News for 23 February 2006
Politics
23 February 2006 [22:15]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of felicitations to the President of Estonia Arnold Ruutel due to the Independence Day.
23 February 2006 [21:42]
On Thursday Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani President, sent a letter of condolence to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in relation to the roof collapse at the Basmanni market in Moscow.
23 February 2006 [15:39]
Member-countries of GUAM continue work over transformation of the alliance into an international organization, Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, told journalists.
23 February 2006 [15:30]
Switzerland is ready to organize a meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents, the Swiss Foreign Minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, stated on Thursday after a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.
23 February 2006 [11:26]
Yesterday meeting of Social Political Commission of the parliament was held.
23 February 2006 [11:04]
GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) Interior Ministries Working Group for fighting terrorism and organized crimes met in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
23 February 2006 [10:48]
Winter session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will take place in the Austrian capital, Vienna on February 23-24.
23 February 2006 [10:41]
"Georgian people, being historically close to us, are in hard situation now. Georgia has social-economic difficulties, the living condition of this country is very low."
23 February 2006 [10:21]
Azerbaijani embassies, consulates-general and representations in foreign countries are commemorating the Khojali genocide.
23 February 2006 [09:56]
Southern Azerbaijan National Awareness Movement (SANAM) Baku bureau spokesman, Agri Garadagli told that protest action would be held outside Armenian Embassy in Tehran on anniversary of Khojali tragedy on February 26.
23 February 2006 [09:46]
"Russia is not strategic ally to Iran, and can not be," Afshar Suleymani, Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran, said these words at his meeting with students of Khazar University yesterday.
23 February 2006 [09:38]
"We cannot foretell the conflict to be resolved in any concrete time. But we know that the problem should be resolved shortly," Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told.
23 February 2006 [08:36]
"Russia is ready to act as a mediator to reconcile Azerbaijan and Armenia, and regulate the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict," said Sergey Prikhodko, aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on international issues.
Business
23 February 2006 [11:38]
Vladimir Chaikovski will become a general manager of the Baku representative office of the Microsoft corporation.
23 February 2006 [11:02]
The Georgian party has completely repaid electricity received from Azerbaijan during energy crisis happened in Georgia on January 22.
23 February 2006 [10:57]
Today the Baku Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held presentation of the new publication of the annual "Transition report – 2005" on economic development and reforms implemented in Central, Eastern European and CIS countries.
23 February 2006 [10:32]
Special commission to conduct inventory of buildings to be pulled down pursuant for construction of new motor roads.
23 February 2006 [09:52]
The Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev told journalists that Russian companies were mainly interested in the non-oil sector and some proposals had already been presented in this connection.
23 February 2006 [09:49]
Price of electricity sold to population will not be raised this year.
23 February 2006 [09:20]
The government of Azerbaijan will be more careful with the borrowing policy this year.
23 February 2006 [09:10]
Any decision on construction of submerged pipelines in the Caspian Sea can be adopted only after determination of the legal status, was stated by the Minister of Industry and Energy of Russia Viktor Khristenko.
23 February 2006 [09:04]
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies will prepare proposals on privatization of Baku Automatic Telephone Unit (BATU) soon.
23 February 2006 [09:00]
The Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Economic Development were given instructions on preparation of the 2007 draft budget and socioeconomic development forecasts.
23 February 2006 [08:55]
30% of property value that must be paid under mortgage crediting is high amount in the present situation, the Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov told.
23 February 2006 [08:51]
The biggest information-communication technologies exhibition of the world – CeBIT-2006 will be held in Hannover city of Germany from March 9 to 15.
Society
23 February 2006 [16:54]
The State Committee on affairs of Azerbaijanis living abroad is interested with a picket arranged by residents of Damya Gerarkhi village of Marneuli district on Wednesday as a sign of protest.
23 February 2006 [12:12]
The Center of Innovations and Supply of the Azerbaijani Health Ministry ceased the activities of 12 drug-stores.
23 February 2006 [11:19]
European Court of Human Rights decision-making bureau received 238 applications from Azerbaijan in 2003.
23 February 2006 [10:51]
Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry press service stated that 700 more wild birds died in our country today.
23 February 2006 [10:15]
Georgian Special Forces dispersed protest demonstration of Azerbaijanis by force in Demya Goraraki village, Marneuli, who were protesting about their land problems.
23 February 2006 [10:07]
Azerbaijani villagers of Damya Gorarkhy village of Marneuli region staged a protest action again.
23 February 2006 [08:42]
20 new schools will be built in Astara region this year.
