News for 13 February 2007
Politics
13 February 2007 [21:15]
The Caucasus-Caspian Commission met for the first time in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday with the aim to boost the regions' relations with the European Union.
13 February 2007 [21:05]
Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk has been interviewed by the APA.
13 February 2007 [20:54]
Azadliq alliance Board of Chairs held a meeting to determine the representative of Azerbaijan Democrat Party in the alliance. During the 6-hour meeting, no decision was adopted.
13 February 2007 [20:05]
A meeting of the Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly will take place in Paris on February 13.
13 February 2007 [19:44]
"I wanted to get acquainted with living conditions of refugees and internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, I did not have opportunity for this. I hope I will chance to visit the displaced-persons camps during my next visit to the country," said European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
13 February 2007 [17:20]
In connection with recognition of Kosovo's independence a collision of interests of superpowers is possible, stated expert of 'Kavkaz' Analytical Center Manvel Sargsyan.
13 February 2007 [17:10]
Currently consultations are being held on organizing a meeting between Armenian and Azeri FMs, said Armenian MFA Acting Press Secretary Vladimir Karapetyan.
13 February 2007 [17:03]
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) will organize protest actions on the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide committed by Armenians.
13 February 2007 [17:01]
The OSCE Minsk Group mediators on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Matthew Bryza (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office will have a meeting in Paris on Wednesday.
13 February 2007 [16:58]
Azerbaijani consulate general to Istanbul has declared February 19-26 Khojali week in Turkey.
13 February 2007 [16:54]
Georgian parliament has confirmed the nomination of Nikoloz Natbiladze as Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
13 February 2007 [16:52]
The meeting of the opposition Azadlig alliance's Board of Chairs started on Tuesday.
13 February 2007 [16:50]
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov here Tuesday voiced his country's support for Iran's pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy.
13 February 2007 [16:46]
"I want to inform the Armenian side that in case the negotiations on the principles discussed over the current two years cease, further continuation of the negotiations will likely become senseless and give no tangible results," Araz Azimov, deputy FM of Azerbaijan, announced.
13 February 2007 [11:52]
15th anniversary of Khojali genocide will be held in Strasbourg, France Azerbaijani Students' Association informs.
13 February 2007 [11:18]
Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Central Board (CB) adopted decision on dismissal of former chief of Supreme Assembly Akif Shahbazov from ADP.
13 February 2007 [11:14]
Officials of the UN, OSCE and Council of Europe will have a trilateral meeting in Vienna.
13 February 2007 [10:50]
Baku Mayor's Office is considering the appeal by the opposition Musavat Party's central executive board chief Arif Hajili for venue to hold mass protests in the districts of Baku.
13 February 2007 [10:43]
28th anniversary of Iran Islamic Revolution was marked in Baku.
13 February 2007 [10:42]
Chief of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad Nazim Ibrahimov held a press conference in connection with the 1st Forum of Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas scheduled in Baku on March 9.
13 February 2007 [10:38]
"I have got information about suspension of application of amendments to the migration law in Moscow markets. Not only Azerbaijanis, but also migrants from other countries are allowed working in the markets," said Nazim Ibrahimov, Chief of the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
13 February 2007 [10:37]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will meet in early March, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister told journalists.
13 February 2007 [10:17]
Camp is being constructed for 161 IDP families in Sabirabad, Sabirabad department chief of the State Committee on Work with refugees and IDPs stated.
13 February 2007 [10:01]
Carl Schlyter, Member of the European Parliament (Green-Party) appealed to Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei for release of one of the political activist of movement for Rights of Azerbaijanis Abbas Lisani.
13 February 2007 [09:57]
Iran's Road and Transport Minister Mahammad Rahmati will visit Baku at the invitation of Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov in March.
13 February 2007 [09:50]
Turkish Embassy new office will open within Turkey's Prime Minister Rajab Tayyib Erdogan's visit to Azerbaijan.
13 February 2007 [09:46]
The next meeting of Russia-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission will be held in Moscow in March.
13 February 2007 [01:59]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security Eldar Mahmudov met the US delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
13 February 2007 [01:40]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met with the U. S. delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 12 February, the Ministry's press service said.
13 February 2007 [01:35]
Members of the Council of Europes Ago Group will visit Baku, said Denis Bribosia, special representative of the Council of Europes Secretary General.
13 February 2007 [01:30]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received at President Palace the U. S. delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
Business
13 February 2007 [20:17]
"During 2006 Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli spent $234mln in operating expenditure against the target of $227mln and $2,477mln of the planned $2,552mln capital expenditure for the year," BP-Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader stated at the 2006 results media briefing.
13 February 2007 [19:56]
Shah Deniz Field, the giant one in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian, will return on stream in March, BP-Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader said at the press conference.
13 February 2007 [19:54]
Azerbaijani Communications and Information Technologies Ministry will have developed a package of proposals by this year's end for orbiting a satellite by 2010.
13 February 2007 [19:52]
International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBAR) intends to open its office in Dubai.
13 February 2007 [19:50]
The State Program for Social and Economic Development of Regions is mostly related to improvement of the legal framework in Azerbaijan, Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev told a conference dedicated to the third anniversary of the State Program.
13 February 2007 [19:46]
Azerbaijan may pull Turkish TRT TV off the air.
13 February 2007 [19:35]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) could resume oil deliveries to Russia through the Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline in the second quarter of 2007, SOCAR's head said Tuesday.
13 February 2007 [17:07]
Azerbaijan's A-Group Insurance Company intends to increase its authorized capital 23.7% to AZN 1.25mln through a new shareholder during this year.
13 February 2007 [17:06]
"Instability in prices of air tickets is related to competition between air companies," Azerbaijan Airlines Company (AZAL) public affairs officer Maharram Safarli said.
13 February 2007 [17:02]
Baku Steel Company, which shut down in early January for raw material shortage, has returned on stream.
13 February 2007 [16:56]
Conference on the third anniversary of the 2004-2008 State Program on social-economic development of Azerbaijani regions started.
13 February 2007 [15:41]
The day before Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Andar Shukputov met with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev in Baku.
13 February 2007 [15:37]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will invite Kazakhstan to join the construction of a railway linking Baku, Tbilisi and Kars during a visit to Astana on February 27.
13 February 2007 [13:37]
Azerbaijan has no problems with grain, nor is expected to have any, the republic's Minister of Agriculture Ismet Abbasov told reporters on Tuesday.
13 February 2007 [11:12]
Azerbaijan Transportation Ministry is developing a Special Plan to improve transportation system in Baku.
13 February 2007 [11:11]
British Energy Institute organized International Petroleum Week to discuss urgent problems of world oil market. Conferences, seminars and roundtables on oil industry will be held on Feb-12-15.
13 February 2007 [10:58]
In 2007 AZN 80mln are earmarked from the State Budget or the development of enterprises in Azerbaijan.
13 February 2007 [10:57]
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) intends to complete transition to e-ticketing by October, 2007.
13 February 2007 [10:45]
The 45th meeting of the Railway Council of the CIS and Baltic States will be held in Moscow February 21-22.
13 February 2007 [10:29]
Producer Price Index climbed 12%, Consumer Price Index advanced 9% in Commonwealth of Independent States.
13 February 2007 [10:25]
In the nearest future Azerbaijan will have electronic money transfer with France, Estonia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
13 February 2007 [01:51]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8699 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on February 12.
13 February 2007 [00:45]
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's February 2 visit to Ukraine appeared to be an ill-timed event that triggered controversial speculations in light of the recent gas row between Belarus and Russia and the lingering standoff between Moscow and Kyiv on energy issues.
Society
13 February 2007 [20:52]
Azerbaijani Commissioner on Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova has met with former ministers Farhad Aliyev, Ali Insanov, the chief Azpetrol Company Rafig Aliyev in the jail of Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry (NSM).
13 February 2007 [20:35]
Azerbaijan's refugees see little hope.
13 February 2007 [20:25]
Today's draw in Stockholm for the U21 UEFA European Championship which will be played in 2009 is finished and the Qualifying Groups are complete.
13 February 2007 [19:58]
South Korea's SKS Corporation is developing a project for Intellectual Control of Transport in Baku.
13 February 2007 [16:48]
The damage of arson committed by Armenians in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan has been calculated to be AZN159.5mln.
13 February 2007 [14:11]
"No bird flu virus has been found in Azerbaijan," Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Ismet Abbasov said.
13 February 2007 [12:03]
Ecology and Natural Recourses Ministry publicized the results of the monitoring held to prevent the spread of Bird flu.
13 February 2007 [12:00]
Azerbaijani Press Council will hold a roundtable on the theme "Khojali genocide in Azerbaijani media" February 23.
13 February 2007 [11:38]
A group of journalists from the United States will visit Nakhchivan AR on February 15, representative of Nakhchivan AR Rashad Gulamov stated.
13 February 2007 [11:19]
Economic Court considered Independent Azerbaijan University students' appeal against Economic Court #1.
13 February 2007 [11:17]
European Azerbaijanis Congress II Forum will be held on March 10 in Baku.
13 February 2007 [11:16]
Azerbaijani Consul General to Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov visited Salt Lake City of Utah State.
13 February 2007 [11:11]
President Ilham Aliyev presented a group of intellectuals with orders and honorary titles.
13 February 2007 [10:54]
The second edition of Former Health Minister Ali Insanov's book on tuberculosis has been published in Moscow.
13 February 2007 [10:53]
Minister of Education Misir Mardanov received deputy head of OSCE Office in Baku Robin Seaword.
13 February 2007 [10:46]
Representatives of International Crisis Group (ICG) and NGOs of Georgia held meetings in Marneuli region, Sadakhli settlement and Demye Golarkhi village of Georgia on "Azerbaijani and Armenian national minorities in Georgia " ICG's report.
13 February 2007 [10:33]
"I am going to run for AFFA presidency in the next elections. I'll fight till the end," said veteran football player Isgender Javadov.
13 February 2007 [02:31]
A Chechen Ingush ethnic leader said on Monday Russian police have forced two Azeri witnesses to leave a northwest Russian town to prevent them from testifying on a brawl which sparked deadly inter-ethnic riots.
13 February 2007 [02:09]
The fate of ANS Television and Radio, Azerbaijan's sole independent broadcaster, is again hanging in the balance, following the decision to postpone a tender for its broadcast frequencies. The announcement comes amid growing concerns by international organizations and human rights watchdogs about media rights in the country.
13 February 2007 [01:48]
Presidential library has set up 2 online editions connected with the third year of the State Program on socio-economic development of the regions.
13 February 2007 [01:20]
It is a very sensitive time in Iran's history. It is not clear what is in store for Iran. In as much as there are plans to possibly use bunker buster atomic devices to get at nuclear sites in Iran, there are also plans to use ethnic tensions as internal atomic bombs in democracy operations in Iran.
