News for 26 October 2009
Analytics
26 October 2009 [18:37]
Politics
26 October 2009 [18:09]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Turkmen people on national holiday – Independence Day.
26 October 2009 [17:53]
“The end of occupation of Azerbaijani lands will create positive basis for ratification of Turkish-Armenian protocols at the Turkish parliament”, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in his interview with Al Jazeera.
26 October 2009 [16:49]
“Currently, our party is nominating candidates and collecting signatures,” Azerbaijan Liberal Democratic Party Chief Fuad Aliyev said commenting on his party’s preparation for the coming municipal elections.
26 October 2009 [16:16]
The number of the Azerbaijani servicemen serving in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan will be increased, sources in the government told said.
26 October 2009 [15:41]
The delegation led by Murat Mercan, Chairman of Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission, will arrive in Azerbaijan tomorrow, spokesman for Azerbaijani parliament Akif Nasirov said.
26 October 2009 [14:38]
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26 October 2009 [14:02]
The flags removed from the monument to the Turkish military men in Baku will be re-installed in the same location, Azerbaijani Consul General in Instanbul Sayyad Aran said at a news conference in Izmir.
26 October 2009 [13:39]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposes holding direct negotiations with the United States, Reuters reported quoting a senior lawmaker as saying to a newspaper.
26 October 2009 [13:17]
26 October 2009 [12:48]
26 October 2009 [12:32]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on Sunday and expressed grief over the deaths of up to 140 people in Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad, diplomats said, Turkish Weekly reported.
26 October 2009 [12:15]
"The list of candidates for municipal elections was defined at the meeting of political council of our party,” Chairman of the opposition Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party (ADRP) and member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Asim Mollazade said.
26 October 2009 [11:59]
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26 October 2009 [10:46]
PM Erdogan said Turkey does not plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, Worldbulletin reported.
26 October 2009 [10:38]
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said that he will meet in Baku with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
26 October 2009 [10:24]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the OSCE Fuad Ismayilov met with U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke who was on a visit to Vienna to participate in informal discussions on "Mediation of the OSCE."
26 October 2009 [10:17]
Turkey's Ambassador in Washington D.C. Nabi Sensoy on Sunday described a resolution introduced to the U.S. Senate regarding 1915 incidents as "unfortunate".
26 October 2009 [09:53]
The Azerbaijani embassy to Georgia will make presentation of its book "The aggression of Armenia against the Azerbaijani Republic and its legal consequences" in English and Russian at the Hotel Marriott Courtyard on Oct. 26, 2009, press release of the embassy said.
26 October 2009 [09:21]
Business
26 October 2009 [17:38]
Baku Metro management is preparing to build a metro station "Mushfig", "Javadkhan", "Bus Station”, chief of the Baku Metro Tagi Ahmadov said in an interview with state media.
26 October 2009 [14:56]
Society
26 October 2009 [18:22]
A delegation led by Adviser to the President of Iran and head of the Organization for Culture and Islamic Relations Mehdi Mustafi has arrived in Baku at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan.
26 October 2009 [17:22]
26 October 2009 [17:04]
Azerbaijani State Customs Committee continues taking measures to combat smuggling.
26 October 2009 [16:31]
Today.Az presents readers the beauty of modern underground passages in Baku.
26 October 2009 [15:54]
Azerbaijan will launch production of hunting guns in the coming years.
26 October 2009 [15:28]
Iran and Azerbaijan will sign a memorandum on cultural cooperation, Mehdi Mostafavi, Iranian President’s advisor, head of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, told reporters in Baku.
26 October 2009 [15:13]
Azerbaijan’s State Service for Consumer Market Control has held a regular monitoring of food products sold in stores.
26 October 2009 [14:47]
A meteorite-like object crashed into a meadow in northern Latvia, creating a crater 27 feet (9 meters) wide and 9 feet (3 meters) deep, a geologist who visited the site said Monday, AP reported.
26 October 2009 [12:57]
On Oct. 26, the Azerbaijani court issued a sentence on Azerbaijanis who fought together with Taliban against the Azerbaijani peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
26 October 2009 [11:42]
26 October 2009 [11:29]
Recently, Azerbaijan has saw an increase in the number of migrants, particularly in number of Chinese and Indians who trade on the Baku streets.
26 October 2009 [10:55]
A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years, AP reported.
26 October 2009 [10:09]
26 October 2009 [09:47]
Minister of Culture and Education of Iran Mohammed Husseini, who visited XVI International exhibition of the press and news agencies in Tehran on Sunday got acquainted with Azerbaijan's stand.
26 October 2009 [09:34]
