News for 05 October 2009
Politics
05 October 2009 [17:57]
On Oct. 5, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by the US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
05 October 2009 [17:45]
05 October 2009 [17:39]
The Azerbaijani Parliamentary Legislation and Legal Policy Committee recommended considering the amendments and additions to the law on "Prosecutor's Office."
05 October 2009 [17:23]
05 October 2009 [17:11]
Chief of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Public Relations Department Elnur Aslanov spoke with Trend News in an interview.
05 October 2009 [16:49]
“The campaign for municipal elections will be launched in near future,” Central Election Commission Spokesperson Azer Sariyev said.
05 October 2009 [15:44]
In all countries, which President Serzh Sargsyan tripped as part of his Pan-Armenian tour to persuade the diaspora to support the Armenian-Turkish protocols, he was greeted by mass protests.
05 October 2009 [15:27]
05 October 2009 [14:24]
Doctor of historical sciences, professor, chief of the scientific department of the Russian Volga-Vyatka Academy of State Service Andrei Makarichev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
05 October 2009 [12:35]
Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev and Pakistani Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Tariq Majid discussed prospects of Azerbaijani-Pakistani military and political cooperation in Baku on Oct. 5.
05 October 2009 [11:51]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Switzerland Elchin Amirbayov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
05 October 2009 [11:16]
The Irvine mayor’s office organized a festival to promote cultures of peoples living in the United States on Oct. 3.
05 October 2009 [10:53]
Azerbaijan's Consul General in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov and member of the consulate staff Elman Abdullayev have ended a working visit to Utah.
05 October 2009 [10:09]
Irish voters have strongly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty - 16 months after their first vote rejecting it plunged EU reforms into deadlock, BBC reported.
05 October 2009 [09:57]
Chairman of the Pakistani Army Joint Staff Committee General Tariq Majeed arrived in Azerbaijan on Sunday evening.
05 October 2009 [09:43]
The U.S. is considering jointly using two Russian radars as part of its missile defense system, US Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow said in an interview with a Russian news agency.
05 October 2009 [09:27]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Teheran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency had left no ambiguity over Teheran's nuclear activities, AP reported.
05 October 2009 [09:05]
The 9th Summit of Heads of Turkic-speaking states started in Nakhichivan (Azerbaijan) on Oct. 3.
05 October 2009 [08:47]
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency arrived in Iran on Saturday for talks on a timetable for inspectors to visit a newly disclosed unfinished nuclear enrichment plant, state radio reported.
05 October 2009 [08:38]
Prime Minister and Istanbul deputy Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been re-elected as chairman of his ruling Justice & Development (AK) Party on Saturday, Turkish World Bulletin news agency reported.
05 October 2009 [08:21]
The talks in Yerevan were constructive, believe the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, arriving in Baku on Oct. 4.
Business
05 October 2009 [14:51]
Turkey backs Qatar's participation in the Nabucco pipeline project, Zawya reported with the reference to Murat Yalcintas, the chairman of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.
05 October 2009 [14:39]
The volume of investments in Azerbaijan’s economy under the PSA (Production Shearing Agreement) signed with foreign oil and gas companies are estimated at $60 billion, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) President Rovnag Abdullayev said in an interview with Region+ magazine.
05 October 2009 [13:44]
Last week (Sept. 28-Oct. 2), the average world price of 13 major varieties of oil has kept the corridor $64.6-$67.8 per barrel.
05 October 2009 [12:17]
Israel’s largest defense electronic company Elbit Systems has opened its office in Azerbaijan.
05 October 2009 [11:46]
Azerbaijan can supply around 7 billion cubic meters of natural gas to be transported through Nabucco, "when and if the pipeline becomes operational", Assistant Vice President of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) Vitaliy Baylarbayov said at the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Bucharest.
05 October 2009 [11:31]
Russia still remains one of the major trade partners of Azerbaijan, and exports to Azerbaijan occupies a leading position with a percentage of 17.5 percent, said the trade representative of Russia in Azerbaijan Yuri Shedrin at the meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia Chamber of Business Cooperation on Oct 2.
05 October 2009 [10:49]
Azerbaijan and the U.S will discuss regional energy issues in Baku.
05 October 2009 [10:33]
Society
05 October 2009 [16:30]
The German specialists hold workshops for the Azerbaijani football referees.
05 October 2009 [16:12]
Some 2, 710, 014 sq. m. of area was cleared from mines and unexploded ammunition in September, 2009.
05 October 2009 [15:58]
The Azerbaijani Serious Crimes Court has passed a sentence on persons charged with an attempt to blast Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan and Gabala Radar Station.
05 October 2009 [15:15]
U.S. scientists Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Grader and Jack Szostak became laureates in medicine for research of telomerization - enzyme that can be a key for everlasting youth, Vesti reported.
05 October 2009 [14:14]
“We know that tuition fees have been increased in some private higher schools this year and unfortunately we cannot influence the size of tuition fees of private higher schools,” Education Minister Misir Mardanov told reporters.
05 October 2009 [13:58]
Number of AIDS patients increased in southern Lankaran, Astara, Masalli, Yardimli, Lerik, Jalilabad and Bilasuvar regions of Azerbaijan.
05 October 2009 [13:38]
Azerbaijani secondary and higher schools hold preparations for winter season, said Education Minister Misir Mardanov told reporters.
05 October 2009 [13:21]
October 5 is a World Day of Teachers.
05 October 2009 [12:49]
Chairman of the Social Policy Committee of the Azerbaijani parliament Musa Guliyev has arrived in Kyrgyzstan to take part in the 4th conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Working Group of the Central Asian Azerbaijan for Combating AIDS.
05 October 2009 [10:28]
Two Azerbaijanis were shot on head in Moscow, APA quotes gazeta.ru as reporting.
05 October 2009 [09:36]
