News for 05 November 2006
Politics
05 November 2006 [14:53]
Moscow may endorse a UN Security Council resolution on Iran provided a number of conditions are met, the Russian foreign minister said Saturday.
05 November 2006 [14:47]
About 12,000 Turkish secularists marched in the capital on Saturday to protest against what they see as a rising Islamist influence under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government, Anatolian news agency said.
05 November 2006 [14:34]
Thousands of Iranians, including elementary school students, chanted anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans Saturday and burned flags of the two countries to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover by militant students.
05 November 2006 [14:32]
Kemal Dervis, the head of the U.N. Development Program, warned the European Union that the bloc should repair its relations with Turkey or else it will face the collapse of strategic ties with unpredictable consequences.
05 November 2006 [14:22]
With the support of the UNDP, the seventh roundtable meeting of ombudspersons of CIS and Central European counries will be held November 19-21 in Czech city of Karlovy Vary, Azerbaijan ombudsman's office said.
05 November 2006 [14:14]
A group of employees of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population will visit France within short time.
Business
05 November 2006 [14:35]
Sikorsky Aircraft announced today it has signed an agreement which makes effective a contract with the Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) of the Government of Turkey for 17 new S-70B SEAHAWK helicopters. First deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
05 November 2006 [14:24]
The international investment conference organized by the Ministry of Economic Development and Islamic Development Bank will be held November 8-9 in Baku.
05 November 2006 [14:23]
05 November 2006 [14:20]
According to the State Oil Company, Azerbaijan purchased 33,4 million cubic meters of gas in October for electric stations from Russia, totalling 3 billion 45,9 million cubic meters in January-October.
05 November 2006 [14:11]
According to BP-Azerbaijan, the company has made very good progress on Deepwater Gunashli (Phase 3) since the beginning of this year. The overall Phase 3 project progress is on schedule.
Society
05 November 2006 [14:46]
"After our loss to Germany we knew that we must win today. Mexico is a very dynamic team with some young players," said Azeri coach Faig Garayev at the press conference after a winning game against Mexican squad 3-0.
05 November 2006 [14:37]
Azerbaijan swept to a 3-0 victory over Mexico for their second win in Pool D, securing a place in next round of the FIVB Volleyball World Championship for Women.
05 November 2006 [14:16]
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti launched Sunday its debut supplement to a newspaper of the parliament of Azerbaijan.
