News for 02 June 2010
Announcements
02 June 2010 [18:10]
Voice of Diaspora
02 June 2010 [16:55]
Interview with Azerbaijan's ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev.
02 June 2010 [15:45]
The Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia's Arkhangelsk Province, Ustyansk Region, have set up primary party organization of the “Yedinaya Rossiya” Party, the Azerbaijan State Committee on Diaspora said.
World news
02 June 2010 [13:43]
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili addressed the participants of Caspian Oil And Gas 17th International Exhibition And Conference.
02 June 2010 [13:35]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama late on Tuesday regarding the developments concerning the recent Israeli attack on ships carrying humanitarian relief to Gaza.
02 June 2010 [11:23]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and offered his condolences after some human rights activists were killed in a raid by Israeli forces on a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Weird / Interesting
02 June 2010 [16:45]
A Serbian artist who has spent 700 hours staring at members of the public on Monday brought to an end the longest piece of performance art ever undertaken.
02 June 2010 [15:53]
Philippe Croizon, who lost his limbs in a freak accident, hopes to complete the 22 mile crossing in 24 hours.
02 June 2010 [14:56]
Over 150 of the web's most inadvertently amusing URLs, or 'slurls', such as therapy directory www.therapistfinder.com, have been listed in a hilarious new book.
02 June 2010 [14:35]
A former Army first-aider saved his dog’s life with mouth-to-nose resuscitation.
Politics
02 June 2010 [18:16]
02 June 2010 [17:44]
02 June 2010 [17:25]
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to hold preparations for the parliamentary elections together with the Venice Commission in June, CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov said.
02 June 2010 [17:17]
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02 June 2010 [16:17]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay official visit to Baku June 2 and hold the first meeting June 3, the presidential press-service told Trend.
02 June 2010 [16:10]
02 June 2010 [15:35]
Day.Az interview Vice President of Russia-based Political Technologies Center, Russian political expert Sergey Mikheyev.
02 June 2010 [15:27]
Chief of the State Migration Service Arzu Rahimov met delegation led by the UNHCR regional representative Guillermo Bettocchi.
02 June 2010 [14:45]
02 June 2010 [14:24]
02 June 2010 [14:16]
02 June 2010 [10:47]
02 June 2010 [10:40]
Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov will pay an official visit to Russia.
02 June 2010 [09:43]
Azerbaijan's capital has hosted a 5th interparliamentary conference aimed at exploring priorities of regional cooperation in improving HIV/AIDS legislation.
02 June 2010 [09:35]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano on his country`s national holiday - Anniversary of the Republic.
02 June 2010 [09:27]
02 June 2010 [09:13]
The armed attack on humanitarian convoy should be investigated and the incident should find its fair estimate, Novruz Mammadov, head of foreign relations department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, said on June 1.
02 June 2010 [08:48]
A book marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of diplomacy in Azerbaijan has been launched in Pakistan.
02 June 2010 [08:40]
Azeri MPs Asaf Hajiyev, Mubariz Gurbanly and Jala Aliyeva have left for Belgrade to attend the 35th Plenary Session of PABSEC General Assembly.
Business
02 June 2010 [14:07]
Azerbaijan's gas export to different directions will reach 7.8 billion cubic meters in 2010, Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said.
02 June 2010 [12:38]
02 June 2010 [11:40]
British Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a letter to welcome participants of 17th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference here.
02 June 2010 [10:55]
We are confident that the Southern Corridor and Nabucco projects will be implemented, the U.S. State Department Special Envoy on Energy Issues in Eurasia, Richard Morningstar told journalists June 1.
02 June 2010 [10:25]
02 June 2010 [10:03]
02 June 2010 [09:20]
An official reception has been co-organized by the embassies of the United Kongdom and United States in Baku on the 17th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference Incorporating Refining and Petrochemicals on June 1.
02 June 2010 [08:55]
Belarus' ambassador in Baku has praised his country's trade with Azerbaijan, saying it is increasingly growing.
Daily Laugh
02 June 2010 [13:15]
Society
02 June 2010 [18:08]
02 June 2010 [17:56]
Today Salyan region executive power representative Alipasha Abdullayev was stabbed in his office at 03:00, the prosecutor of Salyan region Elkhan Panahov said.
02 June 2010 [17:35]
02 June 2010 [17:08]
02 June 2010 [15:07]
Constantinos Mathioudakis, Secretary General of the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change, will arrive in Azerbaijan this evening.
02 June 2010 [13:52]
02 June 2010 [13:26]
The Karabakh Freedom Organization has held a picket outside the Israeli embassy in Baku.
02 June 2010 [12:48]
02 June 2010 [12:00]
A teacher has committed a suicide in Azerbaijan’s Balakan region, the region’s Prosecutor’s Office said.
02 June 2010 [11:48]
The U.S educational fair will be held at the Azerbaijan University of Languages.
02 June 2010 [11:04]
There was a stable level of water in rivers on the territory of Azerbaijan June 1, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources said.
02 June 2010 [10:33]
The first Turkish-Azerbaijani conference of oncologists has today been launched in Baku.
02 June 2010 [10:10]
On June 1, President Ilham Aliyev signed an Executive Order to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mirza Alakbar Sabir, outstanding poet-innovator of Azerbaijan, in 2012.
02 June 2010 [09:06]
Azerbaijan has marked the International Children's Day with an event at the Ministry of Education.
Sports
02 June 2010 [14:00]
02 June 2010 [12:57]
Azerbaijani boxers will compete in the European championship starting in Moscow, Russia on Friday.
02 June 2010 [12:14]
The 9-strong Azerbaijani judo team will compete in the European Cup, due to start Saturday in the Leibnitz, Austria.
02 June 2010 [11:16]
02 June 2010 [10:18]
Arts & Entertainment
02 June 2010 [11:56]
02 June 2010 [09:52]
The Days of Russian cinema have been launched at the Cinema House of Azerbaijan's Union of Cinematographers.
Exhibitions
02 June 2010 [15:15]
Exhibition of the Azeri artist Gudrat Gurbanov opened at International Arts Fund in Moscow.