News for 11 January 2007
Politics
11 January 2007 [22:55]
Neither side willing to back down in energy dispute.
11 January 2007 [22:51]
Chairman of Federation Council of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Sergey Mironov will visit Azerbaijan in March current year.
11 January 2007 [22:50]
On 11 January, the Azerbaijan delegation headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, colonel-general Ramil Usubov ended his visit to Turkey.
11 January 2007 [18:25]
The most recent meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council was held on Thursday.
11 January 2007 [18:23]
New head of OSCE Office in Baku says the Organization can play stabilizing role in Azerbaijan.
11 January 2007 [18:22]
An Azeri opposition leader was tortured in police custody after an anti-government rally, Europe's human rights court ruled Thursday, ordering Azerbaijan to pay him ?10,000 ($13,000) in damages.
11 January 2007 [17:09]
Azerbaijan performed necessary constructivism and political will for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and now Armenia is to perform similar approach, stated Araz Azimov, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan to ANS TV company.
11 January 2007 [17:07]
The Representative of the International Crisis Group for South Caucasus, will spread a special document related to the Nagorno Karabakh in summer 2007, said Sabina Freiser, the representative of ICG (International Crisis Group) on South Caucasus.
11 January 2007 [17:04]
The day before Serbian Company Zastava got permission to export arms to Armenia, RFE RL reports. Dragolyub Gruevic, the manager of 'Zastava' factory in Kragujevac, stated that the cost of deal makes $1.75 million. He also said the company awaits one more permission for a deal of $ 900 000.
11 January 2007 [16:56]
Though direct discussion concerning Azerbaijan have not been included to January session of PACE, but related issues are on the agenda of the organization, the chief of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said.
11 January 2007 [16:53]
"Azerbaijani side has not answered the Council of Europe on fulfilling its commitments yet," said the PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan Andres Herkel.
11 January 2007 [13:05]
The officers of International Committee of Red Cross Armenia Office (ICRC) visited Azerbaijani captured Soldier Samir Mammadov for the fifth time that was captured on December 24 by Armenians.
11 January 2007 [13:04]
OSCE mission has presented the report on the results of the monitoring on arsons committed in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and on the border with Armenia to OSCE member states, said Bernard Snoy, the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.
11 January 2007 [13:04]
The work on establishment of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) Peacekeeping Forces will be completed by late February.
11 January 2007 [02:36]
Turkey's foreign minister met with officials in charge of his country's relations with the European Union on Wednesday to discuss EU-demanded reforms even though the bloc has partially frozen membership negotiations with Turkey.
11 January 2007 [02:27]
6 Azerbaijani soldiers have today been sent to Afghanistan, 7 to Kosovo concerning the rotation of peacekeepers in Afghanistan and Kosovo.
11 January 2007 [02:26]
General Prosecutor's Office held a conference on results of 2006 and future duties of the organization.
11 January 2007 [02:07]
Musavat parliamentarians' appeal to hold MM extraordinary meeting in connection with the increase of prices was rejected.
11 January 2007 [02:04]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will be on an official visit to Kuwait on January 20-21.
11 January 2007 [01:53]
Azerbaijani-Armenian front line near Yusifjanli village, the region of Agdam, will be monitored on Thursday in accordance with the mandate of the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
11 January 2007 [01:44]
In late 2006, the Azerbaijani government announced that sanctions against Iran for its continuing nuclear program could negatively affect the entire region, that it would oppose sanctions, and instead supported a purely diplomatic, negotiated approach to the problem posed by Iran's nuclear program. This pronouncement was hardly unexpected, but it reflects the obstacles to any successful and internationally concerted program of sanctions and pressures against Iran.
11 January 2007 [01:21]
President George W. Bush on Tuesday re-nominated as ambassador to Armenia a career diplomat whose confirmation was blocked by Senate Democrats in the last Congress.
11 January 2007 [01:04]
It is no secret that Russian-Georgian relations have gone from bad to worse since the 2003 Rose Revolution. Yet in December 2006, Moscow for the first time since 2000 attempted to use economic pressure against Azerbaijan, with whom it had been successfully developing bilateral ties in deep contrast to Georgia. Some experts have speculated that Georgia provided the impetus for Moscow to suddenly to increase prices for natural gas and electricity exports to Azerbaijan. Did Russia try to recruit Azerbaijan in its effort to isolate Georgia, and refused? Was this an attempt to spoil Azerbaijani-Georgian relations, and could it potentially threaten the cordial relationship that Baku has maintained with the Kremlin since 2000?
11 January 2007 [00:53]
Separatist Nagorno Karabakh regime declared that they are ready to hand over Azerbaijani soldier Eldeniz Nuriyev that was captured on December 31.
11 January 2007 [00:51]
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic criticized arm selling to Armenia. The minister noted that the steps taken by President Tadic are contrary to Prime Minister Voislav Kostunica's opinion.
11 January 2007 [00:50]
European Union Office in Azerbaijan will be opened until March, said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
Business
11 January 2007 [22:57]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8714 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on January 11.
11 January 2007 [22:53]
Azerbaijan's largest mobile operator Azercell Telecom said it installed 328 base stations across the country last year.
11 January 2007 [22:25]
The Azerbaijani government has provoked popular anger with a series of price rises for public commodities and services. The hikes hit gasoline and public transportation, as well as natural gas, water, and electricity.
11 January 2007 [22:11]
The Transport Ministry of Azerbaijan intends to request the Government for more rises in the bus fares for Ganja, Sumgait and other big cities because of the hike in fuel prices.
11 January 2007 [15:23]
European Commission released energy strategy of the European Union.
11 January 2007 [15:16]
Rise of charges for fuel will not influence the prices of tickets of Turkish Airlines Company.
11 January 2007 [13:13]
Indian state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp bought a hefty 1 million barrels of Azerbaijan's Azeri Light crude for March loading from BP, together with 1.1 million barrels of Masila crude from Canadian trader Nexen, comprising a 500,000 and a 600,000-barrel cargoes. Price details were not disclosed.
11 January 2007 [13:10]
Trade and economic exchange between Iran and Azerbaijan increased 30% in 2006, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Soleimani said.
11 January 2007 [02:34]
Transport Ministers of the participant countries will discuss the final version of Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway project in Tbilisi on January 12.
11 January 2007 [02:33]
A delegation of Russia's Voronej Province businesspeople will pay a visit to Azerbaijan this year.
11 January 2007 [02:32]
Swiss Vilma Oil S.L. has won the tender announced by the SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department.
11 January 2007 [02:32]
The Asian Development Bank's mission for transport will pay a visit to Azerbaijan in late January.
11 January 2007 [02:28]
The second meeting of the Azerbaijan-Moldova Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation will be held in early this year.
11 January 2007 [02:24]
Azercell Telecom JV continues its work on expanding field of its coverage and to provide high-quality telecommunication services in the country.
11 January 2007 [02:23]
Travelex's CIS representative will give training for the officers of the AtaBank in the second half of this year. This system will be used in all branches of the bank.
11 January 2007 [02:22]
11 January 2007 [02:20]
The second International Industry & Trade Exhibition (INTEX-2007) will be held from 13 to 16 February 2007 at Kish International Exhibition Centre, Iran.
11 January 2007 [02:19]
A Swiss TOTSA, has won the tender announced by the SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations.
11 January 2007 [02:02]
An operation 'Migrant' was conducted for revealing illegal migrant labors in the district Mangistau, Kazakhstan.
11 January 2007 [02:01]
222,600 metric tons of fuel were economized on during 2006.
11 January 2007 [01:52]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8714 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on January 10.
11 January 2007 [01:50]
Azerfon LLC, the third GSM operator will serve about 1,5 mln subscribers on the Azerbaijan market in 2007, the company's Director General John Armil said.
11 January 2007 [01:31]
The start of natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Georgia has been delayed for two days till January 12.
11 January 2007 [01:30]
The Kars-Akhalkalaki railway will be constructed despite US Congress position, stated Georgian Prime Minister Gela Bezhuashvili today after the end of the session of Georgian government.
11 January 2007 [01:28]
Downhole Products Plc has been awarded a contract by BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd to provide a comprehensive range of specialist casing and cementing accessories for use in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
11 January 2007 [00:54]
Azerbaijan publishing House will soon raise printing and rental prices.
Society
11 January 2007 [22:54]
Azerbaijan women's volleyball champions AzerRail thumped Austrian SVS 3-0 in Baku in the European Champions League qualifier on Thursday.
11 January 2007 [22:52]
A French University in Strasbourg will conduct an international conference, dedicated to the Azerbaijan poet Nizami Ganjavi, January 24.
11 January 2007 [22:27]
Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan Hidayat Orujev refuted media reports that the Jehovah's Witnesses community has been shut down and its leaders arrested.
11 January 2007 [22:19]
On Thirsday, Tupolev-134 aircraft in route from Baku to Ufa belonging to Bashkiria Airline Company made an emergency landing in Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
11 January 2007 [18:26]
The resident of Sahil settlement, born in 1960 Shaban Nabiyev on dispute shot at Alesker Guliyev born in 1980, near Sahil cafe situated on 34km of Baku-Astara road.
11 January 2007 [16:58]
Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rehimov met with Nizami Pashayev and Turan Mirzayev who declared that they refuse to compete for Azerbaijan national team.
11 January 2007 [15:25]
"Azerbaijani citizens are not deported from Kazakhstan. On the Executive Order issued by President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently illegal migrants living in the country are pardoned. No Azerbaijani citizens appealed to the embassy concerning the documents checkup being conducted at the moment," said the head of the consulate department of the Azerbaijani embassy in Kazakhstan Rovshan Huseynzadeh.
11 January 2007 [15:22]
On Thursday, at about 07.58, earthquake occurred in 265km to the north of Baku - Caspian shore of Dagestan and the intensity was 5,5-6 points.
11 January 2007 [15:18]
Problems appeared on Thursday morning, in the implementation of the flights from Ataturk Airport of Turkey to Azerbaijan.
11 January 2007 [15:12]
Rector of Art Academy will resign after celebrating his 80th anniversary.
11 January 2007 [13:07]
"The increase of state newspaper prices is not on the agenda," said President's Office socio-political department Chief Ali Hasanov.
11 January 2007 [02:31]
UEFA Disciplinary Committee held a session in its headquarters in Nyon.
11 January 2007 [02:17]
The family representative has received a summons concerning the date of the Appeals Court on case of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov sentenced to life imprisonment by Budapest Court on April 13, 2006. The court will start on February 22.
11 January 2007 [02:14]
European Youth Forum Secretary General Diego Pinto will visit Azerbaijan on Thursday.
11 January 2007 [02:00]
Elkhan Ojagov was appointed director of Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy on the order issued by Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev.
11 January 2007 [01:59]
The worker of Mars-A construction company fell from seventh floor and died.
11 January 2007 [01:57]
1,426,634sq.m areas of Azerbaijani territory have been cleared from mines and unexploded ordinances (UXO) and 7,416 UXO have been rendered harmless in December.
11 January 2007 [01:55]
The law 'On Education' will be discussed in spring session of the parliament. The document has already been sent to nearly 40 addresses.
11 January 2007 [01:48]
A man has died in a collision involving a car and a lorry in Siyazan province.
11 January 2007 [00:57]
All educational institutions in Baku have been centralized in Baku Education Department since January 1, 2007. These institutions will be financed by state budget from January 15.
11 January 2007 [00:56]
State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry spread information denying APA's information about foot-and-mouth disease in domestic animals in individual farms of Ali Bayramli.
