News for 04 December 2006
Politics
04 December 2006 [22:20]
Six major powers are in a position to agree on the text of a United Nations resolution on how to respond to Iran's nuclear programme, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Monday.
04 December 2006 [22:19]
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday that the European Union should leave a door open for Turkey in its aspirations to join the bloc.
04 December 2006 [22:13]
President Robert Kocharian intends to continue to play a key role in Armenian politics and government affairs after completing his second, presumably final term in office in just over a year from now, his national security adviser said on Monday.
04 December 2006 [21:28]
Closure of ANS was a hard blow to press freedom in Azerbaijan, said Anne E. Derse, U.S. Ambassador of USA to Azerbaijan commenting the situation around ANS.
04 December 2006 [21:19]
Three days before Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Baku scheduled for December 4, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev instructed the government to decide within a week or two on cutting down or cutting off oil transportation via the Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline.
04 December 2006 [21:11]
It will help Azerbaijan to become modern, democratic and market economy-oriented country, which closely cooperates with Euratlantic structures, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse said in a meeting with members of the Euratlantic Center in Baku.
04 December 2006 [21:05]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan congratulated the King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the Prime Minister of Thailand Surayud Chulanont on the King's birthday, a nationwide celebration and holiday.
04 December 2006 [20:55]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will come to Strasbourg after the OSCE meeting held in Brussels.
04 December 2006 [20:50]
The Year of Russia in Azerbaijan gave an additional impetus to the development and strengthening of bilateral relations, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov declared in Baku on Monday at a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Now, the Year of Baku in Moscow and the Year of Moscow in Baku will continue the festival, Fradkov said.
04 December 2006 [20:36]
On December 4, 2006, Robert Menard, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders wrote an open letter addressing Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan.
04 December 2006 [20:35]
"The questions included in the agenda will be discussed in the first day of the meeting of PACE Political Committee to be held in Baku. Debate will be held with the parliamentarians from the republics of Central Asia," said Abdulgadir Atesh, Turkish ex-minister of tourism, PACE Political Committee chairman.
04 December 2006 [17:43]
The Russian leadership understands that not only the future of the whole region but also the future role and place of Russia in the region is being determined now, said Arif Yunusov, the Director of the Department of Conflictology at the Institute of Peace and Democracy.
04 December 2006 [16:54]
Azerbaijan's CE commitment will be discussed in the meeting of CE Ministers' committee AGO Group to be held on December 8.
04 December 2006 [16:48]
Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for refugees and IDPs, Ali Hasanov, is on visit to Kuwait at the invitation of Abdullah Al-Maatuk, the country's Minister of Islamic Affairs.
04 December 2006 [16:36]
The issue of 'frozen conflicts' in the GUAM space will not be discussed at the session of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
04 December 2006 [16:24]
Visiting Iran Azeri Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov paid tribute to the late Imam Khomeini, by laying a wreath on his grave in southern Tehran on Monday.
04 December 2006 [16:11]
Foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States began their annual Ministerial Council today, and the focus was on tackling protracted "frozen" conflicts and further improving OSCE efficiency.
04 December 2006 [14:34]
Preparation is being carried out for the establishment of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) Press Councils Coordination Centre, Azerbaijani Press Council chief Aflatun Amashov told.
04 December 2006 [14:31]
Today, Brussels hosts the 14th annual meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers' Council.
04 December 2006 [13:33]
Azerbaijan will not recognize the results of the referendum on the Karabakh constitution set to be held in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno Karabakh on December 10, a statement by the Azeri Foreign Ministry says.
04 December 2006 [12:17]
04 December 2006 [10:58]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said that Armenia doesn't see the "genocide issue" as a precondition to normalize relations with Turkey, but called on his Turkish colleagues to remove all their preconditions too.
Business
04 December 2006 [20:53]
04 December 2006 [20:49]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8723 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on December 4.
04 December 2006 [20:31]
Azerbaijan can provide itself with natural gas, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov told journalists after a meeting with his Azeri counterpart.
04 December 2006 [20:30]
Negotiations on Russian natural gas supplies to Azerbaijan are underway and will be completed before the end of December, Valery Golubev, the Acting Deputy Chairman of Gazprom's Management Committee, told journalists in Baku on Monday.
04 December 2006 [17:39]
Azerbaijan is interested in the continued operation of the Russia-controlled Baku-Novorossiisk oil pipeline, and will not reduce its own oil transit tariffs, the country's prime minister said Monday.
04 December 2006 [16:33]
The Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway project is supposed for implementation in spring 2007, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli told reporters.
04 December 2006 [15:44]
Russian Premier visits Azerbaijan.
04 December 2006 [15:04]
On Monday Azerbaijan-Austria business forum was held in Baku by Azerbaijan Economic Development Ministry.
04 December 2006 [12:20]
On the eve of Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Baku, Azerbaijani authorities made it clear they are ready for a long-term conflict with Moscow. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev ordered to his Cabinet to estimate the possibility of declining oil transit through Russia's territory in response to the growth in prices of Gazprom's gas supplies to Azerbaijan. The attempt to include Baku into the anti-Georgian bloc might be considered as failed.
04 December 2006 [12:15]
Talks with Russian TV companies that blame Azerbaijani B&BTV and other cable televisions for piracy has begun.
Society
04 December 2006 [20:57]
Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation president, World Taekwondo Federation vice-president Kemaleddin Heydarov has received the delegation led by World Taekwondo Federation president Chungwon Choue.
04 December 2006 [20:54]
Azerbaijan will not be represented in Eurovision-2007, because Azerbaijan Tele-radio Programs Closed Joint-Stock Company is not a full member of European Broadcasting Union so far.
04 December 2006 [20:52]
The closing ceremony of Year of Russia was held in Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
04 December 2006 [20:41]
It is considered to increase holidays to 20 days.
04 December 2006 [16:58]
There are only 5 newsstands in Sabunchu district; three of them are in Bakikhanov settlement.
04 December 2006 [15:50]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received World Taekwondo Federation president Chungwon Choue.
04 December 2006 [15:13]
Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) chief in Shahid Beheshti University, Dr. Mojtaba Moghbel Al-Hussein informed that Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan were to maintain future ties in the field of science and research.
04 December 2006 [14:09]
22 scientists of Tehran universities and scientific centers, as well as Valentin Pokrovski, ex-president of Russian Academy of Sciences appealed to the President for ex-minister of Health Ali Insanov's release from prison, ex-minister's lawyer Togrul Babayev stated.
04 December 2006 [13:35]
Azaerbaijan National Television and Radio Council, Turkish Radio-Television Council and Council of Europe will hold a session on Dec 14 in Ankara.
04 December 2006 [13:32]
Mass death of birds was reported in Ganja.
04 December 2006 [13:32]
Gradual rise of temperature is forecasted in 2-3 days in Azerbaijan.
04 December 2006 [13:30]
Education Ministry will begin to conduct inspections in the branches of foreign universities in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the week.
