News for 19 October 2009
Politics
19 October 2009 [17:55]
Some nongovernmental organizations in the northern Azerbaijan are going to rally against the protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia.
19 October 2009 [17:31]
The Azerbaijani parliament will debate the Turkey-Armenia protocols.
19 October 2009 [17:22]
Day.Az interview with Richard Giragosian, Director of Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS).
19 October 2009 [16:40]
“Our government and people do not make difference between the Turkish and Azerbaijani flags."
19 October 2009 [16:08]
"We trust Azerbaijani people," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said commenting on removal of Turkish flags from the entry to Martyr's Lane in Baku, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
19 October 2009 [15:51]
The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners in Armenia sent an open letter to United States President Barack Obama, French President Nikolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
19 October 2009 [15:38]
“The recent removal of foreign flags, including Turkish, in Baku and other places of Azerbaijan is not related to repairs or any other works”, Chief of the Public Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov said.
19 October 2009 [15:26]
Azerbaijan is shooting a film about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
19 October 2009 [15:16]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijan political expert and historian Yunus Oguz.
19 October 2009 [14:38]
Iran said on Monday it will start enriching its uranium up to the 20 percent level if talks in Vienna fail to provide Iran the "desired results," the official IRNA news agency reported,
19 October 2009 [14:12]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's official visit to Switzerland is expected to focus on economic issues, Azerbaijani Ambassador to this country Elchin Amirbayov said.
19 October 2009 [13:53]
The Azerbaijani Parliament will discuss the amendments and changes to the law on "Prosecutor's Office" at the next meeting.
19 October 2009 [13:18]
Leader of the Azerbaijani opposition movement admits that the opposition faces a very difficult situation.
19 October 2009 [12:57]
Renowned American expert on Eurasia, an expert on foreign policy, security and international relations and head of Russian-Eurasian programs at the Heritage Foundation, Ariel Cohen, spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
19 October 2009 [12:48]
Azerbaijani member of parliament Elmira Akhundova will take part in a workshop to be held in Lithuania.
19 October 2009 [12:37]
Day.Az interview with famous Azerbaijani lawyer Aslan Ismayilov.
19 October 2009 [12:28]
"Azerbaijan's concerns over the Turkey-Armenia normalization are understandable."
19 October 2009 [11:56]
Turkey-Armenia relations and stability in South Caucasus remain delicate given the lack of significant progress in solving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Consul General to Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov said.
19 October 2009 [11:45]
19 October 2009 [11:32]
The Turkish President Abdullah Gul said in his interview with TRT1 TV channel that there was progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, CNN Turk reported with the reference to the TRT1 TV channel.
19 October 2009 [10:55]
The UN highly appreciated Azerbaijan's initiative on implementation of Transnational-Eurasian Information Super Highway project.
19 October 2009 [10:39]
Day.Az interview with Armenian expert and chairman of the Caucasus Center of Peace Initiatives Georgi Vanyan.
19 October 2009 [10:23]
Chairman of the Moldovan parliamentary commission for elections Ion Pleshka said it was impossible to hold elections on the non-alternative basis.
19 October 2009 [09:41]
At least 44 Houthi fighters have been killed near the Yemen-Saudi border in a series of air strikes by the Yemen Army, a senior government official says, Press TV reported.
19 October 2009 [09:11]
19 October 2009 [08:54]
Taliban fighters mounted fierce resistance as jets pounded their bases and troops bore down on their leader's hometown Sunday, in a major offensive Pakistan says has killed 60 militants, AFP reported.
19 October 2009 [08:47]
U.S. President Barack Obama calls his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gül on Oct. 17 to discuss a range of issues, 'reflecting the broad strategic dialogue the United States conducts with this key ally,' according to a White House statement, Huriyyet Daily reported.
19 October 2009 [08:33]
Business
19 October 2009 [17:44]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is negotiating with Iran to start gas exports in the coming winter, President of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said on Oct. 19.
19 October 2009 [16:59]
Oct. 22, Baku will host a regular Ministerial of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization.
19 October 2009 [16:29]
The 21st meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation will be held in Baku on Oct. 22.
19 October 2009 [14:25]
The World Bank Managing Director, Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will arrive in Baku on Oct. 20 as part of her tour to the region, said the World Bank’s Office in Baku.
Society
19 October 2009 [14:54]
The population of the Mitsimi village in Georgia's Lagodekhi region has blocked traffic on the highway in the direction of Azerbaijan.
19 October 2009 [13:34]
The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet, AFP reported.
19 October 2009 [12:14]
Today.Az presents Governor's Garden in Baku in all its glory after major overhaul.
19 October 2009 [11:16]
9-year pupils will take the centralized examinations in Azerbaijan.
19 October 2009 [10:01]
TURKSOY will be renamed into the International Organization of Turkic Culture, and the new format will enable to work at the level of UNESCO and ISESCO, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said at a news conference.
19 October 2009 [09:26]
