News for 28 December 2009
Voice of Diaspora
28 December 2009 [12:54]
World news
28 December 2009 [18:17]
The Minister of Refugees and Resettlement Koba Subeliani has summed up the work of his ministry in 2009 at the briefing today.
28 December 2009 [18:04]
Bursaspor, will sign a contract with Argentine player Leandro Andres Iglesias.
28 December 2009 [17:47]
The search is being conducted at Tactical Mobilization Group of the Special Forces Command in Ankara.
28 December 2009 [17:35]
A senior Iranian commander has condemned sporadic anti-government protests in the Iranian capital of Tehran as "disgraceful" and "reproachable."
28 December 2009 [17:27]
28 December 2009 [17:09]
28 December 2009 [16:51]
28 December 2009 [16:16]
Russia’s ban on import of Georgian products has “exhausted” itself and it “makes no sense,” President Saakashvili said while visiting a tangerine farmer in Adjara Autonomous Republic on Dec. 28.
28 December 2009 [15:55]
28 December 2009 [15:32]
28 December 2009 [15:14]
Five people died on the holy day of Ashura, the Iranian Ilna news agency reported.
28 December 2009 [14:30]
The U.S.-based NBC apologized for showing the eastern part of Turkey as “Kurdistan” in its report.
28 December 2009 [13:45]
28 December 2009 [13:25]
28 December 2009 [12:15]
28 December 2009 [12:07]
Police arrested 12 people in anti-terrorism operations in the Turkish Van city, CNN Turk reported.
28 December 2009 [11:35]
Iran's Supreme National Security Council has announced that eight people have been killed in anti-government protests.
28 December 2009 [11:08]
28 December 2009 [11:00]
A reformist website said a nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi was killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Tehran on Sunday.
28 December 2009 [10:46]
Turkish intellectuals have launched an online petition protesting the imprisonment of an Armenian who was arrested after he gave a newspaper interview in 2008.
28 December 2009 [10:33]
The Iranian capital on Sunday witnessed sporadic anti-government protests on the anniversary of the Shia Muslim Ashura religious event, with security forces clashing with protesters.
28 December 2009 [10:15]
28 December 2009 [09:55]
28 December 2009 [09:35]
Second raid on army office under way, Turkey's PM defends plot probe
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned against creating tension between the state bodies.
Politics
28 December 2009 [18:45]
An interview with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
28 December 2009 [18:34]
Day.Az interview with member of Azerbaijani parliament Gudrat Hasanguliyev.
28 December 2009 [17:58]
The last sitting of Azerbaijani parliament’s fall session will be held tomorrow.
28 December 2009 [16:44]
28 December 2009 [16:33]
Day.Az interview with Director of Conflict Studies Department at the Azerbaijan-based Institute of Peace and Democracy Arif Yunusov.
28 December 2009 [15:46]
28 December 2009 [15:26]
28 December 2009 [14:16]
Azerbaijan’s Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov received Georgian Interior Minister Ivane Merabishvili, Interior Ministry’s press office said.
28 December 2009 [13:06]
Day.Az interview with senior consultant at Ukraine-based National Institute for International Security Studies Elena Kotelyanets.
28 December 2009 [12:32]
Azerbaijani observers say the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan were transparent and democratic.
28 December 2009 [12:25]
Exclusive interview with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Balázs.
28 December 2009 [11:56]
Interview with Cuba's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Marcelo Caballero Torres on the eve of Liberation Day and the anniversary of the victory of the revolution - January 1.
28 December 2009 [10:27]
28 December 2009 [10:18]
A special show of "Formula of Power," dedicated to outcome of the outgoing 2009 was aired by Russian TV channel RTR on Dec. 26.
28 December 2009 [10:00]
On Dec. 24, the Turkish Samanyolu TV channel displayed a movie "Zirveye Dogru" ("Towards Top") dedicated to the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
28 December 2009 [09:44]
Business
28 December 2009 [14:10]
The Azerbaijani Transport Ministry has put two large bridges into operation in the Azerbaijani North-West regions.
Photo Galleries
28 December 2009 [11:21]
We offer readers to enjoy New Year's atmosphere in Baku.
Society
28 December 2009 [18:57]
Republic Perinatal Center was opened in Baku on December 28.
28 December 2009 [18:26]
A mass burial site that appeared as a result of genocide committed by Armenians in Guba region of Azerbaijan faces with a landslide threat.
28 December 2009 [17:18]
Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 was be held in Azerbaijan, but European Broadcasting Council postponed it until 2010 because of a small number of participants.
28 December 2009 [16:07]
Azerbaijani Culture Days are planned to be held in London on Feb. 1-8, 2010, Secretary of the Azerbaijan Artists Union, Honorary Artist Anvar Garayev said.
28 December 2009 [15:08]
Azerbaijani soldier demobilized from army because of a disease has died.
28 December 2009 [13:17]
A concert on the occasion of World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day organized by Azerbaijani Embassy to Belarus took place in Belarus State Philharmonic.
28 December 2009 [10:57]
A secondary French school will be opened in Azerbaijan upon initiative of French embassy in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
Sports
28 December 2009 [16:25]
TNS Gallup Media has released a rating of sport programs in Russia over the outgoing year.
28 December 2009 [14:41]
“60,000-seat stadium will be built in Boyukshor settlement, Baku,” Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov said at the press conference.
28 December 2009 [13:58]
Azerbaijan’s Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov spoke about country’s sports achievements in 2009.
28 December 2009 [13:34]
28 December 2009 [11:42]
Azerbaijani grand master Eltaj Safarli will celebrate the New Year in Reggio Emilia (Italy), where a major international tournament started on Dec. 28.
Arts & Entertainment
28 December 2009 [14:53]
Ivana Trump was reportedly escorted off a New York-bound airplane on Sunday after police say she became angry with some children on the flight.
28 December 2009 [14:04]
28 December 2009 [12:42]
28 December 2009 [10:20]
"Precious" has been named the best film of 2009.
