News for 08 October 2009
Politics
08 October 2009 [17:52]
Russia and the United States may carry out a joint analysis into missile challenges making use of radar stations in Gabala and Armavir, Russian Foreign Ministry senior official Andrey Nesterenko said.
08 October 2009 [17:11]
08 October 2009 [16:57]
The next Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Oct. 8.
08 October 2009 [16:12]
Jason Katz, principal of the U.S.-based Tool Shed Group, a consultancy that advises foreign governments, corporations and executives, spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
08 October 2009 [15:42]
“Statements by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan causes surprise and incomprehension,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting a statement Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan made a the 35th UNESCO general conference.
08 October 2009 [14:57]
“Turkey recognized Armenia’s independence before the collapse of the USSR."
08 October 2009 [14:43]
08 October 2009 [14:32]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said at a news conference in Ankara that they expect much from the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents' Chisinau meeting, CNN Turk reported.
08 October 2009 [10:44]
Azerbaijan has given a start to municipal elections scheduled for Dec. 23.
08 October 2009 [10:33]
Opposition parties in Armenia have hinted at the possibility of proposing amendments to the text of the protocols, which can lead to postponement of signing the protocols, European Expert on Caucasus Licinia Simao believes.
08 October 2009 [10:22]
The editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper in Azerbaijan says next crisis has arisen within the opposition.
08 October 2009 [10:08]
Armenian A1+ television channel has an advertisement of Türk Hava Yolları (Turkish Airlines), large Turkish airway company, posted on its Web site.
08 October 2009 [09:47]
“Armenia's military budget could never be compared with ours, especially in recent years, when Azerbaijan’s economy began to develop at a greater pace,” Member of the Security and Defense Committee of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Zahid Oruj said commenting on media reports claiming Armenia will reduce its military budget by 30 percent.
08 October 2009 [09:24]
At a news conference in Netherlands on Oct. 7, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey will not be involved in any project that would harm rights of Azerbaijan, Anadolu Agency reported.
08 October 2009 [09:17]
The GUAM Working Group on combating terrorism has coordinated proposals to implement a new project of the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program "Combating terrorism: regional cooperation and security" for 2009-2010, the GUAM Secretariat said.
08 October 2009 [09:06]
“Election commissions are not formed based on authorities or opposition."
08 October 2009 [08:58]
08 October 2009 [08:43]
The Embassy of Germany in Azerbaijan has organized today an official reception to mark the Day of German Unity.
08 October 2009 [08:36]
08 October 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani minister of foreign affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with the newly appointed Italian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mario Baldi to accept a copy of his credentials on Oct. 8.
Business
08 October 2009 [17:38]
Iran can not be considered as a possible supplier of gas for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman said in Astana.
08 October 2009 [15:37]
According to the forecasts of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Azerbaijan will transport about 5 million tons of Kazakh oil in 2009, KazTAG reported quoting Adviser to the President of SOCAR Murad Heydarov as saying on Oct.8.
08 October 2009 [15:22]
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture Ismet Abasov has met with a delegation led to Baku by Kim Jong Jin, Director General of South Korea’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
08 October 2009 [14:18]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has held 53 employment fairs nationwide including Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Jan.-Aug., the ministry said on Oct. 8.
08 October 2009 [13:34]
Head of the Azerbaijani mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Koba Gvenetadze terminates his activity in Azerbaijan on Oct. 9.
08 October 2009 [12:38]
Georgia’s new economy minister Zurab Pololikashvili will make a business trip to Baku on Oct. 8.
08 October 2009 [11:54]
In mid-November 2009, Baku will host a seminar on "Marine highways of the Sea (MoS) of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea" as part of the TRACECA transport corridor, said Akif Mustafayev, TRACECA National coordinator from Azerbaijan.
08 October 2009 [10:55]
Azerbaijan will increase its gas output to 40-45 billion cubic meters per year in the next ten years, KazTAG reported quoting Adviser to State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) President Murad Heydarov as saying.
Society
08 October 2009 [17:25]
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will visit Azerbaijan on Nov.6-7 to attend the 60th anniversary of the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, which will be celebrated in Baku soon.
08 October 2009 [16:41]
Bursa-based Turkish non-governmental organizations are going to distribute as many as 15,000 Azerbaijani flags before the football match between Turkish and Armenian national teams on Oct. 14 in sign of support to Azerbaijan.
08 October 2009 [16:24]
Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, honored for work that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed," the Swedish Academy said, AP reported.
08 October 2009 [15:59]
The competition for the best scientific-research work in Arabic philology has completed.
08 October 2009 [15:15]
Senior official of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Problems of Family, Women and Children Aynur Karimova spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
08 October 2009 [14:06]
Azerbaijan's national football squad is in Switzerland to prepare for the upcoming Oct. 10 match against Liechtenstein in the qualifying round at the World Championship 2010.
08 October 2009 [13:49]
It is difficult to ban smoking in public places, chairman of the committee social policy of the Azerbaijani parliament said.
08 October 2009 [13:19]
Heavy rains that began last night caused great damage in Oguz region of Azerbaijan.
08 October 2009 [12:51]
More than 1.5 million people watched gigantic puppets parade in the German capital at the weekend as part of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, AFP reported.
08 October 2009 [12:17]
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan has issued a statement on flood disaster in Hajigabul region, public relations department of the ministry said.
08 October 2009 [11:39]
Ukrainian authorities will restore monument to Azerbaijanis desecrated by vandals in Crimea, Ukrainian embassy in Azerbaijan said.
08 October 2009 [11:23]
Heavy rains in the Azerbaijani Hajigabul region (110 km outside Baku) have flooded nearly 800 homes.
08 October 2009 [11:08]
The Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister considers it necessary to increase soccer schools to develop football in the country.
08 October 2009 [09:55]
08 October 2009 [09:32]
08 October 2009 [08:48]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inspected complete overhaul in capital`s garden near the State Philharmonic Hall on Oct. 7.
