News for 24 December 2009
World news
24 December 2009 [18:55]
24 December 2009 [18:50]
A Turkish court Thursday charged a 25-year-old man for the murder of a local journalist in the northwestern town of Bandırma last week.
24 December 2009 [18:30]
Turkish President Gul released a message to mark the Christian world's Christmas.
24 December 2009 [17:56]
The office of the chief of General Staff has denied allegations that two military officers were plotting against Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç.
24 December 2009 [17:43]
24 December 2009 [17:30]
A man, around 60 years of age, attempted to commit suicide by slitting his neck with a razor in front of the government building in central Yerevan today.
24 December 2009 [17:25]
Turkey's foreign minister and chief negotiator for European Union met in Ankara on Thursday to discuss membership bid.
24 December 2009 [17:15]
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Dervis Eroglu, has arrived in Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday.
24 December 2009 [16:35]
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24 December 2009 [16:15]
The Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgia-Russia border will likely open in March, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said today at a briefing in Tbilisi.
24 December 2009 [15:50]
The National Assembly of Armenia (parliament) will not discuss the protocols on normalization of relations with Turkey unless they are ratified by Turkish parliament, Armenian parliament's Speaker Ovik Abrahamyan said.
24 December 2009 [15:45]
A regional governor said on Thursday that Turkey would open an Armenian church in an eastern city to worship in 2010.
24 December 2009 [15:40]
Trial of the French national, Clotilde Reiss, who is currently on trial on charges of action against Iran's national security, will continue for one more session, her attorney Mohammad Ali Mahdavi Sabet announced.
24 December 2009 [15:20]
24 December 2009 [15:13]
As of December 23, a total of 107 swine flu cases, including two deaths are registered in Armenia, the Assistant to Armenian Health Minister Shushan Hunanyan said.
24 December 2009 [14:51]
A senior Republican senator is urging the Obama administration and European allies to consider rearming Georgia, an action that would inevitably upset Russia.
24 December 2009 [14:17]
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24 December 2009 [13:48]
Tbilisi City Court has chosen a measure of two-month detention for another man participating in explosion of Glory Memorial in Kutaisi - Chief of the mobile station "Georvzrivprom" Elguja Gadabadze.
24 December 2009 [13:43]
A candidate to host the Euro 2016 European soccer event, Turkey introduced its championship logo yesterday at a meeting attended by State Minister for Sports Faruk Nafiz Özak and Turkish Soccer Federation (TFF) Chairman Mahmut Özgener.
24 December 2009 [13:10]
Armenia is dissatisfied with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's stance on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
24 December 2009 [12:59]
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Israel has been upset by the growing cooperation between Iran and Egypt.
24 December 2009 [12:25]
24 December 2009 [12:20]
Iran's president says the Copenhagen climate change summit proved to the international community that world powers are not prepared to make any changes to save the planet.
24 December 2009 [12:20]
24 December 2009 [12:04]
A recent thaw in Turkish-Syrian relations is not a sign of a policy shift but simply normalization, the visiting Turkish prime minister said Wednesday in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
24 December 2009 [12:02]
Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Wednesday that Iran will unveil a new generation of the “national satellite” called Tolou (dawn) in early February.
24 December 2009 [11:41]
Turkey and Syria issued a joint declaration on Wednesday after a meeting of a High Level Cooperation Council between the two countries.
24 December 2009 [11:33]
Armenia-China foreign ministries’ political consultations were held in the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
24 December 2009 [10:48]
The Turkish Health Ministry decided this week to stop releasing the number of deaths due to swine flu, a decision some experts criticized, saying it could erode transparency and confidence.
24 December 2009 [10:32]
Armenia is facing increased pressures in Karabakh peace process, Armenian National Congress representative Levon Zurabyan said.
Analytics
24 December 2009 [15:09]
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Politics
24 December 2009 [17:35]
The New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) has organized today a conference entitled "Transition period ended: glance into the future."
24 December 2009 [17:20]
The municipal election in Azerbaijan was organized very well, said members of the observation mission of the CoE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at a press conference.
24 December 2009 [17:05]
24 December 2009 [17:00]
Day.Az interview with Konstantin Truevtsev, Russian political expert, doctor of philosophy, associate professor at the Department of Applied Political Science of State University - Higher School of Economics.
24 December 2009 [15:35]
Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuriy Merzlyakov hopes to leave his position next year.
24 December 2009 [15:25]
24 December 2009 [14:40]
APA's interview with visiting Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Ambassador Pinhas Avivi.
24 December 2009 [14:33]
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24 December 2009 [13:35]
24 December 2009 [12:38]
"The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry will verify accuracy of the Armenian media reports," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
24 December 2009 [11:50]
On Dec.23, the Armenian Armed Forces fired at Azerbaijani troops from areas in the Fuzuli region at 16.25-16.35, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
24 December 2009 [11:26]
24 December 2009 [11:12]
Day.Az interview with member of Azerbaijan Milli Majlis (parliament) Jamil Hasanli.
24 December 2009 [10:55]
24 December 2009 [10:22]
Head of OSCE Office in Baku Ali Bilge Cankorel visited Elections Information Center of the Central Election Commission.
24 December 2009 [09:47]
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev was born on December 24, 1961, in Baku.
Business
24 December 2009 [18:13]
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24 December 2009 [16:00]
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) bought 30 gas stations in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Boris Klimchuk said today at a press conference in Baku.
24 December 2009 [13:40]
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Photo Galleries
24 December 2009 [12:46]
The biggest portal of professional photos LIFE.com presents the best photos of the year 2009.
Society
24 December 2009 [18:45]
All-Republican Decorative Art Festival was opened at the Museum Center of Baku on Dec. 24.
24 December 2009 [16:45]
24 December 2009 [16:20]
24 December 2009 [15:55]
Some 30 more religious communities have been presented re-registration certificates in Azerbaijan.
24 December 2009 [15:00]
An article titled “Merci, Baku” has been published in the 12-23 December issue of the “Nasha Gazeta Montreal”, bimonthly Canadian Russian community newspaper.
24 December 2009 [10:17]
Resident of Borsunlu village of Terter struck mine.
24 December 2009 [10:08]
On Dec. 23, Baku Nobel Heritage Fund hosted the presentation of a book entitled "Nobel Prize-winning women" by Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva.
24 December 2009 [09:53]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev decreed on rise of social allowances for birth of child to strengthen social security of the families with many children.
Sports
24 December 2009 [19:00]
Day.Az has awarded the best sportsmen of the decade based on the readers' survey on its Web site.
24 December 2009 [18:00]
24 December 2009 [16:05]
Arts & Entertainment
24 December 2009 [18:35]
24 December 2009 [18:20]
Lily Allen has been spotted wearing an engagement ring.
24 December 2009 [18:07]
Josh Duhamel is excited about Christmas because he gets to enjoy quality time with wife Fergie.
24 December 2009 [15:30]
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z - who married in April 2008 - are to take on both of their respective surnames in order to keep the Sweet Dreams singer's parental line from dying out.
24 December 2009 [14:00]
Does a new court filing hint at some of the friction that caused Courtney Love to lose legal custody of daughter Frances Bean Cobain?
24 December 2009 [13:25]
Teresa Heinz, wife of the U.S. Sen. John Kerry, revealed Wednesday she has been treated for breast cancer and urged women to get regular mammograms that she says could save their lives.
24 December 2009 [11:36]
24 December 2009 [10:25]
One of Hollywood's most enduring relationships has ended – Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have broken up after more than two decades together.
24 December 2009 [10:04]
