News for 26 September 2009
Politics
26 September 2009 [12:54]
The first vice speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament urges Turkish journalists to respect Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
26 September 2009 [12:37]
The U.S. administration believes status-quo unacceptable in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
26 September 2009 [11:59]
26 September 2009 [11:29]
The victims of 20th January tragedy played a great role in recognition of Azerbaijan as an independent state, Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin told reporters in Baku on Sept. 26 after visiting the Martyrs Lane.
26 September 2009 [11:13]
Muammar Gaddafi's personal translator broke down towards the end of the Libyan leader's meandering 94-minute UN speech and had to be rescued by a UN Arabic speaker, Times Online reported.
26 September 2009 [10:55]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan held a meeting in New York with Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Robert Bradtke of the United States, as well as with Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
26 September 2009 [10:25]
26 September 2009 [10:11]
There is no politically quick solutions in Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said in New York who on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly met with Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan Elmar Mammadyarov, Grigol Vashadze and Rashid Maradov.
26 September 2009 [09:41]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe, Reuters reported.
26 September 2009 [09:24]
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged European nations in a new audio tape aired on Friday to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
26 September 2009 [09:18]
U.S. President Barack Obama said at a bilateral meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he was aware of "critical importance" of resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Anadolu news agency reported.
26 September 2009 [08:57]
The Azerbaijani people should be confident that Turkey will not take any steps harming Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mehmet Ali Sahin told reporters in Baku.
26 September 2009 [08:42]
A meeting of the Caspian littoral states' border service chiefs will be held in Baku by late 2009, Head of the State Border Service Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev told reporters.
26 September 2009 [08:39]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict stands out as a major threat to international and regional peace and security, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said speaking on Friday at the UN General Assembly.
26 September 2009 [08:35]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inaugurated a new building for the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan (Parliament) on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [08:30]
Exercises held on the Caspian Sea testify to high skills, military and psychological readiness of Azerbaijan State Border Service (SBS), said presidential adviser on military affairs Vahid Aliyev.
Business
26 September 2009 [12:27]
The Azerbaijani Central Bank (CB) has completed the first phase of the project on improvement of risk management, Director of the CE department on supervision over the activities of credit organizations Rashad Orujov said.
Society
26 September 2009 [12:12]
26 September 2009 [11:47]
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry is holding a board meeting.
26 September 2009 [11:42]
A presentation ceremony of medallions dedicated to national leader Heydar Aliyev took place at the International Mugham Center on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [11:38]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a community work day on shore of the Caspian Sea as part of the Caspian Week.
26 September 2009 [10:39]
Ertugrul Osman - the would-be sultan known in Turkey as the "last Ottoman" - has died in Istanbul at the age of 97, BBC reported.
26 September 2009 [09:56]
26 September 2009 [09:05]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva visited a newly-reconstructed Azerbaijan State Museum of Arts named after Rustam Mustafayev on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [08:51]
Work is underway to establish Inspectorate General of Armed Forces under Azerbaijani President, Azerbaijani President’s aide for military affairs Lieutenant-General Vahid Aliyev said.
