News for 15 October 2009
Politics
15 October 2009 [17:58]
15 October 2009 [17:15]
15 October 2009 [16:56]
Opening Turkish-Armenian border without the liberation of occupied lands will be a blow to the back of Azerbaijan, said the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan.
15 October 2009 [16:45]
Iran’s Embassy to Armenia said rumors spread over iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death are slander and has nothing to do with the reality.
15 October 2009 [16:37]
Day.Az interview with Chargé d'affaires of Azerbaijan in Cuba Ilham Agayev.
15 October 2009 [16:21]
On Oct.15, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Qatari Culture and Heritage Minister Hamad Bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari, the Foreign Ministry said.
15 October 2009 [16:06]
Deputy Chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) expressed dissatisfaction to the U.S. Embassy regarding the work of the OSCE Minsk Group.
15 October 2009 [15:18]
On Oct.15, the of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee recommended bill "On Peacekeepers" for discussion at the parliament's autumn session.
15 October 2009 [14:25]
15 October 2009 [14:09]
Iran's Supreme Religious Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died.
15 October 2009 [13:55]
The OSCE Office in Baku opened a Legal Resource Centre (LRC) in Ganja today to offer free legal advice to residents and support training activities for law professionals, OSCE said.
15 October 2009 [13:38]
Former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Congress's Armed Services Committee Curt Weldon urges Azerbaijani Diaspora in the U.S. to be more active in their efforts to abolish the 907 amendment in the Congress.
15 October 2009 [13:22]
A draft law on the state budget 2010 of Azerbaijan was sent to the parliament, Chairman of the Parliament’s Economic Policy Committee Ziyad Samedzade said.
15 October 2009 [13:11]
Azerbaijan and Cuba are expected to sign about 10 documents in economic and humanitarian spheres, Cuba's ambassador to Azerbaijan Marcelo Caballero Torres told reporters.
15 October 2009 [12:57]
15 October 2009 [12:48]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today has inaugurated Olympic Sport Complex in Hovsan, a settlement near the capital city of Azerbaijan.
15 October 2009 [12:34]
There is a crisis inside the political Movement for Karabakh and the Republic, so participation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) in the municipal elections still remains in question, Azerbaijan’s opposition ADP Chairman Sardar Jalaloglu said.
15 October 2009 [12:23]
15 October 2009 [12:08]
Fitch Ratings awarded the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) with long-term Issuer Default Rating "BB+" and short-term Issuer Default Rating "B".
15 October 2009 [11:47]
"Joint efforts are made not to move backwards in the Turkey-Armenia relations," Turkey's President Abdullah Gul told reporters after the meeting with Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan who arrived in the Turkish city of Bursa to watch Turkey-Armenia football match on Oct. 14, Anadolu news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [11:31]
Day.Az interview with famous Russian political expert and founder of Institute of Russia's National Strategy Stanislav Belkovski.
15 October 2009 [11:17]
High-ranking officials of the Norway’s justice and police ministry will visit Azerbaijan on Oct. 25-28.
15 October 2009 [10:54]
Turkey and Armenia are not writing a history, but creating it, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said commenting on a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan who arrived in Turkish city of Bursa to watch the Turkey-Armenia football match on Oct. 14, CNN Turk reported.
15 October 2009 [10:39]
Turkey will make every possible effort to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the meeting with the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation, CNN Turk reported.
15 October 2009 [10:12]
Normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations began even before the football match between national squads of the countries, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told media before leaving for Iraq, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
15 October 2009 [09:44]
Azerbaijan's election constituencies registered 256 candidates for the local elections in Azerbaijan.
15 October 2009 [09:33]
"The recent progress in Turkish-Armenian diplomacy, culminating in the recent signing of the two protocols between the two countries, has already triggered an intense reaction in domestic politics within Armenia."
15 October 2009 [08:45]
President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday sent a greeting to the XV Congress of the European Fair Play Movement which started in Baku on Oct. 24.
15 October 2009 [08:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Tuesday delegates of the 6th Conference of Ministers of Culture of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) held here in the framework of the cultural year “Baku-Islamic Culture Capital-2009”.
Business
15 October 2009 [15:33]
The Central Eurasian Federation of Associations of Banks of the Central Caucasus, Central Europe and Central Asia has been established under the agreement signed in Baku on Oct.15.
15 October 2009 [09:05]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the commissioning ceremony for the “Shusha” tanker at the Baku Yacht Club on Oct. 14.
15 October 2009 [08:36]
On Oct. 14, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Russia's Gazprom signed a medium-term contract to supply of Azerbaijani gas to Russia.
Society
15 October 2009 [17:43]
A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in kidneys and other organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, according to a joint study by the United Nations and the Council of Europe released Tuesday, AP reported.
15 October 2009 [17:30]
Connecting of Azerbaijani Internet to Backbone network in north direction is implemented through temporary constructed optic line.
15 October 2009 [15:50]
Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade received First Vice President of Iran Rahim Mashaie on Oct. 15.
15 October 2009 [14:48]
About 35 employees of road police were held accountable in Azerbaijan over the nine months, head of Public Relations Department of the Central State Traffic Police Department of the Interior Ministry Arastun Majidov said.
15 October 2009 [14:32]
APA's interview with UEFA President Michel Platini after Turkey-Armenia match in Bursa Ataturk stadium.
15 October 2009 [10:27]
Days of Jordan Culture will be held in Azerbaijan in Oct., press office of Culture and Tourism Ministry said.
15 October 2009 [09:52]
Azerbaijani and Russian national football teams met as part of the World Cup 2010 qualifier in the Republican Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku on Oct. 14. The match ended with 1:1.
15 October 2009 [09:28]
15 October 2009 [09:19]
World Cup qualifier match Turkey-Armenia ended with the victory of the Turkish team - 2:0, Cihan news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijan’s national football team have been held to a 1-1 home draw by Russia in the 2010 world cup qualifier on Oct. 14.
