News for 12 December 2006
Politics
12 December 2006 [23:28]
As is reported, on December 13-14, the 7th meeting of the European Union-Azerbaijan Parliament Cooperation Committee will be held in Strasbourg.
12 December 2006 [23:05]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the delegation of Dagestan (Russia) consisting of Said Gurbanov, Adviser to the President of the Republic, Gurban Gurbanov, Governor of the city of Derbend, and Mahammad Gurbanov, Head of Dagestan's official representation to Azerbaijan, at the Presidential Palace, on December 12.
12 December 2006 [21:38]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on Monday that Iran has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
12 December 2006 [21:31]
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang held a regular press conference in Chinese capital of Beijing on Tuesday.
12 December 2006 [21:27]
Reporters Without Borders today gave a cautious welcome to a decision by the National Radio and Television Council (NTRC) provisionally lifting a ban on the privately-owned television station ANS TV, which resumed broadcasting on Tuesday.
12 December 2006 [21:22]
Iran's Ambassador to Baku Afshar Soleimani conferred in Baku on Monday with Azeri Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev on expansion of mutual cooperation between the two countries.
12 December 2006 [17:29]
OSCE Office in Baku and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomed the decision allowing ANS TV and Radio to resume broadcasting.
12 December 2006 [17:08]
Azerbaijan Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to U.S Yashar Aliyev presented his credentials to the President of the USA George Bush.
12 December 2006 [16:37]
"The migration law adopted in Russia and the government's decision concerning it would create problems for Azerbaijanis. As the Azerbaijani government worries about it, state commission was formed on President's decree," the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Nazim Ibrahimov told journalists.
12 December 2006 [14:27]
"I have informed President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov about the situation of prisons in Azerbaijan. I think the situation needs to be improved," member of the Monitoring Group of the PACE Eduard Lintner told reporters.
12 December 2006 [14:24]
"Council of Europe is interested in the democracy in all countries, as well as in Central Asia. The organization with 46 members, does not restrict its democratic values to these countries," Samad Seyidov, the head of Azerbaijani delegation in PACE, told.
12 December 2006 [12:19]
Divisions of Armenian Armed Forces from their positions in Mehtili village of Jabrail region and Lele Tepe fired on the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces region by machine and submachine guns yesterday night.
12 December 2006 [12:12]
The meetings of PACE Committee on Monitoring, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men will be held in Paris December 11-13, Milli Majlis press service told.
12 December 2006 [11:33]
1st conference of Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials for Azerbaijani diplomatic representation consulate has started today, the Ministry information service told.
12 December 2006 [11:20]
Delegation composed of seven officials headed by Saudi Arabic Minister of Culture and Information Iyad Medeni is in official visit in Azerbaijan. The visit of the delegation invited by Minister Ebulfez Garayev will be continued up to Dec 17, the ministry information service told.
12 December 2006 [10:37]
"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are expected to meet in Madrid. If the meeting happens, the co-chairs will report to the president about the results of the meeting," President's Administration International Relations Department Chief Novruz Mammadov told.
12 December 2006 [00:21]
Turkish Foreign Ministry has made a severe statement on the referendum held by Nagorno Karabakh regime yesterday.
Business
12 December 2006 [23:32]
USAID-funded Azerbaijan Small and Medium Enterprise Support through Financial Sector Development Project held a presentation of proposals on December 11 on legal analysis and amendments to the legislation aimed at improving mortgage lending.
12 December 2006 [21:43]
BP PLC said oil production at the Azeri fields in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea has been partially disrupted by a power outage.
12 December 2006 [21:42]
Poachers will exhaust the Caspian Sea's caviar reserves in 14 years unless measures are taken to change the situation.
12 December 2006 [21:18]
Azerbaijan will stop importing Russian gas despite the danger of a resulting shortfall in energy supplies, a senior Azeri energy official said Tuesday, after Moscow asked for more than double its previous price.
12 December 2006 [21:17]
The Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan: prospects for cooperation business forum will greatly strengthen the partnership and economic ties between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Heydar Babayev, the Economic Development Minister of Azerbaijan, said at the forum.
12 December 2006 [16:00]
Azerigas will sue the customers evaded paying the gas bills.
12 December 2006 [15:43]
"The representatives of the organizations realizing the security of oil and gas pipelines among Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Ankara soon. The date of the meeting is being determined at the moment," chairman of the State Special Guard Service colonel-general Vagif Akhundov, told journalists.
12 December 2006 [15:26]
"The protection of oil-gas pipelines is a new field of activity for State Special Guard Service, notwithstanding it, we achieved to learn international experience in a short time and apply it to the practice," the chief of Sate Special Guard Service Vagif Akhundov told.
12 December 2006 [14:21]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8721 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
12 December 2006 [12:25]
Communication and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov has left Baku for Moscow to attend 15th anniversary of the Organization of Regional Cooperation in Communications.
12 December 2006 [12:24]
Most of new high-rise buildings have not been registered in Baku, Real Estate Registration Service chair Arif Garashov said.
12 December 2006 [12:24]
Baku Interbank Currency Exchange intends to launch new trading system from the second quarter of 2007.
12 December 2006 [12:22]
The two-day conference on "Improvement of civil labor migration role and formation of efficient migration infrastructure in Russia and near foreign countries" organized by Labor Migration International Association started in Moscow.
12 December 2006 [11:29]
There are some 60 independent auditors and some 60 local and 5 foreign auditing companies in Azerbaijan, moreover, 30 more auditors will soon be granted license, Azerbaijan Auditors’ Chamber chairman Vahid Novruzov said.
12 December 2006 [11:26]
USAID SME Support through Financial Sector Development Project, implemented by ACDI-VOCA delivered a presentation of the comprehensive legal analysis, proposals and recommendations to improve regulatory framework for mortgage lending system in Azerbaijan.
Society
12 December 2006 [23:23]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Abulfaz Garayev, met with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture and Information, Iyad bin Ameen Madani, and his accompanying delegation.
12 December 2006 [17:14]
Temperature has fallen 1.5 degrees below the climate norm, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva informs.
12 December 2006 [14:50]
ANS TV and ANS ChM Radio resumed broadcasting at 0800 am, today, by showing Dada Gorgud film.
12 December 2006 [13:36]
The third anniversary of National Leader Heydar Aliyev's decease marked in Azerbaijan today.
12 December 2006 [12:45]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Heydar Aliyev's grave in Honor Alley.
12 December 2006 [11:30]
International Wrestling Federation Secretary General Michel Dusson will come to Azerbaijan tomorrow.
12 December 2006 [10:53]
All properties of ex-minister of economy Farhad Aliyev have been seized by court, Real Estate's State Registry chief Arif Garashov told reporters.
12 December 2006 [00:18]
Today, National Television and Radio Council chairman Nushiravan Maharramli gave a press conference on a decision to let ANS TV and ANS ChM Radio resume broadcasting.
