News for 23 December 2006
Politics
23 December 2006 [14:56]
Azerbaijan Minister of Justice, Fikrat Mammadov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [14:52]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Morocco, Sabir Agabayov, presented his credentials to King Mohammed VI, press service of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
23 December 2006 [14:40]
Armenian soldiers moved from the occupied Bayramli village of Aghdam forward to Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
23 December 2006 [14:38]
"Military doctrine of Azerbaijan will be adopted next year. The State Commission is about to complete the document," Parliament's Permanent Commission on Security and Defense issues Ziyafet Askerov told journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:34]
"The investigation of former ministers' cases is continued. Special commission was established to examine Farhad Aliyev's health. The doctors came to this conclusion that Farhad Aliyev's health is normal," First deputy prosecutor General Rustem Usubov told the journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:33]
Azerbaijani hostage soldier Vusal Garajayev was handed over to Azerbaijani side on Saturday.
23 December 2006 [14:32]
President Ilham Aliyev decreed on implementation of the law 2007 State Budget.
23 December 2006 [13:02]
Azerbaijan Internal Troops Commander Zakir Hasanov received Russia Internal Troops Commander-in-chief Sergey Bunin.
23 December 2006 [12:20]
The meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary commission to be held in Baku was postponed because of technical problems.
23 December 2006 [11:42]
World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) declared 2007 to be Khojali Year in Turkish world.
23 December 2006 [11:38]
The delegation led by Romanian Senate Chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu will visit Azerbaijan next year.
23 December 2006 [01:40]
An article denigrating Islam published early last month in an obscure newspaper here in the capital has led to emotional demonstrations across Azerbaijan and in Iran. A prominent Iranian cleric demanded the death of the two writers of the article, who have been imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
23 December 2006 [01:30]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a message of condolences to acting President of Turkmenistan, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, on the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov.
23 December 2006 [01:29]
Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament Ogtay Asadov on 22 December met with Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
23 December 2006 [01:26]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [01:25]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on December 22 received the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev.
23 December 2006 [01:18]
The workgroup for the preparation of amendments to the law on Freedom of assembly according to the judgment of Venice Commission of the CE is working on proposals.
Business
23 December 2006 [14:51]
Azerbaijan's largest mobile operator 'Azercell Telecom' signed new roaming agreement with Brazil ' Amazonia Celular", " Croatian ' Vipnet Croatia" and Spanish " Vodafone".
23 December 2006 [14:48]
Azerbaijan's president said Saturday the country may stop importing natural gas from Russia.
23 December 2006 [12:40]
The Ministry of Culture and tourism has introduced 2007-2016 State Program for development of tourism in Azerbaijan to relevant government bodies.
23 December 2006 [12:39]
Georgia will start importing Azerbaijani electricity supplies from December 23.
23 December 2006 [12:37]
Azerbaijani transport companies carried 130.2m tonnes of goods within January-November this year which represents an increase of 13% the same period last year.
23 December 2006 [12:33]
Azerdemiryolbank OJSC has opened a regional branch in Yevlakh.
23 December 2006 [12:31]
Azerbaijan Hotels Association has been established at the initiative of Culture and Tourism Ministry.
23 December 2006 [12:23]
Milli Majlis Economic Policy Commission Chairman Ziyad Samadzade briefed the lawmakers about the decision of approval of he National bank Management Board members.
23 December 2006 [12:02]
The salary of Baku Metro employees will be raised by 50% to AZN 225-230 from next year.
23 December 2006 [11:58]
Malta's Fim Bank appealed against the Franch Court's decision on lifting 500,000 stocks of Azeri Government in he European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Eutelsat).
23 December 2006 [11:57]
UniLeasing will open a branch in Guba.
23 December 2006 [11:56]
Communications services provided for the legal entities and individuals in Azerbaijan rose 24.6%, year-over-year, to AZN 489.4m during the period of January-November.
23 December 2006 [11:51]
Swiss Companies ADDAX BV and Sun Oil S.A have won the tender, for export of diesel fuel and crude oil to the world market, announced by the SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operation Department.
23 December 2006 [11:47]
Azerbaijan's largest mobile operator Azercell Telecom organized a meeting on occasion of its ten-year activities.
23 December 2006 [01:38]
A section of a gas pipeline through which Azerbaijan delivers natural gas to Georgia has been damaged in a terrorist attack, a Georgian TV channel reported Friday.
23 December 2006 [01:34]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8716 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on December 22.
23 December 2006 [01:33]
While much of the groundwork has been done to make the long-discussed Transcaspian Gas Pipeline, TCP, feasible, the greatest obstacle of all remains unresolved – resistance from some of the Caspian states.
23 December 2006 [01:31]
ITECA Caspian LTD, the exclusive partner of the ITE Group - the leading organizer of international trade exhibitions and conferences in South Caucasus summed up the results of the 14 exhibitions held in Baku 2006.
23 December 2006 [01:27]
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is supporting the expansion and diversification of Azerbaijan bank, Bank of Baku, with a $5 million co-financing facility.
23 December 2006 [01:20]
Azerbaijan and Russian officials so far failed to reach common agreement on the amount and prices of the Russian gas imports at the meeting held in Moscow.
23 December 2006 [01:16]
"Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas will cover 70% of Georgia's gas needs in 2007," Georgian Premier Zurab Nogaideli told a media briefing after the government session.
23 December 2006 [01:16]
Georgian Primer Zurab Nogaideli will pay a working visit to Baku on Dec. 25.
Society
23 December 2006 [14:35]
The 4th Congress of Azerbaijani journalist has begun.
23 December 2006 [12:03]
Baku will host the meeting of metro leaderships from the world countries May 7-10, 2008.
23 December 2006 [11:51]
Interior Ministry (IM) Migration Service (MS) was founded on May 15, 2006 and it has three departments, a section and a center, IM MS chief Shovgu Hadiyev stated.
23 December 2006 [11:44]
President elections to UEFA will be held in late January in Duesseldorf, Germany.
23 December 2006 [11:39]
2942 car accidents occurred within January-November in 2006.
23 December 2006 [01:35]
On 22 December, President Ilham Aliyev gave interview to the Radio "Ekho Moskvy."
23 December 2006 [01:32]
Russian news and information agency RIA Novosti's editor-in-chief met Friday with Azerbaijan's president in connection with the opening of an agency branch in the former Soviet republic.
23 December 2006 [01:22]
National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) held a meeting.
23 December 2006 [01:21]
274 art works stolen from State Art Museum in July, 1993, have been found in the USA.
