News for 08 February 2007
Politics
08 February 2007 [23:56]
Azerbaijan intends to sign international agreement with a number of countries on removal of double taxation, Taxes Minister Fazil Mammadov stated.
08 February 2007 [22:47]
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted resolution on the protection of national minorities in Armenia and Germany.
08 February 2007 [17:22]
The investigation of criminal case against former Health Minister Ali Insanov, former Finance Minister Fikret Yusifov, former Ganja Police chief Natig Afandiyev former President's office department chief Akif Muradverdiyev on Article 29, 278 (coup d'etat) of the criminal code is under way.
08 February 2007 [17:11]
"I'd like Armenia also to participate in regional projects. But I understand that now our friends, who realize Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project, are not ready to include Armenia. But it is a political fact," stated OSCE MG American Co-Chair Matthew Bryza.
08 February 2007 [15:48]
There are a lot of facts confirming involvement of Zori Balayan, one of ideologists of "Great Armenia", in Khojali.
08 February 2007 [15:05]
"I think Goran Lenmarker did not mean concluding of peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but reaching an agreement on the core principles of the settlement," said Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
08 February 2007 [14:40]
"If the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is settled it will significantly lighten our task in the issue of gas usage, which will pass through the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline in future.
08 February 2007 [13:59]
"Akif Shahbazov's order to annul the Assembly's January 27 decision on constructive dialogue with the government is right step," the chief of Azerbaijan Democrat Party Rasul Guliyev told the APA while commenting on the Shahbazov's order.
08 February 2007 [13:40]
"I hope Azerbaijan and Armenia will reach an agreement until the meeting of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in July in Kiev, where the report on Nagorno Karabakh will be discussed.
08 February 2007 [13:39]
Turkish Prime Minister Rajab Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Azerbaijan in early March.
08 February 2007 [12:27]
Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova condemn local self-governance and parliamentary elections in breakaway Abkhazia scheduled for February 11 and March 4, respectively, Ukraine said in a statement made at the session of the Council of Europe (CoE) Deputy Ministers' Committee on behalf of GUAM-member states on February 7.
08 February 2007 [10:44]
08 February 2007 [10:42]
Georgia's Justice Minister Gia Kavtaradze will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart on February 8.
08 February 2007 [10:26]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) has set the date of the picket to be held outside of Iranian Embassy.
08 February 2007 [10:25]
"The United States recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. The clue to the solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is peaceful settlement. I hear these words from Azerbaijani government as well," Colleen Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. Department of State stated at the meeting in State Management Academy at Azerbaijani President's Office.
08 February 2007 [10:20]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) winter session will start in Vienna on February 22-23.
Business
08 February 2007 [23:45]
Association of Azerbaijan Insurers intends to help local insurance companies in accession to Green Card System, Deputy Minister of Finance, Azer Bayramov, stated.
08 February 2007 [23:31]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) (excluding Operating Companies and Joint Ventures) has 6 117 production wells.
08 February 2007 [23:29]
The supply portfolio dipped in real estate market from early January, Azeri Real Estate Index rose 5.8 or 2.35% to settle at 254.7, the Public Union of the Real Estate Market Participants informs.
08 February 2007 [16:32]
Oil prices slipped further Thursday, continuing their downward trend after the U.S. Department of Energy's weekly inventory report showed lower than expected demand for distillate fuels like heating oil.
08 February 2007 [15:58]
Baku hosts an International Conference on Fight against Counterfeit Drugs.
08 February 2007 [13:55]
The entry of International Bank of Azerbaijan into Georgia will cut prices on credit resources, said Roman Gotsiridze, President of NBG (National Bank of Georgia).
08 February 2007 [13:45]
A new regional railway, Baku-Akhalkalaki-Kars, will link Asia with Europe to become "a modern version of the new Silk Road," Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said after negotiating with visiting Turkish and Azerbaijani leaders in Tbilisi on February 7.
08 February 2007 [13:34]
Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish leaders inaugurated a new terminal of the Tbilisi International Airport, which was constructed by the Turkish consortium TAV-Urban, on February 7.
08 February 2007 [12:07]
"Today, it is possible to widen roads in Baku. Unfortunately, this opportunity is not seized now," said Deputy Minister of Transport Musa Panahov.
08 February 2007 [11:32]
Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish leaders agreed on February 7 in Tbilisi to launch construction of the electricity transmission line which will link Azerbaijan with Turkey via Georgia.
08 February 2007 [10:55]
Douglas Menarchik, USAID's Assistant Administrator for Europe and Asia attended the inauguration of the Economic Partnership Commission between the US and Azerbaijan in Baku.
08 February 2007 [10:54]
AzEuroTel intends to install Code Division Multiple Access pay telephones in Baku and surrounding regions.
08 February 2007 [10:52]
US Trade and Development Agency will render technical assistance worth $855,000 to the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan, as per the MOU signed on Feb. 7, said Executive Director of the SOFAZ Shahmar Movsumov.
08 February 2007 [10:51]
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan is negotiating with Total, Chevron and Agip on transit of Kazakhstan oil through Azerbaijan, said SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev.
08 February 2007 [10:50]
The transmission capacity of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan will reach its maximum capacity by April 1, said SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev.
08 February 2007 [10:49]
Azerbaijan has not arranged the date for next round of negotiations on accession to the World Trade Organization, said Deputy Foreign Minister, Mahmud Mammadguliyev.
08 February 2007 [10:46]
Appeal Court held a preparatory meeting on the appeals of former six officers of Barmek-Azerbaijan Electricity Distribution LLC.
08 February 2007 [10:40]
The currency reserves of the National Bank of Azerbaijan is close to US $8bln, said Chairman of the management Board of the National Bank, Elman Rustamov.
08 February 2007 [10:39]
Local stationary telephone maker of Azerbaijan, Kur LLC, will produce 50,000 telephones this year.
08 February 2007 [10:32]
The Board of Trustees of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AzPromo) met on Tuesday.
08 February 2007 [10:30]
As of January 1, Mughan Bank's assets made AZN 39,831,000, up 87% from the previous year, and net profit doubled to AZN 1,020,000.
08 February 2007 [10:29]
A package of proposals is being worked out to convert Azerbaijan State Railways (ADDY) to a Joint Stock Company.
08 February 2007 [10:11]
National Bank of Azerbaijan is carrying out preparation for currency notes disintegration process.
08 February 2007 [10:09]
Some Azeri banks asked the National Bank for extra time as they didn't manage to completely float their stock issue due to non-workdays in early January.
08 February 2007 [10:06]
Azerbaijan's National TV and Radio Council will hold a meeting on the results of the tender on ANS TV and ANS ChM frequency at the end of this week.
Society
08 February 2007 [22:52]
Military unit #N soldier Ruslan Mayilov received verdict at the Grievous Crimes Court presided over by Mursel Alitev.
08 February 2007 [22:50]
Warm weather is forecasted at weekend in Azerbaijani territory, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department Forecasting bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva informs.
08 February 2007 [17:24]
The next meeting of the Working Group composed of representatives of government and NGO leaders will be held in late February or early March.
08 February 2007 [17:13]
The Armenian side passed Azeri soldier Samir Mammadov's message to ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), which asks to let him settle in a third country.
08 February 2007 [16:56]
The World Health Organization will announce the results of the tests of samples from Azerbaijani resident suspected of contracting bird flu in two days, Health Minister Ogtay Shireliyev told journalists.
08 February 2007 [15:31]
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry has launched a criminal case against the editor-in-chief of newspaper "Jamiyyat and ganun" (Society and law) Gabil Shaldiyev and the newspaper's correspondent Famil Hasanov.
08 February 2007 [14:51]
"It is nearly a year that we have annulled Diamed medical center's license. When we closed Diamed everyone also media exerted pressure on us," said Azerbaijan's Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev.
08 February 2007 [12:17]
Freedom of expression - a basic human right and precondition for any healthy democracy - is one of the most important elements in Azerbaijan's process of democratization.
08 February 2007 [10:47]
Two soldiers have been arrested related to the incident happened in a military unit in Azerbaijani Ganja region.
08 February 2007 [10:41]
Works is being done toward implementation of Customs Service Development Program (2007-11) approved by Azerbaijani President.
08 February 2007 [10:27]
Health Ministry have banned 44 drugstores so far and is conducting inspections in other drugstores.
08 February 2007 [10:08]
The opening of the new office of Azerbaijan Football Federations Association (AFFA) in Nobel Avenue will be held on March 27 or March 28.
08 February 2007 [10:05]
Chief of the Committee for Fight against Torture Elchin Behbudov monitored Penitentiary service detention place #9.
08 February 2007 [10:03]
1,681,0644sq.m areas of Azerbaijani territory were cleared from mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) and 7520 UXO have been rendered harmless in January.
