News for 02 October 2009
Politics
02 October 2009 [17:54]
An Israeli soldier held by Hamas in Gaza for three years appears healthy in a video handed over to the Israeli authorities, officials say, BBC reported.
02 October 2009 [17:15]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkish-speaking countries (TurkPA) will work to obtain international status.
02 October 2009 [16:30]
Brochures and DVD-disks distributed by Armenian delegation in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has caused discontent of the Azerbaijani delegation.
02 October 2009 [16:13]
02 October 2009 [15:59]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the loss of live caused by a powerful earthquake which struck the island of Sumatra.
02 October 2009 [15:48]
Azerbaijan has refuted media reports claiming that it voted for deprivation of Russian delegation's vote right in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
02 October 2009 [15:28]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to President of Korea Lee Myung-bak on his country`s National Foundation Day.
02 October 2009 [15:13]
Head of the Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Working Group and Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament Nizami Jafarov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
02 October 2009 [14:56]
Only Iranian population would suffer from new sanctions or unilateral restrictive measures imposed by western countries towards Iran, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group Frederic Tellier said.
02 October 2009 [14:42]
02 October 2009 [14:33]
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has today arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit.
02 October 2009 [13:45]
A meeting of border guards of Iran and Azerbaijan will be held soon.
02 October 2009 [13:21]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France and Yuriy Merzlyakov of Russia arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 2.
02 October 2009 [11:11]
Iran will never give up it obvious rights, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has stressed during his talks with the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Press TV reported.
02 October 2009 [10:32]
Given scale of the military equipment of all other Caspian countries' fleets, Turkmenistan's step to build naval forces "seems the least possible measure", 'Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper' quoted Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov as saying.
02 October 2009 [10:09]
“The process of settlement of the Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group should proceed without preconditions,” OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Robert Bradtke said in an interview with the Armenian Public Television.
02 October 2009 [09:44]
"We welcome the steps of sides which lead to the peaceful resolution of the conflict," French Minister for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche told reporters.
02 October 2009 [09:26]
"Unfortunately, I have to note that there is a different Council of Europe with different standards," Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said debates on the report "The future of the Council of Europe in the light of its 60 years of experience" by the French MP Jean-Claude Mignon held as part of the autumn session of the organization.
02 October 2009 [09:18]
Brighton town of the Great Britain hosted on September 28 a seminar focusing on Conflicts in Sothern Caucasus and Europe`s energy security within annual congress of the British Labor Party, Azerbaijan`s Embassy to Great Britain said.
02 October 2009 [09:03]
02 October 2009 [08:52]
Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Czech Republic Martin Bartak met with Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev in Baku on Oct. 1, the Defense Ministry said.
02 October 2009 [08:41]
The situation in the Caucasus does not meet the interests of the region countries, said Turkish President Abdullah Gul at the opening of the autumn session of the Grand National Assembly (Parliament) of the country, CNN Turk television channel reported.
02 October 2009 [08:33]
Armenia attempted to show the map of so-called “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” in its stand at the JATA International Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
02 October 2009 [08:21]
The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and Constitutional Court of Turkey co-organized Thursday the 4th Conference of Secretaries General of the Eureopan Constitutional Courts on Oct. 1.
Business
02 October 2009 [17:22]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration Administrator Richard Newell spoke with Trend Capital in an exclusive interview.
02 October 2009 [15:34]
02 October 2009 [13:53]
The international arbitrage has rejected the suit worth $740 million against the Azerbaijani government filed by Dutch companies, including Azpetrol İnternational Holdings B.V., Azpetrol Oil Services Group B.V. and Azpetrol Group B.V., as well as Fondel Metal Participations B.V., the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development said on Oct. 1.
02 October 2009 [13:34]
Bread prices should be reduced in Azerbaijan, Agriculture Minister Ismat Abbasov said on Oct. 2.
02 October 2009 [11:57]
PhD candidate at Bordo-based Institute of Political Studies Samuel Lussac spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
02 October 2009 [11:38]
European participants of the Nabucco gas pipeline project hope that Azerbaijan and Iraq will become the first supplier of gas to the pipeline at the end of 2014, Nabucco consortium Director General Reinhard Mitschek said in Vienna on Oct. 1.
02 October 2009 [10:17]
From Jan. 1, 2010, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will export 1.5 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas to Russia per day, said Nazim Samadzade, First Deputy Head of Azerigas Production Unity (PU) of SOCAR.
02 October 2009 [09:12]
02 October 2009 [08:44]
The first meeting of Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental commission will be held in Delhi by the yearend, Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan Debnat Show said at the news conference.
Society
02 October 2009 [17:40]
Azerbaijan will pay compensation to local people in Hajigabul region for the damage caused by mudslides and floods after a heavy rainfall.
02 October 2009 [16:43]
Azerbaijani Press Council will debate granting transport privileges to journalists.
02 October 2009 [14:17]
Azerbaijan State University of Economics hosted the conference “Experience and prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijani and German universities” within the Azerbaijan-German Days of Higher Education.
02 October 2009 [13:04]
Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade will pay a visit to Tajikistan.
02 October 2009 [12:31]
A billionaire Canadian circus tycoon is on his way to the International Space Station, AP reported.
02 October 2009 [12:14]
The U.S. Army says an autopsy shows a soldier from Florida who died while at Fort Jackson in South Carolina passed away from pneumonia caused by the H1N1 flu virus, AP reported.
02 October 2009 [11:43]
The European Human Rights Court has passed two more resolutions on Azerbaijan.
02 October 2009 [11:27]
Unexploded shells were have been found in Hasangaya village of Azerbaijan’s Tartar region.
02 October 2009 [09:55]
02 October 2009 [09:33]
Sabayel district court has held hearing on case of imprisoned bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade.
