News for 31 May 2010
Voice of Diaspora
31 May 2010 [18:20]
31 May 2010 [11:53]
Azerbaijan's Republic Day was solemnly marked in prestigious Regency club in Los Angeles.
31 May 2010 [09:35]
New York–The 92nd anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of 1918 was celebrated in New York City by the raising of the Azerbaijan national flag on Broadway in lower Manhattan on Friday May 29, 2010.
World news
31 May 2010 [17:53]
Turkey's deputy prime minister said Turkey was withdrawing its ambassador to Israel, canceling three joint military exercises and calling on the U.N. Security Council to meet urgently over Israeli action against Gaza aid ships.
31 May 2010 [17:27]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has strongly condemned Israel's raid on a convoy of six ships carrying civilians and humanitarian aid to Gaza.
31 May 2010 [17:13]
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31 May 2010 [14:45]
Iran has condemned Israel's deadly attack on a flotilla carrying thousands of tons of supplies for Gaza, calling the regime in Tel Aviv a threat to global peace and security.
31 May 2010 [14:30]
31 May 2010 [14:07]
Turkish humanitarian aid organization said Monday that there were about 800 passengers on board the aid ship attacked by Israeli navy.
31 May 2010 [12:55]
On May 30, a group of young activists of the opposition Armenian National Congress tried to stage a protest rally on the Freedom Square in Yerevan.
31 May 2010 [12:45]
31 May 2010 [12:15]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday suspended his Latin American tour and returned to Turkey, the Cihan agency reported.
31 May 2010 [10:25]
Israeli troops attacked international aid ships in a bloody operation although they are in international waters.
31 May 2010 [09:45]
Analytics
31 May 2010 [16:07]
"Create myths about yourself. Gods also started that way."
Weird / Interesting
31 May 2010 [18:35]
A lion in a Russian zoo dragged a four-year-old girl through the bars of its cage and mauled her neck and arm.
31 May 2010 [17:05]
Tourists at the Eiffel Tower witnessed a rollerblader break a world record on Saturday by jumping from the French landmark onto a huge ramp.
31 May 2010 [13:40]
China has started to build a school to teach captive pandas to survive in the wild.
31 May 2010 [10:55]
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 3,300- year-old tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo.
Politics
31 May 2010 [18:28]
By adoption of the EU Resolution on South Caucasus the European Parliament demonstrated its support for the fair cause of Azerbaijan.
31 May 2010 [18:13]
Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan Parliament) held its last meeting of spring session.
31 May 2010 [18:06]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Monday governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan.
31 May 2010 [17:35]
31 May 2010 [16:33]
Azerbaijan-Korea students’ organization BUTA organized a celebrative event to mark Republic Day of Azerbaijan in SONBUGK culture center in Seoul.
31 May 2010 [16:24]
31 May 2010 [15:43]
Azerbaijan's consulate general in Yekaterinburg has organized an official reception marking May 28th – the Republic Day.
31 May 2010 [15:26]
A roundtable on the theme “US energy policy in South Caucasus and Caspian region” will be held at the Center for Strategic Studies under Azerbaijani President on June 2.
31 May 2010 [14:54]
"The Military Doctrine of Azerbaijan describes Armenia as an aggressor. It also describes the situation and security threats in the region caused by this aggression”, member of the Defense and Security Committee of the Azerbaijani Parliament Zahid Oruj said.
31 May 2010 [14:22]
Day.Az interview with Director of the Russia-based Institute of Political Sociology Vyacheslav Smirnov.
31 May 2010 [14:13]
The Azerbaijani Parliament has increased the amount of fine for a number of administrative violations.
31 May 2010 [13:25]
Military-technical cooperation between Azerbaijan and the U.S were discussed in Baku.
31 May 2010 [12:27]
31 May 2010 [12:06]
Azerbaijan's ambassador to Georgia Namig Aliyev has met his countrymen living in this country to get information directly from them about their problems.
31 May 2010 [11:44]
31 May 2010 [11:34]
Azerbaijani Embassy to Lithuania has arranged a celebrative event to mark the Republic Day.
31 May 2010 [11:16]
Azerbaijan's embassy to Korea has organized an official reception to mark May 28th – the Republic Day.
31 May 2010 [11:07]
Slovak MP Frantisek Miklosko who illegally visited occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was surprised to hear the news on including his name into the non-grata list in Azerbaijan.
31 May 2010 [10:15]
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, will discuss a draft country program document for Azerbaijan as the organization`s Executive Body will kick off a four-day annual session in New York on Tuesday.
31 May 2010 [09:56]
Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will kick off a 3-day visit to Azerbaijan on Monday.
31 May 2010 [09:23]
Business
31 May 2010 [16:40]
The launch of Baku-Crete island charter passenger flight slated for first half of June was postponed, the Azerbaijani Association of Tourism said.
31 May 2010 [16:15]
A delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which will include representatives of the Board of Directors will starts its visit to Baku today, said in the statement of EBRD Baku Office.
31 May 2010 [15:14]
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31 May 2010 [09:09]
Managing Director of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) Mahmoud Reza Khavari announced the bank's readiness to open more branches in different cities of Azerbaijan.
Photo Galleries
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Society
31 May 2010 [19:45]
31 May 2010 [17:20]
The number of road accidents increased in Baku compared to last year, Baku State Traffic Police Official Jamshid Hanifayev said.
31 May 2010 [16:55]
31 May 2010 [16:47]
The Cabinet of Ministers has fixed benefits to victims of human trafficking to the amount of 200 manat, the Cabinet of Ministers said.
Sports
31 May 2010 [15:54]
Azerbaijani veteran judo fighters have gained 4 medals at the world championship in Budapest, Hungary.
31 May 2010 [14:38]
31 May 2010 [13:07]
The seventeenth Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnastics championship will be held in Baku June 4-5.
31 May 2010 [10:35]
Vice-president of the European Volleyball Confederation has praised the development of volleyball in Azerbaijan.
Arts & Entertainment
31 May 2010 [12:36]
Talented Azerbaijani pianist Isfar Rzayev Sarabski has given a concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin hall.
31 May 2010 [11:26]
31 May 2010 [10:47]
Exclusive interview with an Azerbaijani surrealist artist Mehriban Efendi.
Exhibitions
31 May 2010 [10:07]
