News for 07 December 2006
Politics
07 December 2006 [16:40]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited northern regions of Azerbaijan
07 December 2006 [16:30]
Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to EU member Cyprus in return for trade to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in a bid to avert a partial freeze of EU entry talks, reports said Thursday.
07 December 2006 [16:13]
As its ties with the EU grow stronger, Azerbaijan must take care not to weaken already established ties with its regional neighbor Russia.
07 December 2006 [16:08]
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday evening backed a resolution that would bloc the US Eximbank from providing a credit loan for the construction of a railway linking Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
07 December 2006 [16:04]
"We are satisfied with the special program of the Council of Europe for holding fair elections in Armenia," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said while meeting with the CE Secretary General Terry Davis.
07 December 2006 [15:37]
Definite improvements made in the talks held for defining the status of the Caspian Sea held in Tehran, the chief of the delegation who participated in the meeting of five experts group of Caspian countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told.
07 December 2006 [14:03]
Defense Minister Safar Abiyev received the delegation headed by Turkey Gendarme Forces Commander-in-chief, Army general Ishik Koshaner yesterday, Defense Ministry Press Service told.
07 December 2006 [13:47]
New Azerbaijani Party deputy and executive secretary Ali Ahmedov met with Great Britain deputy Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Colin Wels, NAP information service told.
07 December 2006 [10:24]
15 more georgians having been detained in Derbend checkpoint for two weeks returned to their motherland through Azerbaijan.
07 December 2006 [10:05]
1,356,484sq.m areas of Azerbaijani territory were cleared from mines and unexploded ordinances (UXO) and 10,740 UXO have been rendered harmless in November, National Agency for clearing territories from mines told.
07 December 2006 [09:48]
Interior Troops Commander-in-chief, major-general Zakir Hasanov has today received Turkey Gendarme Forces Commander-in-chief, army general Ishik Koshaner.
Business
07 December 2006 [17:32]
Gazprom confirmed that it maintains the reduced price for gas for Armenia.
07 December 2006 [16:41]
Azerbaijani Government can return the Soviet-period bank saving by bonds, State Committee for Securities proposed the Government.
07 December 2006 [16:18]
The results of an extensive survey, commissioned by AzPromo and conducted by Procon GfK, based on interviews with 100 investors during October and November has been released on Thursday.
07 December 2006 [16:10]
Ukraine can start to transit Caspian and Azerbaijan oil to Europe in 2010, inasmuch as the European Union intends to reduce dependence on deliveries of energy resources from Russia.
07 December 2006 [16:00]
A conference examining the future of Azerbaijan's equity market was attended by Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev, State Committee for Securities chairman Gunduz Mammadov, Azerbaijan Investment Company Deputy Executive Director Riad Gasimov, Head of EBRD Baku Office, Raymond Convey, British and Russian consulting and investment companies' representatives.
07 December 2006 [15:58]
Edison SpA CEO Umberto Quadrino said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that he expects to sign a supply contract for Azerbaijan gas by the end of 2007.
07 December 2006 [13:41]
Fuel consumption for electricity generation was 360.6 gram/1kilowatt/h against 363.75 in the thermal power plants in Azerbaijan during November.
07 December 2006 [13:39]
SOCAR announced that it has completed acquisition of the 50-percent participating interest in EUPEC PipeCoastings Azerbaijan from German EUPEC PipeCoatings GmbH.
07 December 2006 [13:37]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 155 361 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 36 517 of them.
07 December 2006 [10:30]
During the period of January-October State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) sold 771,600 metric tons of fuel oil to Petrofarm Company of Singapore. This figure is twice as much as last year.
07 December 2006 [10:19]
Only 40 per cent of air pollution is purified in Azerbaijan as gas dust purification equipments are not enough, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources information agency told.
Society
07 December 2006 [17:30]
Famous film director Gulbeniz Azimzadeh, 59, died after long illness.
07 December 2006 [16:45]
According to Mehdi Huseynguliyev, the US Embassy department of public relations, US Embassy hosted a meeting between the Embassy staff, the representatives of Liberty and VOA radio stations and the chief of NTRC Nushiravan Meherremli.
07 December 2006 [16:21]
One of the famous Iranian religious persons Ayatollah Sheikh Mahammad Hadi Marifat declared that he is against to give death penalty to Rafig Tagi.
07 December 2006 [16:17]
Azerbaijani Shahid Kharbanov walked 4 000 kilometers to Mekke-Hajj through Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
07 December 2006 [15:03]
"I had normal relations with the president of Power lifting Federation Jahangir Askerov. But in fact Vice-president Vahid Nazarov had all the authority. Though I was head coach, Nazarov interfered in the national team. Therefore I could not be head coach of the national team any more. Besides, my contract period finished. That's why I left Azerbaijan," Afsat Afsatov, former head coach of Azerbaijan national team, who is in Dagestan at the moment.
07 December 2006 [15:00]
Analysis shows that birds died in Ganja had no bird flu virus, Kamandar Mammadov, Republic Veterinary Laboratory veterinary told.
07 December 2006 [13:55]
Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
07 December 2006 [12:54]
"No official appeal has been made to MNS detention ward about former Economic development minister Farhad Aliyev's removal to medical institution of Penitentiary service," the chief of NSM public relations center Arif Babayev told.
07 December 2006 [11:59]
"First Russian schools were established in Shusha and Shamakhi in XIX century," the rector of Moscow open State University Baku branch, the deputy chief of Azerbaijan Russian Community Veniamin Mayorov told in the press conference dedicated to the results of "Russian Language and Russia years in Azerbaijan" festival.
