News for 18 January 2007
Politics
18 January 2007 [23:51]
Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis will hold a conference on 20 January tragedy in Antwerp, Belgium.
18 January 2007 [23:49]
The parties of the Consulting Assembly decided to support the candidate of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) in 2008 presidential elections.
18 January 2007 [22:19]
Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov will have a meeting in Moscow January 23. "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" reports that the European Union hopes on effectiveness of the meeting.
18 January 2007 [21:56]
Armenian President Robert Kocharian will again travel to Russia next week for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
18 January 2007 [21:46]
Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Ashagi Abdurrahmanli village of Fuzuli region at 23.00 from January 17.
18 January 2007 [21:44]
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will visit the region after the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian ministers on January 23 in Moscow.
18 January 2007 [21:36]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Telet Aliyev met with Aleksandr Lavrinovich, Ukrainian Minister of Justice, to prevent the violence of the rights of Azerbaijanis temporary living in Ukraine.
18 January 2007 [21:30]
"Azerbaijan has 39 embassies in foreign countries, 4 permanent offices under international organizations and 5 consulates general. Several more diplomatic offices and consulates are expected to be opened in 2007," said Nadir Huseynov, Foreign Ministry's Consulate Department chief.
18 January 2007 [17:28]
"OSCE should not agree with unsettled and frozen conflicts in Post Soviet countries," Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister said in the meeting of OSCE Permanent Council, OSCE Vienna office told.
18 January 2007 [17:19]
President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lennmarker will pay a three-day visit to South Caucasus on February 8.
18 January 2007 [16:09]
The discussions of alleged "Armenian genocide" in the U.S. Congress will not cause any serious changes concerning the issue.
18 January 2007 [15:59]
"If needed, the number of trains can be increased to bring Azerbaijanis from Russia. We can also couple additional wagons to the trains, air transport is also ready to serve, even water transport can join the process," Transport minister Ziya Mammadov said when expressing his attitude to the problems that Azerbaijani migrants can face while returning to Azerbaijan.
18 January 2007 [15:57]
The meeting of the experts of Azerbaijan and EU on energy security is expected to happen in the first term of 2007.
18 January 2007 [14:20]
Azerbajani authorities have detained 16 people on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government, security officials said Thursday.
18 January 2007 [13:03]
Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis along with Igdir municipality of Turkey will hold an international conference in the Hague, Netherlands, to inform the world community of the truths of Khojali genocide.
18 January 2007 [13:02]
New Ambassador of Georgia will be appointed to Azerbaijan.
18 January 2007 [12:59]
Azerbaijan's Permanent Representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev interviewed by the APA.
18 January 2007 [01:20]
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby condemned the erection of the monument devoted to Armenians' invasion of Shusha.
18 January 2007 [01:06]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) intends to hold mass rallies after the anniversary of 20 January tragedy.
18 January 2007 [01:05]
Azadliq block appealed to Baku major's office on the rally set on January 26.
18 January 2007 [01:04]
Musavat party does not intend to appeal to the opposition parties concerning the rally to be held on January 28.
18 January 2007 [01:03]
"It is not important for Azerbaijan in which PACE session the issue on its commitments will be discussed," said Samad Seyidov, head of Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE.
18 January 2007 [01:00]
18 January 2007 [00:59]
Only nine states, including Azerbaijan, had paid UN membership dues for 2007 by the first half of January.
18 January 2007 [00:45]
"No country and as well as Azerbaijan, where the stereotypes of Soviet period remain, can not be admitted to the EU, in this case it is difficult to speak of Azerbaijan's EU membership," said German ambassador Per Stankina.
Business
18 January 2007 [23:52]
In April gold-producing plant will be opened in Gadabey, Azerbaijan.
18 January 2007 [23:45]
Annual economic forum will be held on January 24-28 in the city Davos in Switzerland and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will participate in the World Economic Forum. The main theme of discussions will be "the shifting power of equation."
18 January 2007 [22:47]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8713 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on January 18.
18 January 2007 [21:52]
The International Monetary Fund said the recent hike in utilities and energy on domestic market has caused the rice in consumer price inflation in the country.
18 January 2007 [21:49]
In a sign of a more concrete relations between Azerbaijan and Indonesia, ministries and companies from both countries have explored possible cooperation in education, transportation and energy.
18 January 2007 [17:31]
Early December, 2006 the President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev, and the Chairman of the Management Board of Turkey's Turcas, Erdal Aksoy, signed an agreement on establishment of SOCAR & Turcas Energy Joint Venture to ensure investment-making in oil processing in Ceyhan Port, gas import and wholesale selling of gas and Turcas' participation in the exploration activities on the Caspian.
18 January 2007 [16:11]
The rise of basic pension and minimum salary was discussed in the conference held on the rise of energy deliveries in the Cabinet.
18 January 2007 [16:04]
Construction of Baku ring road project has commenced. The preliminary cost of the 21.5km road is estimated at US$49.5m.
18 January 2007 [01:55]
A consortium led by Western oil giant BP PLC will help Azerbaijan do without Russian natural gas by providing the former Soviet republic with about 3 billion cubic meters of gas this year, the head of the nation's state petroleum company said Wednesday.
18 January 2007 [01:38]
Georgia continues to discuss details with Turkey on redistribution of Turkey's quota in Shah Deniz project.
18 January 2007 [01:38]
From the second quarter of this year project on establishment of tax terminals in Azerbaijan will start.
18 January 2007 [01:36]
Hyundai Auto Azerbaijan intends to open services and salons in regions of Guba, Ganja and Lenkeran.
18 January 2007 [01:35]
Government of Azerbaijan has begun to discuss proposals submitted by the government agencies so as to find a solution to the plight resulting from the sharp increase of prices.
18 January 2007 [01:33]
Ukraine Premier who paid official visit to Turkey stated that his country wants to join the construction of Nabucco project.
18 January 2007 [01:27]
"Hike of charges for energy supplies will not influence the prices of communication services," Communication and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov told the journalists.
18 January 2007 [01:24]
New buses are planned to be brought to Ganja beginning from 2008.
18 January 2007 [01:23]
"Azerbaijan Publishing House hesitates in increasing printing prices. Therefore the rise of prices may delay," said Besti Ismayilova, Deputy Director of Azerbaijan Publishing House.
18 January 2007 [01:18]
Azerbaijan's Bank of Baku increased by 34% or AZN18.39 to AZN 72.99m, as of early January 2007.
18 January 2007 [01:14]
Oil slumped $1.78 to $51.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest it's traded since May 2005. Brent futures
shed 86 cents to $52.26.
18 January 2007 [01:12]
Armenian Diasporas spread the information on the negotiations on granting market-economy status to Armenia.
18 January 2007 [00:53]
Industrial production grew by 36.6%, year-over-year, to AZN 14.4bn in Azerbaijan during 2006.
18 January 2007 [00:52]
As of early January, 2007 Georgia's foreign debt and government loan liabilities totaled to $1.697484 billion, including $498.044 million owed to 15 creditor nations.
18 January 2007 [00:51]
Azerbaijan's Bank Respublika has increased interest rates on euro transactions to 12%.
Society
18 January 2007 [22:10]
Azerbaijan's grandmaster Teymur Rajabov leads at the Corus Chess Tournament 2007 in Wijk aan Zee after defeating David Navara of Czech Republic.
18 January 2007 [21:58]
Azerbaijan Press Council (PC) appealed to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.
18 January 2007 [21:42]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department in the second part of the day.
18 January 2007 [16:21]
Azerbaijan's authorities have formally notified Moscow they will withdraw from the 1995 intergovernmental agreement on the transmission of Russian television broadcasts as of July, Russia's ambassador to the ex-Soviet Caucasus nation said Thursday.
18 January 2007 [16:06]
A reporting conference on overall results of 2006 was held in Baku Main Police Office on Thursday.
18 January 2007 [14:35]
"Roya is a slut. I don't like her." So says a dark-haired Azerbaijani girl nestled on a barstool of the Universal Bar in downtown Baku, a spot where foreign oil workers can meet eligible young women for the right price.
18 January 2007 [14:10]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
18 January 2007 [13:05]
At about 02.10 landslip occurred in Devechi region (on Baku-Samur road).
18 January 2007 [01:34]
International Football Federations Association has published rating list of the countries for January.
18 January 2007 [01:27]
Last year new volcanoes were found in the territories of Shamakhi, Absheron peninsula and South-West Shirvan.
18 January 2007 [01:22]
Media Council is going to appeal to President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday.
18 January 2007 [01:14]
After consideration of the results of the survey, Eurasian Lawyers Association defined the winners of the awards of Lawyer of the year, Human rights defender of the year, Judge of the year, Court of the year, Legal awareness raiser of the year and other nominations.
18 January 2007 [01:10]
The investigation of the criminal case on the death of the former chief of Development of Entrepreneurship Department of Economic Development Ministry Alihuiseyn Shaliyev is about to finish.
18 January 2007 [00:50]
Constitutional Court received 2090 appeals in 2006.
18 January 2007 [00:49]
Justice Ministry considered 16500 municipality acts in 2006.
