Politics
07 May 2007 [22:23]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Monday met Ahmed Fathi Surur, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt in Cairo.
07 May 2007 [22:19]
OSCE Chairman-in-office, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia early in June, 2007.
07 May 2007 [22:17]
MP Asaf Hajiyev left for Berlin May 7 to partake in an international conference organized jointly by the South-Eastern European Association and Germany's Federal Foreign Office.
07 May 2007 [22:15]
Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov met Monday with his Russian counterparts Grigory Karasin and Sergey Kislyak in Moscow.
07 May 2007 [22:12]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Monday met with the Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif in Cairo.
07 May 2007 [22:09]
Actions on building a professional army in Azerbaijan continue, chief of parliament's standing commission for security and defense Ziyafat Asgerov said.
07 May 2007 [22:06]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent a message to the newly elected President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, whereby the Head of the Azerbaijan State congratulated him on election President of France.
07 May 2007 [22:00]
The Armenian government has refused to grant entry visas to eight Turkish nationals who planned to monitor Armenia's parliamentary elections under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it emerged on Monday.
07 May 2007 [21:56]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet.
07 May 2007 [21:53]
Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian predicted that his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will win this week's parliamentary elections and hit out at two other pro-establishment parties as he continued his campaign swing through Yerevan at the weekend.
07 May 2007 [15:11]
The ruling YAP (New Azerbaijan Party) organized a conference "Heydar Aliyev's course: Azerbaijan at a new stage of development" on the 84th birthday of the then President Heydar Aliyev in Gulustan palace.
07 May 2007 [14:04]
The second round of the negotiations between Azerbaijani government and Venice Commission of Council of Europe regarding amendments to election legislation will be held in September this year, President's Office socio-political department chief Ali Hasanov told.
07 May 2007 [13:19]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Matthew Bryza, Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fassier-mediators in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, will meet in Madrid May 10, OSCE Minsk Group Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told.
07 May 2007 [12:54]
"If the people and electorate demand the unification of the True Path and Motherland Party, then everyone will do heroism to prevent dramatic consequences of the policy," former speaker of Turkish Parliament Husameddin Cindoruk exclusively told.
07 May 2007 [11:36]
A series of actions are held in Strasbourg on the 15th anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijani town of Shusha (Karabakh) by Armenian military forces.
07 May 2007 [11:19]
The majority of the Frenchmen living in Baku have voted for Sarkozy
07 May 2007 [10:50]
Azerbaijani parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev, who is kept in treatment center of Justice Ministry, has stopped hunger strike.
07 May 2007 [09:40]
Armenia's National Security Service has held many-hours-long searches in the offices and apartments of two major oppositionists ??“ former deputy prime minister Vagan Shirkhanian and former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian.
07 May 2007 [08:25]
President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of a building for Azerbaijani Embassy in Cairo.
07 May 2007 [08:00]
The future generations will no doubt observe what takes place in the world in which they will live.
07 May 2007 [07:44]
Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy triumphed in France's presidential election on Sunday, sweeping aside his Socialist rival Segolene Royal and winning a powerful mandate for reform.
07 May 2007 [07:27]
The Prospering Armenia party favors a package settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
07 May 2007 [07:24]
Professors from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies spent a week discussing current geopolitical challenges with security, defense and diplomatic officials in Azerbaijan.
07 May 2007 [07:20]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday held in Cairo a closed session of talks on regional and bilateral relations with visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at Heliopolis presidential palace.
06 May 2007 [15:04]
Turkey's foreign minister said he was withdrawing from the presidential race Sunday, after Parliament failed again to reach a quorum in voting that pitted the secular establishment against his religious-oriented party, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
05 May 2007 [19:31]
The two-day meeting of national coordinators of GUAM-Organization for Democracy and Economic Development ended on Saturday in Baku.
05 May 2007 [13:36]
On May 4, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received mayor of the German city of Ludwigshafen Eva Lohse.
05 May 2007 [13:18]
"Former Health Minister Ali Insanov were examined several times in the detention place of National Security Ministry. The examinations established that he does not need in-patient treatment," Justice Ministry Penitentiary Service chief Nazim Alekberov said.
05 May 2007 [13:17]
Justice Ministry Penitentiary Service chief Nazim Alekberov confirmed that Huseyn Abdullayev being cured in medical center in Boyuk Shor, goes on hunger strike.
05 May 2007 [13:11]
Head of Azerbaijan representation to UN, Azerbaijan Ambassador to Cuba Agshin Mehdiyev finished his 5-day visit to Cuba.
05 May 2007 [12:55]
Former Health Minister Ali Insanov, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail, has been dismissed from full membership of Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences.
05 May 2007 [12:53]
Open Society Party will present the necessary documents for registration to Justice Ministry.
05 May 2007 [12:49]
"The meeting in Baku is a preparation for GUAM summit scheduled for June 19. Moreover, we exchanged views on the protracted conflicts in GUAM countries and on the discussion of this issue at the 61st session of UN General Assembly," said GUAM's Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili.
05 May 2007 [12:47]
The planned bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US are not expected to take place this month.
05 May 2007 [12:28]
National Forum to be held on Rasul Gulyev's initiative has been fixed to May 25.
05 May 2007 [12:27]
The members of the Monitoring Group of Azerbaijan Human Rights Organizations applied to Mehriban Aliyeva, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
05 May 2007 [11:39]
Baku hosts the meeting of National Coordinators of GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development.
04 May 2007 [17:05]
Under the agreement concluded with one of the US military companies, a part of Azerbaijani Navy will be equipped with laser marksmanship device/system.
04 May 2007 [15:58]
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov received a congratulatory message from Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on the upcoming holiday, WWII Victory Day.
04 May 2007 [14:15]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has stated principles of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the talks on which with Armenia are in progress.
04 May 2007 [13:42]
US Senate on the nomination by President George Bush appointed Turkish originated person federal judge.
04 May 2007 [12:53]
Turkey's Parliament has approved July 22 as the date for early general elections, which were called to resolve a government crisis over sharply rising tension between the pro-secular military and the Islamic-rooted government.
04 May 2007 [12:50]
Iran's foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.
04 May 2007 [11:57]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to make an official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt on May 6-8 at the invitation of Muhammad Hosni Mubarak.
04 May 2007 [10:06]
Thousands of people turned out Thursday for a demonstration organized by opponents of the Armenia's leadership, warning against fraud in upcoming parliamentary elections and calling for the impeachment of President Robert Kocharian.
04 May 2007 [09:29]
"There is still no progress regarding the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The principles have not been yet agreed. Armenia continued to occupy Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions. Armenians do not accept the fact. They call Nagorno Karabakh Armenians as nation basing on the principle of self-determination," said political scientist Vafa Guluzade.
04 May 2007 [09:24]
The project directors of the International Crisis Group have met in Istanbul to discuss the activities for this year, including the next report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
03 May 2007 [18:32]
I spent my leisure time on gathering information on Azerbaijan during my 16-year activity in UNESCO.
03 May 2007 [18:09]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has started an official visit to Morocco. Azerbaijani Embassy in Morocco told the Minister has already started meetings according to the schedule.
03 May 2007 [16:16]
Azerbaijan's Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov received Belarus' Industry Minister Anatoliy Rusetski.
03 May 2007 [16:03]
Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire again.
03 May 2007 [15:57]
"I am most concerned about the threat to freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. In recent months, several journalists have been imprisoned on charges of criminal defamation or physically attacked in incidents which appear to be related to their work."
03 May 2007 [15:00]
Terry Davis made a statement on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.
03 May 2007 [13:52]
Alexander Lukashenko will meet today with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade.
03 May 2007 [13:48]
Armenian armed forces violated cease-fire overnight.
03 May 2007 [13:30]
Kuwait Prime Minister Sheik Nasir Mahammad As-Sabah is due too visit Azerbaijan tomorrow.
03 May 2007 [11:57]
Regular session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will pass late May in Spain.
03 May 2007 [11:53]
The President of Iran has been accused of indecency after he publicly kissed an elderly woman who used to be his school teacher.
03 May 2007 [10:07]
The United States wants to thaw diplomatic relations with Iran after a nearly 30-year freeze, and hopes to start this week at a conference on promoting peace in Iraq, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
03 May 2007 [10:06]
Azerbaijan will nearly double the number of its military personnel serving in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
03 May 2007 [10:05]
The United States and European Union warned Turkey, a NATO member and close ally, to prevent its military from defying civilian leaders in a conflict between the Islamic-rooted government and the secular establishment.
03 May 2007 [09:57]
Judge Famil Nasibov will consider the appeal filed by defense lawyers for former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev to Nasimi district court.
03 May 2007 [09:47]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visiting Brussels met with Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy.
03 May 2007 [09:40]
State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad keeps control of the incident happened between Azerbaijani and Armenian students at Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow.
03 May 2007 [09:36]
Presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation.
03 May 2007 [09:24]
"The littoral states are close to agreeing the draft Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. The close positions are observed mainly in shipbuilding and Caspian's ecology," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told journalists.
03 May 2007 [09:20]
National Coordinators of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) will hold meeting in Baku on May 4-5.
03 May 2007 [09:02]
Justice Minister Fikret Mammadov received Georgia's Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili.
02 May 2007 [22:05]
Azerbaijan and Belarus presidents gave a briefing in Baku today.
02 May 2007 [21:57]
Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media published final variant of the report on journalists' opportunities on getting information in OSCE member states in 2006.
02 May 2007 [16:31]
Azerbaijan and Belarus Presidents are holding one-on-one meeting in Baku.
02 May 2007 [16:29]
Defense minister of Azerbaijan, colonel-general Safar Abiyev met with the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the country Nasser Hamidi-Zare.
02 May 2007 [16:26]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent a message of congratulation to the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, on the country's national holiday - the Constitution Day.
02 May 2007 [16:24]
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his accompanying delegation have visited the Alley of Honors in Baku, where they laid wreaths at the graves of the national leader of Azerbaijan people Heydar Aliyev and his wife Academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
02 May 2007 [12:43]
"I do not pursue a goal to participate in the 2008 presidential elections. It depends both on the current situation in the country and other factors," Chairman of Azerbaijan Social-Democratic Party Ayaz Mutallibov exclusively told.
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