News for 19 January 2007
Politics
19 January 2007 [23:45]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed profound shock today over the murder of the well-known Turkish journalist Hrant Dink.
19 January 2007 [23:01]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov on Saturday will leave for Kuwait on an official visit.
19 January 2007 [22:55]
Pavel Koval, first deputy foreign minister of the Republic of Poland will come to Baku, January 22.
19 January 2007 [22:51]
Deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov has met with the delegation led by Dr. Khaled Al-Angari, minister for higher education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
19 January 2007 [22:33]
Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, was killed by a gunman Friday at the entrance to his newspaper's offices, police said.
19 January 2007 [22:24]
"Defense ministers of the countries transited to NATO standards are civilians. We do not know how it is going to be here.
19 January 2007 [22:22]
One more Azeri officer sentenced by the Grievous Crimes Court in accusation of high treason.
19 January 2007 [22:21]
Azerbaijani representatives of International Committee of Red Cross met with Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov captivated on December 16.
19 January 2007 [22:18]
The issue of reconsideration of Azerbaijan-Russia leasing agreement of "Daryal" Radar in Gebele region will be raised in spring session of Parliament.
19 January 2007 [22:16]
Member of Azerbaijan's delegation to the PACE, MP Ganira Pashayeva, has presented written questions on Plans on "Shusha Liberation" monument in Armenia to the Committee of Ministers of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
19 January 2007 [17:34]
"OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Goran Lenmarker said in his in his letter to the leadership of Milli Majlis that he intends to visit the region, because of the missions to be implemented in the region by OSCE and when the importance of Caucasian priorities is increasing in the world," said head of the Azerbaijani delegation to OSCE PA, vice-speaker of the parliament Bahar Muradova.
19 January 2007 [16:34]
"Armenia's Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekyan tendered his resignation," country's MOD head Serge Sargsyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
19 January 2007 [16:32]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza (US) and special representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk will begin their visit to the region from Baku.
19 January 2007 [15:03]
A soldier was killed when Armenian separatists opened fire on Azeri positions in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh, an Azeri Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday.
19 January 2007 [14:58]
The problem of political prisoners is not so serious in Azerbaijan, said Chairman of PACE Monitoring Committee Eduard Lintner.
19 January 2007 [14:56]
Energy is again on the front pages of Europe's newspapers. The Gazprom story from last year, when the Russian energy giant forced Ukraine to accept higher gas prices, was repeated this year in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Belarus.
19 January 2007 [14:55]
Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will leave for Strasbourg to participate in the winter session, the head of the delegation Samad Seyidov said.
19 January 2007 [13:42]
The next meeting on delimitation and demarcation of borders between Azerbaijan and Georgian will be held on March 5-6 in Baku, the chief of State Land and Cartography Committee Gerib Mammadov told.
19 January 2007 [12:40]
In the control room of Azerbaijan's sprawling oil terminal near the capital, Baku, Bala Mirza sits peering at a fuzzy map on a computer monitor.
19 January 2007 [01:00]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is coming under pressure on several fronts at home, just a month after the United Nations Security Council imposed its first sanctions on Iran to curb its nuclear program.
19 January 2007 [00:43]
Military-industrial complex and army formation of Azerbaijan will meet NATO standards by the end of the year, stated Siyavush Novruzov, member of Azerbaijani delegation to NATO Parliamenary Assembly.
19 January 2007 [00:41]
Washington ProFile analytic-information agency included the terror acts committed by Dashnaksutyun Party in Baku in the list of terror acts of the world.
19 January 2007 [00:24]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly in spring session will raise issue concerning Armenia's illegal arming, the member of Azerbaijani delegation in NATO PA Siyavush Novruzov said.
19 January 2007 [00:20]
"The issue on concession in utilities payment of military servants will be reconsidered in MM spring session in case if any problem occurs," stated the Parliament security commission member Siyavush Novruzov.
19 January 2007 [00:06]
Thursday night 94 servicemen of Azerbaijani Armed Forces serving in Iraq returned to Baku.
Business
19 January 2007 [22:59]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8712 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on January 19.
19 January 2007 [22:53]
Asia Telecom Ltd. announced Q4-2006 results for its operating subsidiary in Azerbaijan.
19 January 2007 [00:50]
The Tariff Council, State Price Regulator, has not received any proposals from government agencies since the prices of utilities and fuel were increased two weeks ago.
19 January 2007 [00:49]
Government of Azerbaijan and the International Monetary Fund will have discussion on the hike in energy prices and its influence on the economy.
19 January 2007 [00:48]
In 2006 the share of agrarian sector fell to 7% in the gross domestic product of Azerbaijan, compared to 11% previous year.
19 January 2007 [00:47]
Azerbaijan allocated subsidies worth US $ 1.5bn to energy system of the country during the past five years.
19 January 2007 [00:34]
As of December 31, the leasing portfolio of Azerbaijan's AtaLeasing Company amounted to US $1,484,505 in 2006.
19 January 2007 [00:34]
Azerbaijan's Gunay Bank intends to join Western Union International Money Transfer System.
19 January 2007 [00:32]
GDP grew by 34.5%, year on year, in 2006, to AZN 17.7 billion.
19 January 2007 [00:31]
Azercell Telecom Joint Venture has concluded a GPRS/MMS roaming agreement with Spain's Telefonica.
19 January 2007 [00:29]
During 2006 Azerbaijani population's total nominal incomes rose 23.4%, or AZN 1.9bn year-over-year.
19 January 2007 [00:27]
Azerbaijan's Azal Insurance Company increased its authorized capital by 33.3%, year-over-year, to AZN 800,000.
19 January 2007 [00:25]
Electricity supply has been cut off in some residential areas in Balaken from January 16.
19 January 2007 [00:04]
Crude oil is going to recover on the market.
19 January 2007 [00:03]
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 5.44 points, or 0.04 percent, to end at 12,577.15, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index dipped 1.28 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 1,430.62, the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 18.36 points, or 0.74 percent, to finish at 2,479.42.
Society
19 January 2007 [17:37]
A court sentenced 10 people, including several former top police officials, to life in prison Friday, after convicting them of involvement a gang that prosecutors said was responsible for killings and kidnappings in Azerbaijan.
19 January 2007 [17:32]
"Next pardon decree may be issued in March," MP Elmira Akhundova told reporters.
19 January 2007 [16:04]
Order of Red Banner of Labour of Soviet Azerbaijan was sold by $18 000 in the auction held in New York.
19 January 2007 [16:02]
The number of passengers from Russia to Azerbaijan has not been increased after the application of the law on Migration in Russia, Azerbaijan Airlines representative Meherrem Seferli informs.
19 January 2007 [15:04]
Unstable weather caused deaths in European countries will not influence on Azerbaijan, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva stated.
19 January 2007 [14:49]
"I'll work in AFFA if I am offered a job there. But I won’t ask the leadership of the federation for a job," former secretary general of AFFA Chingiz Ismayilov told.
19 January 2007 [14:45]
Great deal of drugs was confiscated as a result of operations carried out by Turkish police in Izmir, APA reports.
19 January 2007 [01:04]
A newspaper article that landed two journalists in jail and provoked Muslim protests underscores rifts over crucial issues -- religion, freedom of speech and foreign influence -- troubling Azerbaijan.
19 January 2007 [00:51]
Monitoring of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Recourses, Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Service and Ministry of Health to prevent bird flu finishes on Friday.
19 January 2007 [00:35]
There was a crash killing two persons in Samakhi.
19 January 2007 [00:26]
19 January 2007 [00:22]
VIII congress of Azerbaijani Composers Union will be held in April.
19 January 2007 [00:14]
"The number of the people came to register their documents in the migration service reached 6000," said Denis Soldatikov, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Migration Service.
19 January 2007 [00:11]
Olympic Sport Complex will be established in Jalilabad in 2008.
19 January 2007 [00:10]
The number of people infected with this virus is 1007.
19 January 2007 [00:05]
Car accidents occurred in Kurdekhanli village of Gabala region on Wednesday.
19 January 2007 [00:00]
Representatives of the Supreme and Constitutional courts will be on visit to Germany from January 28 till February 2.
