bank will be able to travel by Baku subway without tokens or chip cards.
04 November 2006 [11:49]
Azerdemiryolbank OJSC allowed two mortgages in the amount of AZN 38 100.
04 November 2006 [11:42]
During the period of January-September the regional credit portfolio of Azerdemiryolbank grew by 82% to AZN 16m, which makes 36.4% of the total credit portfolio.
04 November 2006 [11:24]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8728 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
04 November 2006 [11:07]
Some 1.7bn kilowatts/h of electrical energy was generated in Azerbaijan in October.
04 November 2006 [10:51]
Azerbaijan is able to cover its demand for natural gas in 2007 without even Russian and Iranian gas supplies, First Deputy Premier Yagub Eyyubov stated.
04 November 2006 [10:42]
Draft Law on "the Refund of Soviet-period savings" remains unprepared, Azerbaijani Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said during discussion of Draft State Budget for 2007.
04 November 2006 [10:32]
Polish National Economic Exhibition will be organized in ABU ARENA salon in Baku between November 8 and 10.
04 November 2006 [10:25]
The Parliament will sit for three days next week.
Society
04 November 2006 [22:26]
Police arrested hundreds of ultranationalist demonstrators who took to Moscow's streets on Saturday, forcefully putting an end to the banned protest amid an increase in hate crimes in Russia, organizers said.
04 November 2006 [22:20]
Elchin Behbudov, the chief of the State Committee to Fight Tortures met with the prisoners Garib Mammadov and Azer Javadov in Bayil detention place #1.
04 November 2006 [22:15]
After a rocky start, former Azerbaijan international Gurban Gurbanov is stringing some good results together as coach of his old side PFC Neftchi.
04 November 2006 [15:36]
Reshid Mejid, the secretary of Azerbaijan Writers Union offered to remove the ones who is against the organization and its chief Anar from the organization.
04 November 2006 [14:59]
The criminal case on the death of lifer Kamandar Aslanov, Gobustan jail prisoner was voided, Tariyel Gurbanov, Garadagh District Prosecutor He said that the chief and officers of the jail were proved to be innocent.
04 November 2006 [14:55]
The chief of detention place #5 Abbasgulu Garayev was dismissed by Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov's order.
04 November 2006 [14:39]
"I'd like to congratulate Germany, they played very well," said Azeri coach Faig Garayev at the press conference after his team has been crashed by Germans 3-0.
04 November 2006 [14:29]
It was supposed to be a tight match but Germany let loose against a surprisingly flat Azerbaijan for a 3-0 victory in a Pool B match at the FIVB Volleyball World Championship for Women in Sapporo.
04 November 2006 [13:28]
139 facts were reported on human traffic within January-September of this year.
04 November 2006 [13:24]
Baku Music Academy director Farhad Bedelbeyli's exclusive interview to APA.
04 November 2006 [13:18]
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.
04 November 2006 [13:05]
A delegation of Bulgaria led by Zakhari Zakhariyev, chairman of the Bulgarian Federation of Friendship with CIS Nations has meet with the staff of the Human Rights Institute of Azerbaijan.
04 November 2006 [13:04]
"The rain caused serious problems with sewer system in Baku on October 27," Emergencies Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov told the journalists.
04 November 2006 [11:37]
The officers of State Border Services (SBS) prevented the violation of state borders on eight cases within October.
04 November 2006 [10:02]
President Ilham Aliyev issued decree on the development of right defense institutions in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
