News for 14 December 2006
Politics
14 December 2006 [21:47]
Barry Lowenkron, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, will visit Azerbaijan for meetings on December 18 and 19.
14 December 2006 [21:35]
Iran Thursday reacted to a referendum in Karabakh region in the Republic of Azerbaijan, saying it respects the republic's territorial integrity while supporting a lasting and fair peace in the region.
14 December 2006 [17:08]
"We are greatly satisfied with the communiqu? adopted in the 7th meeting of Azerbaijan-EU inter-parliamentary cooperation committee," Azerbaijani permanent representation chairman in EU Arif Mammedov told.
14 December 2006 [16:29]
The last echelon withdrawn from the Russian base in Tbilisi garrison will be sent to 102nd military base in Armenia.
14 December 2006 [16:05]
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will arrive in Azerbaijan today.
14 December 2006 [15:51]
"The main themes we discussed with AGO group were the situation of press and elections in Azerbaijan. I informed them about the position of the Azerbaijani side on the issues concerning press and said that ANS closure and removal of the newspapers from their offices are juridical issues," Mahmud Mammadguliyev Deputy Foreign Minister told.
14 December 2006 [14:34]
"At present, relations between European Union and Azerbaijan are optimistic. European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan on cooperation was signed; besides, a very significant energy agreement was signed between European Commission and Azerbaijan. We are finishing working out a cooperation strategy to aid to Azerbaijan," European Commission foreign relations department coordinator for Azerbaijan Giuseppe told.
14 December 2006 [14:15]
European Commission Baku Office will be established next year, EC international relations department coordinator for Azerbaijan Giuseppe Buzzini told.
14 December 2006 [13:53]
Personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office Andrzey Kasprzyk will pay next visit to the region in January, 2007.
14 December 2006 [12:00]
President Ilham Aliyev signed an executive order concerning amendments to the law "Migration and passports" yesterday.
14 December 2006 [11:34]
President, Ilham Aliyev, received yesterday the delegation of Saudi Arabia led by Minister of Culture and Information, Iyad bin Ameen Madani.
14 December 2006 [10:36]
"The problem concerning the status of Nagorno Karabakh should be solved by negotiations, not by referendum," Peter Semneby EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus stated.
14 December 2006 [10:33]
Arif Mammadov is expected to be appointed the head of Azerbaijani delegation to the Council of Europe.
14 December 2006 [00:56]
"The date of our visit to Azerbaijan is not fixed. We are working on the report concerning the results of our visit," PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan Andres Herkel told.
14 December 2006 [00:49]
The meetings of the Monitoring, Migration, Refugees and Population and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men committees of the PACE are held today.
14 December 2006 [00:32]
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expressed its concern over the so-called "constitutional referendum" held in Dec 10, 2006, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
14 December 2006 [00:15]
An article concerning Armenian invasion of Azeri territories has been published in newspaper "The Patriot" in Pakistan.
Business
14 December 2006 [22:04]
Turkey and Israel have agreed to set up an energy corridor that will carry to Israel oil from Baku, Azerbaijan, via Ceyhan, Turkey.
14 December 2006 [17:40]
As of December 1, Georgia amortized its government debts owed to Azerbaijan to USD 14.553m, by reducing the debt by 12.46% or $2.071m in November.
14 December 2006 [17:12]
Experts from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are meeting in Baku Thursday to discuss the technical and financial aspects of distributing Turkey's quota of natural gas between the three nations.
14 December 2006 [11:56]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 157 061 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 36 911 of them.
14 December 2006 [11:45]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8721 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
14 December 2006 [11:15]
Mortgagors can be partially exempted from some taxes in Azerbaijan.
14 December 2006 [10:54]
Construction of 87 MW module power plant has continued to progress during the period of May-December.
14 December 2006 [10:51]
Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents has sent the facts on companies producing products harmful to health to the law enforcement structures.
Society
14 December 2006 [17:42]
Azerbaijani Red Crescent Organization got information about 16 Azerbaijani hostages seized in Ukraine during World War II.
14 December 2006 [16:22]
"Polad Bulbuloglu is the chairman of TURKSOY for a long term. It causes him some trouble as he is Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia. Polad Bulbuloglu wants a new chairman as well," Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev stated.
14 December 2006 [14:05]
Azerbaijan has raised the issue on the condition of Serseng reservoir in international organizations, as well as in International Irrigation Organization, chairman of Melioration and Water Economy JOSC Ahmad Ahmadzadeh stated.
14 December 2006 [11:42]
The meeting of the Parliament's Commission for security and defence issues is being held at the moment.
14 December 2006 [10:42]
Vasili Trasimov, the President of the International Congress on Lung Diseases, appealed to the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for ex-Minister of Health Ali Insanov's release from prison on behalf of the participants of the congress held in St. Petersburg, ex-Minister's lawyer Togrul Babayev told.
