Business
07 January 2008 [15:03]
A joint session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs under the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and European Union will be held in Kiev on February 14.
07 January 2008 [14:54]
In 2007 the oil refineries of Azerbaijan underfulfilled the production plan by 5.84%, producing only 7,504,170 tons of oil products in place of the planned 7,970,000 tons.
07 January 2008 [13:59]
Owing to snowfall, agricultural crops may rise by 20-30% this year, according to Sabir Veliyev, chief of department under Azerbaijan's Ministry of Agriculture.
07 January 2008 [11:37]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) produced a total of 8,800,880 tons of oil in 2007 (oil and gas producing department -7, 595,750 tons and joint ventures and operating companies-1,194,130 tons).
07 January 2008 [11:02]
Indian Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will supply Azerbaijan with transformers in the amount of 400 million rupees ($10 million).
30 December 2007 [17:25]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today attended the inauguration of a new road on the Nasib bey Yusifbeyli Street.
30 December 2007 [15:01]
Azerbaijan and Egypt have reached an agreement on the project of construction of a pharmaceutical factory in Azerbaijan.
30 December 2007 [14:50]
The meeting of businessmen of Azerbaijan and Spain will take place in early 2008.
30 December 2007 [13:56]
Azerbaijan will start liquidation of energy debt to Iran in spring of 2008, as reported by the vice president of Azerenerji Marlen Askerov.
30 December 2007 [10:29]
Azerbaijan-Egypt Intergovernmental Commission signed a final protocol of the third meeting in Baku.
29 December 2007 [17:33]
29 December 2007 [16:18]
Meeting of Azerbaijani and French businessmen will be held early 2008.
29 December 2007 [14:45]
Prices on the agricultural fairs in Baku are lower by 40-50% average, as reported by Azerbaijan's Minister of Agriculture, Ismet Abbasov.
29 December 2007 [13:45]
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Communication and Informational Technologies is to work a out a draft new State Program for development of communication and informational technologies in the country.
29 December 2007 [11:23]
The rise in the gross domestic product of Azerbaijan (GDP) from the beginning of the year until late November made up AZN 20.818 billion (over $24.6 billion), which is 25.4% higher as compared to the same period of 2006.
29 December 2007 [10:32]
The French bank Societe Generale was declared winner of the tender on selection of an international financial consultant conducted by Azerkimya state company, as reported by the press service for Azerkimya.
28 December 2007 [19:03]
Azerbaijan-based companies have been invited to join construction projects in Russia, Emil Majidov, President of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AzPromo), said.
28 December 2007 [18:48]
Representation of Azerbaijan Export and Investments Encouragement Fund (AZPROMO) in Kazakhstan has attracted 4-5 Azerbaijan construction companies to Kazakh market, as reported by the President of the Fund Emil Medjidov.
28 December 2007 [17:55]
Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker has arrived in Azerbaijan today.
28 December 2007 [16:38]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov received Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Faiza Abu al-Hadj.
28 December 2007 [15:51]
Armenia reserves a right to accept or reject Azerbaijan's proposal to participate in TRACECA Summit in Baku, as reported by a source from Armenian government.
28 December 2007 [15:42]
“Import of foreign-made medicines to Azerbaijan has never been prohibited,” Health Minister Ogtay Shireliyev said.
28 December 2007 [13:15]
Execution of a resolution on the sale of Petkim (Perokimya Holding), one of the biggest enterprises of Turkey to a consortium, comprising SOCAR, Turcas and Infaz, has been suspended.
28 December 2007 [11:28]
A project on construction of the Caspian Shipyard in Azerbaijan will be presented by Korean STX late Jan-early Feb.
28 December 2007 [10:41]
Employers will be imposed a fine from AZN 33,000 to AZN 38,500 for employment of foreigners or stateless persons having no permit for work in Azerbaijan.
28 December 2007 [10:14]
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health has held a presentation of a system of e-medical cards to be applied in the country.
27 December 2007 [17:22]
A business-forum with participation of business circles of Azerbaijan and Egypt was held in the framework of the third session of the Azerbaijan-Egypt intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Baku.
27 December 2007 [16:40]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a regulation to bring revised Law on Currency Regulation into effect.
27 December 2007 [11:57]
The President of Armenia will be invited to Baku following the forthcoming presidential elections in this country, as reported by Akif Mustafayev, national secretary, representing Azerbaijan under the TRASECA permanent intergovernmental commission, announced.
27 December 2007 [11:43]
The volume of free technical aid and humanitarian cargo received from foreign countries and governments and international organizations in January-November of 2007 exceeded $58.4 million, as reported by the State Customs Committee.
27 December 2007 [11:35]
A delegation of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, led by Agriculture Minister Mehmet Mehti Eker will arrive in Baku tomorrow, as reported by the press service for the Azerbaijan Ministry of Agriculture.
26 December 2007 [18:54]
Crude oil and oil products made up 80.6% of Azerbaijani export within 11 months of 2007.
26 December 2007 [18:08]
A ferryboat, built in the Pula City (Croatia), has been delivered to Baku, as reported from the State Caspian Shipping Company of Azerbaijan.
26 December 2007 [12:59]
France’s Soci?t? G?n?rale has applied to the National Bank of Azerbaijan for acquisition or establishment of a bank in the country.
26 December 2007 [12:18]
The Tariff Council of Azerbaijan (State Price Regulator) has reconsidered proposals on domestic airfares, prices of transportation and storage of radioactive substances, and customs laboratory examination.
26 December 2007 [12:07]
The law "On Insurance Activities" was adopted at the plenary session of Azerbaijani parliament.
26 December 2007 [11:44]
The Azerbaijan-Egypt business forum is planned to be held in Baku on December 27, as reported by the press service of the Azerbaijan Export and Investments Encouragement Fund (AZPROMO).
26 December 2007 [10:57]
Inflation rate will near 12% in Azerbaijan in 2008, as reported by Elman Rustamov, chairman of the Directors' Board of the National Bank of Azerbaijan.
26 December 2007 [10:42]
Azerbaijan plans to make significant improvements in the mortgage lending mechanism next year, Elman Rustamov, Chairman of the Directors' Board of the National Bank of Azerbaijan, said.
25 December 2007 [17:43]
The Commission on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in cooperation with the Coalition of Intergovernmental Organizations on EITI and oil companies, operating in Azerbaijan, has issued the seventh report of Azerbaijan on EITI.
25 December 2007 [17:22]
The first footbridge will open at Heydar Aliyev Avenue in Baku in a few days.
25 December 2007 [17:03]
Today's session of the parliament discussed electricity supply to the population, and its debts.
25 December 2007 [16:30]
The third congress of credit unions of Eastern Europe will be held in Baku in Autumn of 2009.
25 December 2007 [15:13]
Azerbaijan will adopt a strategy of the development of agro-industrial complex in the near future, sources from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture reported.
25 December 2007 [15:04]
Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Azerbaijan has received a letter from Afro American Services Group Morocco (AAS-Group) company, operating in Morocco.
25 December 2007 [14:54]
A regular session of the Azerbaijan-Japan intergovernmental commission will be held in Tokyo in February of 2008, as reported by Japanese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamutsi Oki.
25 December 2007 [14:43]
Agreements on implementation of two projects in Azerbaijan, estimated at $172,205, were signed in the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamutsi Oki Tuesday.
25 December 2007 [13:39]
Import of Iranian poultry products has been banned in Azerbaijan due to the detection of avian flu virus in Iran.
24 December 2007 [18:01]
Rolls-Royce and BP-Azerbaijan have signed a contract on ?120 million, sources from Rolls-Royce reported.
24 December 2007 [17:52]
"I think cost of calls over cell phones will decline in 2008", Minister of Communication and Informational Technologies of Azerbaijan Ali Abbasov told reporters.
24 December 2007 [16:08]
"We do not intend to appeal to the Tariff Council for raising underground fare in 2008", chief of the Baku Metro Tagi Akhmedov told reporters.
24 December 2007 [14:41]
The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is ready to support Azerbaijan in the construction of the first research nuclear reactor, as reported by Adil Garibov, head of the Institute for Radiation Problems under the National Academy of Science.
24 December 2007 [14:00]
The International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has obtained a license for opening representations in Dubai and Luxembourg.
24 December 2007 [13:44]
24 December 2007 [13:33]
Direct flights between Azerbaijan and Jordan will open on April 1, as reported by Azerbaijani Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Jordan Elman Arasli.
24 December 2007 [13:28]
38.8 million tons of goods and 148.9 million passengers were transported by Azeri section of the TRACECA Corridor in January-October.
24 December 2007 [11:25]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has started his visit to the Ali Bayramli region.
24 December 2007 [11:18]
Agreements on implementation of two projects in Azerbaijan are to be signed in the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamutsi Oki on December 24, as reported by the press service for the Japanese Embassy.
20 December 2007 [16:12]
According to the International Telecommunications Union, the average cost of a three minute local telephone call over was the highest in Ecuador-$0.60 per minute in 2006.
20 December 2007 [15:13]
20 December 2007 [12:42]
Ecological situation is unsatisfactory in Azerbaijan’s lands occupied by Armenia, said Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology Huseyn Baghirov.
19 December 2007 [19:11]
Azerbaijan's industrial production and services made up 17.4 billion AZN in January-November of 2007, which is a 24.7% rise as compared to the same period of 2006, according to the State Statistical Committee.
19 December 2007 [18:54]
Korea has allocated a grant of $50,000 to finance a part of a project to be implemented in the framework of the Fund of postal system improvement in Azerbaijan.
19 December 2007 [18:36]
The number of facts, connected with illegal registration of lands, reached 1600 in 2007, according to the chairman of the State Committee for Land and Cartography of Azerbaijan Gariv Mamedov.
19 December 2007 [17:58]
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan has introduced a draft law "On compulsory accident insurance", relying on the global practice, to the Cabinet of Ministers.
19 December 2007 [17:04]
The Center of Social and Economic Development held a presentation of a report on effective use of assets of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan in Baku Wednesday.
19 December 2007 [14:24]
Jewels have always been considered the best present on the East, therefore, the prices of gold were expected to rise in Baku.
19 December 2007 [13:44]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has today joined an opening ceremony of a road bridge at the intersection of Ali Mustafayev and Javad Khan Streets in Baku.
19 December 2007 [12:59]
19 December 2007 [12:30]
As part of his visit to Oman, Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov met with Undersecretary of the country`s Tourism Ministry Mohammed bin Hamoud Al Tobi to discuss tourism relations between the two countries.
19 December 2007 [12:29]
19 December 2007 [11:24]
Oman and Azerbaijan held a round of political consultations on Monday with the Sultanate's side led by Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, and the Azerbaijani delegation by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Ali Khalafov.
18 December 2007 [17:50]
The World Bank has compared consumer prices in 146 countries of the world.
18 December 2007 [16:32]
The government of Azerbaijan is examining proposals to construct a toll road from Baku to Georgia border (Trans-Azerbaijan National Express Way).
18 December 2007 [13:30]
1,692 foreigners have legalized their jobs in Azerbaijan, Rauf Tagiyev, Migration Officer of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Protection said.
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