News for 20 October 2009
Voice of Diaspora
20 October 2009 [10:09]
On Oct. 17, representatives of the Azerbaijani and Turkish diasporas in California under the auspices of the initiative Pax Turcica held a fund-raising event in support of a candidate for city council of Los Angeles Christine Essel.
Politics
20 October 2009 [17:44]
Azerbaijani parliamentarians are planned to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.
20 October 2009 [17:31]
“There is no 17-millimeter progress in 17-year activity of the OSCE Minsk Group."
20 October 2009 [16:50]
Mayor of Turkish city of Bursa Shahabeddin Garprut has commented on a ban on Azerbaijani flag in the Turkey-Armenia football match held in Bursa on Oct. 14, the Turkish embassy said.
20 October 2009 [16:34]
20 October 2009 [16:05]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina S. Kaidanow will pay the first visit to Azerbaijan on Oct.22 -23, the U.S. embassy in Baku said.
20 October 2009 [15:57]
Day.Az interview with Armenian political expert and Director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.
20 October 2009 [15:43]
Azerbaijan is interested in holding a meeting of the foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries on resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
20 October 2009 [15:36]
The leadership of the Azerbaijani parliament states that the country is not staging a campaign against Turkey.
20 October 2009 [15:27]
Azerbaijani and Russian interior ministries began joint security measures against international terrorism and transnational crime.
20 October 2009 [14:47]
"We will protect Azerbaijan's interests as Turkey's," Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyib Erdigan said at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the CNN Turk reported.
20 October 2009 [14:35]
Leader of Turkey's National Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahcheli says the Turkey-Armenia protocols have disappointed Azerbaijan, CNN Turk reported.
20 October 2009 [14:04]
Azerbaijani parliamentarians will meet with Armenian parliamentarians in Moscow on October 22, member of the Azerbaijani delegation, deputy chairman of the parliament’s committee for legal policy and statehood Rovshan Rzayev said.
20 October 2009 [13:49]
Azerbaijan's Milli Mejlis (parliament) has began its autumn session.
20 October 2009 [13:32]
20 October 2009 [13:16]
Russian Interior Ministry delegation has arrived in Azerbaijan.
20 October 2009 [12:56]
As many as 3,545 candidates have been registered for municipal elections in Azerbaijan.
20 October 2009 [12:29]
The United States supports a proposal of the United Nations nuclear watchdog for Iran to process low-enriched uranium (LEU) in Russia and France, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said.
20 October 2009 [12:17]
The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said at a news conference that the country's parliament will have the last say on ratification of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, CNN Turk reported.
20 October 2009 [11:42]
The Azerbaijani ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) disagrees with the FIFA decision banning to bring the Azerbaijani flags to the recent Turkey-Armenia football match.
20 October 2009 [11:33]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Switzerland on Oct. 18.
20 October 2009 [11:16]
Day.Az interview with Russian political scientist, head of the Political Forecasting Center for the Study of Post-Soviets Alexander Karavayev.
20 October 2009 [10:57]
The leader of Azerbaijan's opposition party says it important to meet with representatives of political parties in Turkey in connection with the signing of Turkey-Armenia protocols.
20 October 2009 [10:46]
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Gapanli village in Azerbaijan's Terter region on Oct. 22.
20 October 2009 [10:22]
20 October 2009 [09:48]
Talks between Iran and world powers on a deal to allay concerns about Tehran's nuclear drive started well on Monday, the U.N. atomic agency chief said, despite Iran's reported refusal to negotiate with France, Reuters reported.
20 October 2009 [09:28]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared on television on Oct. 19 and thereby denied the rumors of his death which were previously spread by some media outlets.
20 October 2009 [08:36]
20 October 2009 [08:21]
On Oct. 19, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the act of terror committed in Iran.
Business
20 October 2009 [17:16]
Over the nine months of 2009, Armenia's GDP declined 18.3 per cent to $2 trillion AMD, Armenian National Statistical Service said.
20 October 2009 [16:15]
Azerbaijan and Russia are the leaders in trade and economic relations in the South Caucasus, Head of the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President Elkhan Nuriyev said.
20 October 2009 [11:55]
Overhaul of 500 kV electricity transmission line between Azerbaijan and Georgia will complete in 2010-2011, head of Azerenergy Etibar Pirverdiyev said on Oct. 20.
20 October 2009 [10:34]
Oil rose to a one-year high above $80 a barrel in New York as the dollar slipped to a 14-month low against the euro, increasing commodities’ appeal as an alternative investment, Bloomberg reported.
20 October 2009 [09:14]
Talks between the European Union and Russia are on track to conclude a new partnership and cooperation agreement to replace the one that expired last year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday, AP reported.
20 October 2009 [08:58]
Italy, Russia and Turkey signed an agreement Monday for the construction of a pipeline that will carry crude oil from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean port of Ceyahn, the Italian oil company Eni said in a statement, AP reported.
Society
20 October 2009 [16:22]
Iran has invalidated diplomas of its citizens, graduating from the Armenian and Ukrainian medical universities.
20 October 2009 [14:52]
The Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with Religious Associations dismissed reports about closure of the Turkish mosque in Baku.
20 October 2009 [14:24]
A launcher warhead was found near secondary school in Terter region of Azerbaijan.
20 October 2009 [13:05]
Azerbaijani and Turkish military men will attend joint exercises.
20 October 2009 [12:41]
Turkey’s Great Union Party (BBP) is planning to decorate the city of Sivas with Azerbaijani flags.
20 October 2009 [11:25]
“The Azerbaijanis living in Georgia's border regions are often kidnapped by Armenian frontier guards and criminal groups,” director of the Caucasian Strategic Studies Center, expert Mamuka Areshidze told reporters.
20 October 2009 [09:54]
Azerbaijani embassy in Germany and EuroKaukAsia society held a scientific conference “Germans in the multiethnic life of the Caucasus” on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of Germans’ resettlement inAzerbaijan.
20 October 2009 [09:39]
On Oct. 22, the Book Club will organize a presentation of first six books from the series of world library published by the presidential order.
