News for 27 January 2007
Politics
27 January 2007 [15:39]
The United States on Friday called "outrageous" Iran's demand for the ouster of a U.N. official in charge of nuclear inspections and said a plan by Tehran to speed up nuclear research was a big mistake.
27 January 2007 [15:24]
210 were dismissed form interior bodies last year, Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov said.
27 January 2007 [15:19]
"I think that the results of the activity of the Azerbaijani delegation are positive. The achieved results serve the interests of Azerbaijan," said Samad Seyidov, the Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
27 January 2007 [15:17]
"We take necessary steps to restore our relations with Armenia, but we do not get expected signals from Armenia. When we speak about normal relations and peace, Armenia Diaspora tries to do its best to tense the situations.
27 January 2007 [15:15]
In the Board meeting on overall results of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov criticized the work of some police departments.
27 January 2007 [14:58]
Hrant Dink is the first and the only Armenian victim murdered by a politically-motivated Turk in the history of the Turkish Republic. We hope it's the last.
27 January 2007 [14:54]
"The European Union can help the process of settlement of Nagorno Karabakh within New Neighborhood Policy. But this can not be process of negotiations," OSCE Mink Group co-chair Bernard Fassier (France) said, taking a stance on the possibility of the European Union's direct participation in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh.
27 January 2007 [14:51]
The statement on overall results of the most recent visit of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, mediating in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be made public on January 29.
27 January 2007 [14:42]
Broad board meeting on overall results of fight against delinquency, measures taken for ensuring public security was held in the Interior Ministry.
27 January 2007 [14:27]
Ankara has said recent remarks made by an Armenian government official expressing his country's readiness to establish diplomatic ties with Turkey without conditions does not amount to a new expansion in bilateral ties.
27 January 2007 [02:30]
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Ramiz Rzayev in the frame of his working visit to Strasbourg has met with the Chairman of the European Court for Human Rights Mr Jean-Paul Costa.
27 January 2007 [02:28]
Ogtay Asadov, speaker of the Milli Majlis, met January 26 with Huseyn Avni Karslyoglu, Turkish ambassador in Azerbaijan.
27 January 2007 [02:22]
27 January 2007 [02:06]
Armenian Armed Forces continues to violate the ceasefire.
27 January 2007 [01:49]
14 were detained in the unsanctioned picket of the Azadliq bloc outside the State Committee for Management of Public Property, 10 of them were released after being warned by 37th police station.
27 January 2007 [01:48]
"Arkady Gukasyan and others should understand that Azerbaijan is developing and better life, the protection of rights of Armenians can only be ensured in being in the composite of Azerbaijan. To come to joint opinion with Mr. Merzlyakov and with some others does not mean that the positions of the sides in the settlement of the conflict are the same," Deputy Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said when commenting on the issue whether Kosovo variant is precedent for Azerbaijan.
27 January 2007 [01:45]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has meet with the President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey in Davos, Jan. 26.
Business
27 January 2007 [15:34]
Opening ceremony of administrative building of "Azerbaijan Terminal Complex" Foreign Economic Unity of State Customs Committee (SCC) was held on Saturday.
27 January 2007 [15:30]
Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan plan to sign the intergovernmental agreement in order to simplify the process of produce movements through the territory of these states.
27 January 2007 [03:16]
State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents has worked out a draft program for standardization, metrology, certification, accreditation and patents.
27 January 2007 [03:15]
World markets moved down after a rally on Thursday.
27 January 2007 [03:14]
On the oil markets, crude oil began to fall from a week-second high.
27 January 2007 [03:13]
National Bank of Azerbaijan has granted the proposal of Debutbank Joint Stock Commercial Bank on opening of a new branch in Baku.
27 January 2007 [03:10]
79 thousand vehicles were brought to Azerbaijan last year.
27 January 2007 [03:06]
"We carry out intensive negotiations with oil-producing countries in order to cooperate with them. We are ready to establish joint ventures with them," Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko stated in the interview to German publication "Die Welt."
27 January 2007 [02:59]
Azerbaijan's mobile operator Azercell Telecom has concluded unilateral roaming agreement with Congo's CelTel operator.
27 January 2007 [02:57]
Azersu Open Joint Stock Company will announce winners of the tender for design engineering and construction of the Oguz-Gabala-Baku Water Pipeline Project.
27 January 2007 [02:56]
Azerbaijan's ALFA Insurance will open its first branch in Sumgait in February.
27 January 2007 [02:54]
AGLeasing increased its leasing portfolio to AZN 3,092,319, to January 1, during 2006, up 25.4% from the previous year.
27 January 2007 [02:52]
Bank Respublika's assets grew 91%, to January 1, and reached AZN 111.3mln.
27 January 2007 [02:33]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8706 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on January 26.
27 January 2007 [02:20]
Azerbaijan State Customs Committee opened the building for its department in Sumgait.
27 January 2007 [02:19]
A delegation led by Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Iltimas Mammadov, returned from Goteborg, Sweden.
27 January 2007 [02:15]
Baku will host the meeting of the Transport Coordination Council of GUAM.
27 January 2007 [02:08]
The meeting on the results of the tender announced by National Television and Radio Council on ANS TV and ANS ChM Radio frequency will be held on January 31.
27 January 2007 [02:05]
Minister for Special Assignments for Electronic Government Affairs of Latvia Ina Gudele's visit date to Azerbaijan has been changed.
27 January 2007 [02:01]
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani met with Minister of Agriculture Ismet Abbasov.
27 January 2007 [01:53]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Mr. Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board of the US Intel Corporation, Jan. 26, in Davos.
Society
27 January 2007 [15:41]
"New equipment bought by Emergencies Ministry are being given to Region Fire-fighting departments," Emergencies Minister, Colonel-General Kamaleddin Heydarov said.
27 January 2007 [15:27]
The officers of the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry were sent to Russia to help the solution of the problems of Azerbaijanis living there concerning the application of new rules on migration.
27 January 2007 [15:13]
Assistant Professor of Azerbaijan State Medical University Alizamin Sadikhov became the member of European Respiratory Society.
27 January 2007 [15:11]
Azerbaijani shooter Nigar Bagirova got two gold medals in international tournament held in Munich, Germany.
27 January 2007 [15:07]
Two swindler arrested in Ganja as the result of police operation.
27 January 2007 [14:52]
"There is no bird flu virus in Azerbaijan," Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Ismet Abbasov told journalists.
27 January 2007 [14:44]
Rights Defense Committee of editor-in chief of Sanat newspaper Samir Sedagetoglu has been established.
27 January 2007 [03:12]
Nearly 2000 road signs were installed in the republic in 2006 and 1800 of them falls into share of Baku.
27 January 2007 [02:51]
The opening ceremony of new mosque was celebrated in Istisu district of Lenkeran.
27 January 2007 [02:12]
Press Council (PC) appealed to Interior Ministry on nearly 30 newspapers.