Business
01 November 2006 [10:20]
The Azerbaijan Business Assistance and Development (ABAD) program, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), will hold an opening ceremony for a vegetable cold storage facility on Wednesday.
01 November 2006 [10:19]
UniBank has received an additional tranche of the German-Azeri Fund's SME on-lending facility.
01 November 2006 [10:11]
Converting to digital system will be compulsory for privately-owned TV broadcasters.
01 November 2006 [10:09]
A tender for construction of the Georgian part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway project has been completed.
01 November 2006 [10:08]
The preliminary version of Azerbaijan's Customs Code is ready.
01 November 2006 [10:07]
A 15-member delegation composed of medicine-making companies of Pakistan will pay a business visit to Azerbaijan on November 9.
01 November 2006 [10:05]
NIKoil Bank has opened an office in Ganja.
01 November 2006 [10:04]
Economic Research Center held the final event on 'Increasing awareness on social subsistence allowance mechanism.'
01 November 2006 [09:57]
Binagadi and Sabayel municipalities sell oil-polluted lands illegally, Baku land Department chair Natig Malikov said.
01 November 2006 [09:56]
Some amendments will be made to the law on real estate appraisal, Real Estate Registration Service chair Arif Garashov said.
01 November 2006 [09:55]
Youth and Sport Ministry applied to a designing institute for the project of youth town will be completed for provision of young families with flats on preferential conditions.
01 November 2006 [09:53]
Workshop examining problems of local authorities has been organized by Real Estate Registration Service, State Land and Cartography Committee and Justice Ministry department on work with local authorities.
01 November 2006 [03:14]
New details emerged on Tuesday of the latest Russian-Armenia energy deal that will give Russia's state-run Gazprom monopoly a commanding share in Armenia's natural gas distribution network and, most probably, the incoming gas pipeline from Iran.
01 November 2006 [00:39]
Microsoft will unveil an Azeri language version of Microsoft Windows Vista OS by the summer of 2007, Islam Akhmedov, general director of Sinam Ltd., Microsoft's official partner in Azerbaijan, said at a Monday presentation.
01 November 2006 [00:37]
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan has signed an agreement with the Bank of New York for depositary services, the Oil Fund said in an official statement.
31 October 2006 [21:37]
Senior Iranian and Azeri transportation managers held their first joint meeting in Astara on Monday night.
31 October 2006 [20:53]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8722 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 31.
31 October 2006 [20:41]
There is a discrepancy between Armenian Government and "First Dynasty Mines" (FDM) Company of Canada extracting gold in Soyudlu gold deposit in Kalbajar, the occupied Azerbaijan region.
31 October 2006 [20:39]
Barmek-Azerbaijan will demand damages of AZN 291m from the Government of Azerbaijan in International Center for Settlement of the Investment Disputes (ICSID).
31 October 2006 [20:14]
The problem concerning Azerbaijan was discussed at the last plenary session of Venice Commission.
31 October 2006 [10:35]
Nakhchivan Module Plant construction has continued to progress.
31 October 2006 [10:34]
As of October 30, Taxes Ministry has deregistered 4 890 taxpayers for VAT.
31 October 2006 [10:32]
As of October 1, favorable balance reached $1 068 804 600 in exports and imports of Azerbaijan during the period of January-September. Residents and nonresidents carried out trade operations of $8 626.126m with 134 countries during this period.
31 October 2006 [10:26]
The order is the final part of an earlier $55 million order for the supply of tactical communications equipment.
31 October 2006 [10:26]
World Bank mission for water supply and drainage project will pay a visit to Azerbaijan from November 13 to 18.
31 October 2006 [10:24]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8723 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 30.
31 October 2006 [10:22]
Some technical failures are expected to appear in SMS service of Azercell Telecom between November 1 and 3.
31 October 2006 [10:22]
The Sangachal Terminal Expansion Programme (STEP) - The ACG Phase 3 is the next important phase of construction at STEP.
31 October 2006 [10:21]
The volume of goods in transit transported through Azerbaijan fell by 1.2174m tonnes year-on-year, in January-September, to 18.7461 tonnes.
31 October 2006 [10:20]
Starting from this week, Ganja Automobile Plant is going to sell automobiles assembled in Chinese technology.
31 October 2006 [10:13]
Barmek is dissatisfied with the Economic development Ministry's lack of interest in completion of the hand-over test.
31 October 2006 [10:12]
Japan Bank for International Cooperation officers Kenichiro Khayashi and Yoshikhiro Kumagai were received at Industry and Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan.
31 October 2006 [10:11]
World Bank's leading economist Khristos Kostopulos is visiting Azerbaijan.
31 October 2006 [10:10]
Azercell Telecom has concluded roaming agreements with 10 more cellular operators.
31 October 2006 [10:09]
AtaHolding OJSC attended exhibition "15 years of CIS: Cooperation and Integration" held in Moscow, October 25-28.
31 October 2006 [10:08]
The investigation of the criminal case on Barmek Ltd. officials is about to be completed. The trial is expected to start soon.
31 October 2006 [10:03]
A workshop examining State's role in insurance of agricultural goods was held at Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University.
31 October 2006 [09:58]
"Financial intelligence organizations are set up in four models: at police offices, courts and prosecutor’s offices, National Bank or Finance Ministry or in hybrid form," Rustam Usubov, the first deputy prosecutor general told journalists.
30 October 2006 [22:49]
Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes made decision October 18 to consider the arbitration claim filed by Barmek-Azerbaijan against the Government of Azerbaijan.
30 October 2006 [16:15]
A seminar "Legal framework of fighting the laundry of dirty money, contribution to terrorism and other financial crimes" organized by the US embassy in Azerbaijan and Council of Europe began in Baku.
30 October 2006 [14:04]
"The place where the Volga joins the Caspian constitutes 75-80% of the Sea pollution"
30 October 2006 [13:52]
The talks of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Armenia's counterpart Robert Kocharian begin in Moscow today, October 30, 2006.
30 October 2006 [00:02]
Germany's big gas pipeline deal with Russia has been criticised by a US official, in a sign of Washington's mounting unease about Berlin's ties with Moscow.
29 October 2006 [18:50]
During the first three quarters of the year Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline spent $834 million (including the costs of line-fill and financing) in capital expenditure, press service of the BP Azerbaijan said.
29 October 2006 [13:44]
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) will celebrate its 15th anniversary in Istanbul as Turkey will host a BSEC summit of heads of state and government in June 2007, said Ambassador Murat Sungar, first deputy secretary-general of the Istanbul-based organization.
28 October 2006 [15:12]
Communications and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov has today visited regions of Sabirabad and Ali Bayramli.
28 October 2006 [12:23]
Oracle Corporation, world's leader in business-to-business software and services, including Internet-enabled databases, tools, and application products will conduct a technical seminar November 8 in Baku.
28 October 2006 [11:33]
The 5th Republic Conference was held about the improvement of internal tourism.
28 October 2006 [11:28]
SOCAR delivered 4.303bn cu m of gas to Azerigas CJSC during the period of January-September. 3.309bn cu m of gas were imported from Russia in this period.
28 October 2006 [10:39]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 132 456 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 30 934 of them.
28 October 2006 [10:36]
International Insurance LLC has today commissioned a customer service department at 17 Najaf Rafiyev Street, Khatai District, Baku.
27 October 2006 [21:05]
Azerbaijan's largest mobile company Azercell Telecom has signed new roaming agreement with Polish "Centertel" operator, press service of Azercell said.
27 October 2006 [21:04]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8725 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 27.
27 October 2006 [20:54]
Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev met with the minister of economic development of Georgia Irakly Chogovadze.
27 October 2006 [20:18]
CHF International guaranteed realization of projects on road's restoration in Gasanli village of Masalla area and restoration of school in Guneshli village of Jalilabad area in frames of Community Activities Development Program, realized by the USAID in Azerbaijan; it was informed at the US Embassy in Azerbaijan.
27 October 2006 [20:01]
Price of the natural gas provided for customers will be discussed next year, Azerigas CJSC chairman Alikhan Malikov said.
27 October 2006 [19:42]
Azerbaijan's credit unions will keep deposits of population if the Government approves of proposals submitted by the Azerbaijan Credit Union Association, ACUA management board chair Elchin Baghirov said.
27 October 2006 [19:40]
Aydin Bashirov, the Chief of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ACSC), gave a press conference on activities and future of the Company.
27 October 2006 [19:31]
Economic Development Ministry's Antimonopoly Policy Department has begun to probe into the grounds for the rise of the price of cement in the retail market.
27 October 2006 [19:25]
The prices of bread in Salyan rose from 10-15 kopecks to 20 kopecks.
27 October 2006 [12:32]
During September Taxes Ministry delivered AZN 184 624 100 to the State Budget. This figure is implementation of the forecast by 91.4 percent.
27 October 2006 [12:31]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 131 630 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 30 728 of them.
27 October 2006 [12:16]
Roundtable examining investment legislation of Azerbaijan took place in Baku yesterday.
27 October 2006 [10:43]
Ukrainian-Azerbaijan business forum will be held in Kiev by Azerbaijan National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (ACE).
27 October 2006 [10:42]
Baku will host Azerbaijani-Pakistani investment forum on November 9.
27 October 2006 [10:22]
Each Azerbaijani living in Russia sends $150 on average to their family in Azerbaijan a month, State Statistical Committee chairman Arif Valiyev said.
26 October 2006 [20:29]
Azerbaijan said it is considering buying gas from Iran amid continued discussions with Russia over the price and volume of gas.
26 October 2006 [19:44]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8719 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 26.
26 October 2006 [19:32]
On October 26, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed at the Presidential Palace the delegation of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
26 October 2006 [19:09]
Azeri state oil firm SOCAR may start exploratory drilling of prospective natural gas structures at the Babek-Umid block in the Caspian Sea in the spring of next year, a senior company official said on Thursday.
26 October 2006 [14:43]
State Statistical Committee chairman Arif Valiyev gave a press conference on macroeconomic indicators of socioeconomic development of Azerbaijan during the period of January-September.
26 October 2006 [13:07]
Market price has risen by 73% this year. Price of foodstuffs has risen by 10.3% other products 4.8%.
26 October 2006 [12:35]
Azerfon LLC, the third GSM operator in Azerbaijan, will start up in late this year and early next year.
26 October 2006 [10:46]
In Azerbaijan the rise of cement price was caused by high demand in the domestic market, reduction of the cement production because of shortage of raw, decrease of imports, Garadagh Cement informs.
26 October 2006 [10:45]
The EBRD is expanding its support for microfinance in Azerbaijan and extending a $1 million loan to the local microfinance institution CredAgro. $250.000 of the $1 million is being funded by TaiwanICDF.