News for 10 February 2007
Politics
10 February 2007 [16:47]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a message to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to congratulate them and the people of their country on Revolution Day.
10 February 2007 [16:32]
Regional cooperation in South Caucasus should promote "development of multilateral links among all, without exception, countries of the region," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on February 10.
10 February 2007 [16:20]
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States' increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons.
10 February 2007 [15:30]
This is the first election since 1992. There is great anticipation after 30 years of Niyazov's rule but few hopes of any rapid change. Other states seem to be more interested in the country’s gas than in encouraging democratic developments.
10 February 2007 [15:23]
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that it had suspended 22 of its 55 technical aid programs with Iran, giving Washington a modest victory in its efforts to isolate Tehran internationally in the hope of curbing its nuclear ambitions.
10 February 2007 [15:14]
The next sitting of Azerbaijan's parliament (Milli Majlis) will be held on February 16.
10 February 2007 [13:23]
A top US State Department official with responsibility for Turkey said the administration was committed to dissuading Congress from passing a resolution recognizing an alleged genocide of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, but said that it was difficult to make this case while Turkey still kept in its penal code laws which restricted freedom of speech.
10 February 2007 [12:45]
The Turkish government has appealed to the United States to encourage the Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq to comply with energy agreements, Matt Bryza, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, told the Turkish Daily News in an exclusive interview.
10 February 2007 [02:19]
Israeli troops charged onto the grounds of Jerusalem's most contentious religious site and fired tear gas and stun grenades Friday at stone-throwing Palestinians who were protesting Israeli excavation work taking place just outside the hilltop shrine.
10 February 2007 [02:00]
The 9th session of Organization of Islamic Conference Parliamentary Union Council will be held on February 14-16 in the capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
10 February 2007 [01:11]
President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lennmarker met with a group of NGO representatives in Azerbaijan.
Business
10 February 2007 [16:52]
Azerbaijan's Taxes Ministry plans to work out development program of tax system for the next five years, Taxes Minister Fazil Mammadov said.
10 February 2007 [16:41]
BBC staff are to stage a 24 hour strike in a row over job cuts, unions Bectu and the NUJ have announced.
10 February 2007 [16:40]
10 February 2007 [16:27]
Taxes will be paid through ATMs soon, Azerbaijan’s Taxes Minister Fazil Mammadov said.
10 February 2007 [12:26]
In recent years there has been renewed speculation as to how the issues surrounding exploitation of the oil resources in the Caspian Sea might be resolved.
10 February 2007 [02:21]
Oil rose on Friday after OPEC member Nigeria moved to cut supplies and on growing tension between the United States and Iran.
10 February 2007 [02:13]
British Financial Times Newspaper wrote that Turkey's strained relationship with the Bush administration is likely to worsen after the foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, failed to make significant progress on Ankara's main objectives in Washington this week.
10 February 2007 [02:08]
State Committee for Public Property Management, together with consulting companies, has prepared a package of proposals on restructuring of utilities and infrastructure sectors.
10 February 2007 [02:08]
For the first time in Azerbaijan, postal delivery can be followed by the Internet.
10 February 2007 [02:06]
International Bank of Azerbaijan-Moscow intends to enter TOP100 in Russia.
10 February 2007 [02:05]
UK Bureau Veritas Quality International will audit AtaLeasing for use of Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001:2000.
10 February 2007 [02:03]
As at February 1, Bank Standard's assets amounted to AZN 285.1mln ($327.4), up AZN 32.5mln ($37.3mln) or 13% from January 1.
10 February 2007 [01:57]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8699 AZN/USD at trading sessions on the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange today.
10 February 2007 [01:56]
Azerbaijan's transition from analog transmission to digital transmission will have three phases (2007-10, 2011-13, 2014-15).
10 February 2007 [01:53]
SOFAZ and Overture Financial Services LLC signed Thursday a contract to implement Phase II of the US TDA-funded SOFAZ Institutional Capacity Building project.
10 February 2007 [01:51]
Shahmar Movsumov, Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), received the government delegation from the United States.
10 February 2007 [01:48]
IBAR-Georgia, a subsidiary of International Bank of Azerbaijan, will start up in two months.
10 February 2007 [01:48]
On Feb. 15-18, International Hotel and Restaurant Equipments Exhibition (HOTEQ) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
10 February 2007 [01:46]
Heavy industrial enterprises in Baku will move to the industry zone in suburban area, said Chairman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Property Management Karam Hasanov.
10 February 2007 [01:44]
International Monetary Fund mission will be visiting Azerbaijan on February 14-28.
10 February 2007 [01:43]
10 February 2007 [01:39]
10 February 2007 [01:38]
Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) and Milk-Pro LLC can sign an investment in March.
10 February 2007 [01:34]
United Kingdom National Audit Office has won the tender for Corporate and Public Sector Accounting Project funded by Japanese Government grant for Development of Political and Human Resources.
Society
10 February 2007 [16:25]
Five unknown men threatened Turkan settlement resident Akif Anvari with knife in Nasimi district Tbilisi Avenue and attempted to hijack his car.
10 February 2007 [16:23]
A skirmish occurred in Military Unit in Gadabey in the evening hours on February 9.
10 February 2007 [16:21]
Professional holiday of taxes officers was celebrated on occasion of the seventh anniversary of Taxes Ministry.
10 February 2007 [15:24]
Three children tested negative for bird flu amid an outbreak of the disease in a Turkish village, while a fourth child was still undergoing tests, the Health Ministry said.
10 February 2007 [15:17]
Conference and training on "Democratic management of security sector: defense" will be held by the support of Azerbaijan National and International Studies Center (ANIRC) and Netherlands's Center of European Security Studies (CESS).
10 February 2007 [15:13]
Over 2,000 teachers have been sent to remote regions of Azerbaijan, Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
10 February 2007 [15:12]
The State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry has announced the results of bird flu monitoring held by the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, Hunters Society and NGOs on January 29 - February 3.
10 February 2007 [13:37]
The indicator of phenols is 3 times and copper compounds 7 times more than sanitary norm in most polluted river in Azerbaijan, Goshgarchay.
10 February 2007 [13:34]
The ensigns and officers of Azerbaijani Interior Troops will be provided with service apartments in Ganja, Shaki and Guba by the end of February.
10 February 2007 [13:34]
10 February 2007 [13:29]
Azerbaijan Jewish Society and Azerbaijan Society of America will organize a concert on works by Azerbaijani composers Uzeyir Hajibayov and Gara Garayev by the support of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad in Manhattan on March 20.
10 February 2007 [02:25]
Turkey's Agriculture Ministry confirmed Friday that the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus caused the deaths of 170 fowl in a village in southeastern Turkey.
10 February 2007 [01:32]
Hidayet Orujov, chief of the State Committee on Work with Religious Organizations is visiting north-western regions of Azerbaijan.
10 February 2007 [01:29]
Azerbaijan's Constitutional Court received 172 appeals last month.
10 February 2007 [01:26]
Guba offices of National Security Ministry and Interior Ministry confiscated a great deal of weapons in the house of resident of Azerbaijani region Guba Geybulla Mammadov.
10 February 2007 [01:22]
Central Election Commission (CEC) will end inspections in elections constituencies by the end of February.
