Business
18 June 2008 [10:34]
18 June 2008 [09:56]
President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev in Kazan received Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade.
18 June 2008 [09:33]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev issued an order on the organization of the international conference entitled "Oil and gas potential of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan: energy, economy and environment. Strategy of cooperation" in Baku.
17 June 2008 [16:18]
The group of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export pipeline, operated by BP, has load the 500th tanker with Azerbaijani oil.
17 June 2008 [15:44]
A presentation of the economic potential of Tatarstan was held for the members of the Azerbaijani delegation in the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Tuesday.
17 June 2008 [15:33]
Azerbaijan will bring the country’s roads in line with international standards within 2018-2020.
17 June 2008 [15:30]
Creation of the international consortium for implementation of the project of North-South transport corridor will accelerate commissioning of this route, intended to connect the railway networks of China and India with the European one.
17 June 2008 [15:14]
17 June 2008 [15:06]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Iranian Energy Minister Seid Perviz Fattah, reports the press service for the Azerbaijani President.
17 June 2008 [14:40]
A seminar "Current state and problems of agriculture of the Lenkoran economic region" was held in Jalilabad by OSCE initiative.
17 June 2008 [14:12]
Turkmenistan may also join the proposed circular electricity network interconnection system among Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Russia.
17 June 2008 [13:49]
The first Turkmen-Azerbaijani economic forum opened in Ashgabat on June 15.
17 June 2008 [09:42]
Azerbaijan’s Imair airlines company will carry out the direct flights Baku-Bodrum beginning from June 15.
17 June 2008 [09:30]
French Societe Generale will allot a credit in the amount of $140 mln for the project of construction of an oil and gas terminal in Sangachal, reported deputy chief executive of the Azerbaijan Investment Company Riad Qasimov.
17 June 2008 [09:21]
Baku will host the conference "Oil and gas of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan" in the first half of September of 2008.
17 June 2008 [09:14]
The cost of the project of construction of a new shipyard in Azerbaijan may take less than earlier predicted $400 mln, said deputy chief executive of the Azerbaijan Investment Company Riad Qasimov.
14 June 2008 [10:19]
Japan's Chiyoda Corp. wants to partner Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR in the construction of petrochemical plants in the ex-Soviet state and in neighbouring Turkey, SOCAR said on Friday.
14 June 2008 [09:47]
The Azerbaijan Investment Company received several proposals regarding creation of a joint investment company, similar to the Caspian International Investment Company (CIIC), said AIC chief executive Anar Akhundov.
14 June 2008 [09:35]
14 June 2008 [09:28]
14 June 2008 [09:04]
A credit agreement was signed yesterday in the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan with French bank BNP Paribas on project of reconstruction of Baku-Shamakhi-Yevlakh, Yevlakh-Zaqatala-Georgian border highways.
13 June 2008 [17:50]
The Economic Development Ministry has finished monitoring of building materials on the market, said Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
13 June 2008 [17:35]
Representatives of the trade union of oil and gas workers of Azerbaijan met with management of Caspian Shipyard company.
13 June 2008 [16:36]
Economic Development Ministry has submitted proposals to the Azerbaijan presidential administration regarding self-financing of the National Fund of Assistance to Entrepreneurship, said Azerbaijan Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
13 June 2008 [15:52]
The parliament of Azerbaijan has adopted changes to means criteria and principles of adopting documents for issue of addressed social aid.
13 June 2008 [15:24]
"Azerbaijan would have been able to meet 70% of its demands of food under the due organization", said Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
13 June 2008 [14:36]
The Caspian International Investment Company (CIIC) starts operating today, said chief executive of the company Toghrul Kocharli.
13 June 2008 [14:23]
The Economic Development Minister of Azerbaijan has completed work over the draft state program on reliable provision of foodstuffs to the population, said Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
13 June 2008 [13:23]
13 June 2008 [10:13]
The 1908th well has been launched at five-bloc platform No 1887.
12 June 2008 [17:03]
Azerbaijan’s Nihad Motors will receive a shipment of 40 Shaolin-AJQA 6660 buses from China in a few days.
12 June 2008 [15:53]
The Council under the President of Azerbaijan has declared a tender for best projects among NGOs, said member of the council, chairman of the public forum "Constitution" Alimamed Nuriyev.
12 June 2008 [15:16]
12 June 2008 [13:53]
12 June 2008 [12:54]
IAEA representatives are visiting Azerbaijan, said chief of the Institute for Radiation Problems of Azerbaijani National Academy of Science Adil Qaribov.
12 June 2008 [11:54]
Day.Az interview with famous economist Inqlab Ahmedov.
12 June 2008 [11:08]
Four employees of the Mobistar phone company have been arrested in Baku as a result of operative measures taken by the law-enforcement bodies.
12 June 2008 [10:08]
"The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan does not intend to become a shareholder in the Nabucoo gas pipeline construction", SOCAR president Rovnaq Abdullayev told reporters.
12 June 2008 [10:02]
"Georgia will continue receiving gas from Azerbaijan", said Georgian Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri.
12 June 2008 [09:38]
11 June 2008 [13:54]
11 June 2008 [09:53]
Head of the European Commission's representative office in Azerbaijan Alan Waddams announced that EU will support Azerbaijan in its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
11 June 2008 [09:32]
Rosselkhoznadzor banned import of Turkish vegetables to Russia due to Turkey's systematic violation of international and Russian requirements while supplying fruits and vegetables.
11 June 2008 [09:21]
10 June 2008 [13:46]
The National Bank of Azerbaijan has passed a decision at a board meeting to raise the discount rate from 14% to 15%, leaving the interest rate corridor unchanged.
10 June 2008 [13:21]
Index of consumer prices on Azerbaijan has risen by 1.43% on Azerbaijan, by 1.71% on Baku and by 1.08% on country's regions.
09 June 2008 [17:00]
The 33rd annual session of the Director's Board of the Islamic Development Bank was held in Jidda city (Saudi Arabia) on June 3-4.
09 June 2008 [14:56]
09 June 2008 [14:40]
The WB group and the government of Azerbaijan have prepared a joint ecological program.
09 June 2008 [12:21]
2,239 foreigners got individual permission for work in Azerbaijan in January-May of 2008, said spokesman for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Elnur Kalantarov.
09 June 2008 [11:35]
Azerbaijan Airlines Company has started operating direct flights between Baku and Antalya from June 9.
09 June 2008 [10:21]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan plans a significant rise in the supplies of natural gas to Georgia, says abc.az with reference to chief of SOCAR department for gas operations Kamal Abbasov.
07 June 2008 [09:15]
Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar announced that the Iranian side will support opening of banks, created in cooperation with Azerbaijan, on its territory.
06 June 2008 [17:33]
The number of foreign citizens, who bought immovable property in Azerbaijan, makes 500 people, said chief of the State Real Estate Registration Service Arig Qarashov at a press conference today.
06 June 2008 [16:45]
06 June 2008 [15:49]
Organizers of the exhibition "Caspian Oil and Gas" awarded 4 participants for preparation of stands.
06 June 2008 [09:05]
Azerbaijan may need to lay another gas pipeline for transportation of its gas to the world markets, said first vice president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Khoshbakht Yusifzade.
05 June 2008 [17:24]
World famous corporation Intel, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies and Azerbaijan's Ministry of Education have signed a protocol on expanding cooperation in the spheres of IT development.
05 June 2008 [17:09]
The Supsa port will launch the first Azeri Light oil shipment of 80,000 tons in late June, following commissioning of the western route, idle since 2006.
05 June 2008 [16:54]
Azerbaijan offers to Russia to come to an agreement on transportation of Kazakh and Turkmen oil by the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline.
05 June 2008 [15:53]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by president of Intel company Craig Barrett, reports the press service for the President.
05 June 2008 [14:27]
President of Azerbaijan received a delegation led by general chief executive of Statoil Hydro Helge Ling, says the press service for the president.
05 June 2008 [13:55]
Azerbaijan will not sign long-term agreements on gas supplies to Georgia.
05 June 2008 [13:32]
05 June 2008 [12:52]
05 June 2008 [12:41]
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will be able to export nearly 250 mln tons of oil per year by 2020, said Georgian Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri at the international exhibit "Caspian Oil and Gas".
05 June 2008 [11:36]
05 June 2008 [09:05]
"Iran's participation in Nabucco pipeline is negotiated", said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar, visiting Azerbaijan.
04 June 2008 [17:39]
04 June 2008 [16:31]
04 June 2008 [16:16]
The pick of gas extraction in the framework of Stage-2 of the Shah Deniz field development can be raised up to 30 bln cubic meters per year, reported Azerbaijan's Minister of Industry and Energy Natik Aliyev.
04 June 2008 [15:47]
04 June 2008 [15:33]
04 June 2008 [15:01]
The annual gas extraction in Azerbaijan will exceed 23 bln cubic meters of gas per year, said SOCAR vice president Khoshbakht Yusifzade at the international exhibit Caspian Oil and Gas.
04 June 2008 [14:47]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Energy and Industry Natik Aliyev is to leave for Greece to hold talks regarding the quadripartite agreement on transit of Azerbaijani gas to Europe, said the Minister.