News for 29 October 2009

Analytics

29 October 2009 [16:53]

Funny stories about Armenian Foreign Ministry: Dont drive if you cant!

The Armenian Foreign Ministry convened a regular morning meeting.

Politics

29 October 2009 [18:40]

Armenians hostility toward Jews was based on religious dogma and centuries-old rivalry: Human Rights Institute expert

Day.Az interview with senior research fellow at Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Human Rights Institute Moisei Bekker.
29 October 2009 [18:19]

Palestine supports Azerbaijan’s stance on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: foreign minister

Visiting Baku, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said his country supports Azerbaijan`s stance concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
29 October 2009 [17:12]

Palestine to open embassy in Azerbaijan

Palestine will open embassy in Azerbaijan.
29 October 2009 [15:36]

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit region

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit the region in the first week of November, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
29 October 2009 [15:09]

Russia to increase troops in North Caucasus four times

Russia will increase troops in the North Caucasus four times soon.
29 October 2009 [14:23]

Azerbaijani FM meets his Palestinian counterpart

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met today with his Palestinian colleague Riad al-Malki in Baku.
29 October 2009 [12:46]

Armenia employs tactics to gain time: Azerbaijani military expert

Day.Az interview with renowned Azerbaijani military expert Uzeyir Jafarov.
29 October 2009 [11:52]

Sixteen years pass since occupation of Azerbaijan's Zengilan region by Armenia

Sixteen years have passed since the occupation of Azerbaijan's Zengilan region by Armenian armed forces.
29 October 2009 [11:38]

No constructive opposition in Azerbaijan: MP from ruling party

“Azerbaijani opposition will fail to achieve success in the coming municipal elections,” member of the Azerbaijani parliament and member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Political Council Eldar Ibrahimov said.
29 October 2009 [11:13]

Turkey pleased with Azerbaijan's move to hoist back Turkish flag

Turkey is pleased with Azerbaijan's move to hoist back the Turkish flag up to the pole at a war memorial in Baku, Turkish foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported.
29 October 2009 [10:51]

Armenia Armed Forces break ceasefire

29 October 2009 [10:27]

Crisis in Turkish-Azerbaijani relations is theoretically impossible: Turkish foreign ministry

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed its attitude to the return of the Turkish and Azerbaijani flags to the memorial complex in honor of Turkish soldiers in the Martyr’s Lane in Baku.
29 October 2009 [09:45]

EU welcomes progress in Armenia-Turkey reconciliation

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed Armenia-Turkey relations’ normalization on Oct. 28.
29 October 2009 [09:21]

Azerbaijani president receives members of foreign affairs committee of Turkish parliament

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkey`s Grand National Assembly on Oct. 28.

Business

29 October 2009 [16:27]

Average price on one square meters of area in new buildings in Baku released

Participants of the Property Market Public Union has released outcomes of the monitoring into the first housing market in Baku for September 2009.
29 October 2009 [12:23]

Armenia's foreign debt composes almost half of country's GDP

Armenia’s national debt has almost doubled.

Society

29 October 2009 [16:04]

Google launches musis search

Google has launched a music search service for internet users in the United States that will provide information about artists and quick access to licensed music providers.
29 October 2009 [15:25]

Int’l poetic ceremony of Turkic languages to be held in Baku

Baku will host International Poetic Ceremony of Turkic Languages on Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
29 October 2009 [14:54]

Swine flu vaccines to be sent to Azerbaijan not harmful: health official

"Swine flu vaccines to be sent by the World Health Organization to Azerbaijan are completely harmless”, Assistant Director of the Republican Anti-Plague Station Shaig Gurbanov said.
29 October 2009 [13:50]

Four days announced non-working in Azerbaijan

Last four days of November will be non-working in Azerbaijan on the occasion of Gurban Bayrami – Eid al-Adha, spokesman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akif Ali said.
29 October 2009 [13:35]

Day.Az opens official Facebook page

From now on, regular Day.Az readers can become fans of the Day.Az portal on Facebook, world-famous social network.
29 October 2009 [12:34]

Azerbaijani Days of Culture to be held in Iran

Azerbaijani Days of Culture will take place in Iran on May 2010, Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev said.
29 October 2009 [09:57]

Azerbaijani, Armenian media leaders meet in Moscow

Leaders of the Azerbaijani and Armenian media outlets met in Moscow on Oct. 28.