Politics
18 May 2007 [13:58]
"We had throughout discussions on all spheres of relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told a press conference following the meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz.
18 May 2007 [13:28]
Secretary General of Council of Europe Terry Davis has expressed his concern over the deterioration of the situation on media freedom in Azerbaijan.
18 May 2007 [13:14]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will arrive in Baku on May 25, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov was quoted.
18 May 2007 [09:20]
From the jungles of Indonesia to Spain's Basque country, separatists of the world are drawing hope from the approach of U.N.-approved independence of Kosovo.
18 May 2007 [08:31]
If Azerbaijan Democratic Party's (ADP) proposals rouse interest, we can pursue it attentively, said Ali Ahmedov vice-chairman & executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP).
18 May 2007 [08:17]
The issue on the amendments to Azerbaijan's Electoral Code will be debated on May 30 in Strasbourg.
18 May 2007 [08:03]
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry for the first time presented annual report on the measures carried out in Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
18 May 2007 [07:43]
Iranian and Azeri foreign ministers agreed to attend a meeting in Tehran in mid June to study the legal status of the Caspian Sea.
17 May 2007 [22:36]
US-educated Azerbaijan Alumni Association (AAA) sent a protest letter to the US Department of State for posting wrong information about Nagorno Karabakh on the State Alumni website, head of the Association Fariz Ismayilzade told.
17 May 2007 [22:07]
The 34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign ministers (ICFM) in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan ended its work.
17 May 2007 [16:50]
Leaders of two secular parties in Turkey said Thursday that they would form an alliance to challenge the Islamic-rooted ruling party in July elections.
17 May 2007 [16:37]
Alan Waddams, Special Envoy of the European Commission to Azerbaijan may lead European Union office in Azerbaijan.
17 May 2007 [16:33]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit Nagorno Karabakh on May 21.
17 May 2007 [16:25]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Mihail Lupoi, vice-president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly & head of Romanian delegation to NATO PA.
17 May 2007 [16:23]
Magdalena Fricheva, Caucasus Project Director of International Crisis Group (ICG) is scheduled to visit Baku on May 21-22.
17 May 2007 [16:22]
The report on missing persons in the south Caucasus will be debated at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on May 24 in Belgrade.
17 May 2007 [16:19]
Today preliminary court proceeding on criminal case on ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev, his brother Rafig Aliyev, former president of Azpetrol Group of Companies and 17 more defendants accused of corruption continued at Court of Grave Crimes.
17 May 2007 [15:05]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel.
17 May 2007 [14:58]
Azerbaijan is to open Permanent Representation to Dagestan this year.
17 May 2007 [13:45]
We are still devoted to the negotiating process for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. If negotiations turn out inefficient, war is the alternative.
17 May 2007 [13:41]
The State Alumni website https://alumni.state.gov -an online community of alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs has posted one more announcement that disputes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
17 May 2007 [13:22]
Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay called Azerbaijani tragedy of January 20, 1990, a crime committed by the Soviet Army.
17 May 2007 [13:15]
Likud Knesset faction chairman Gideon Sa'ar gave exclusive interview to APA's Israel bureau.
17 May 2007 [10:29]
Today the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe debated Azerbaijan Delegation member to PACE Ganira Pashayeva's report on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenian military forces.
17 May 2007 [09:38]
The issue on frozen conflicts will be possibly debate by the Monitoring Committee of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
17 May 2007 [09:33]
Today monitoring was held in the contact line of troops in Chamanli village of Aghdam region under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
17 May 2007 [09:27]
The editor of an opposition newspaper and one of its reporters were sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for libel in connection with a story that alleged corruption in the family of President Ilham Aliyev.
17 May 2007 [08:52]
"CIS heads of state will hold unofficial meetings in extended format in St. Petersburg. If there is need for it, Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will meet within this format," Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told the journalists.
17 May 2007 [00:40]
Azerbaijani President issued an executive order on appointing Arif Agayev ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic.
17 May 2007 [00:24]
Today the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe debated Azerbaijan Delegation member to PACE Ganira Pashayeva's report on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenian military forces.
16 May 2007 [23:59]
Azerbaijan forwarded Russia the first echelon of arms, equipment and other property loaded in Batumi, Georgia at Yalama station at 10.00. 53 military equipment and 700 tonnes of other property were loaded in 35 trains.
16 May 2007 [21:27]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Hess Corporation's delegation headed by John B. Hess, chairman and chief executive officer of Hess Corporation.
16 May 2007 [15:54]
On Wednesday monitoring was held in the contact line of troops in Chamanli village of Aghdam region under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
16 May 2007 [15:50]
Foreign Ministers of the Caspian states are expected to meet in Tehran in the second half of June.
16 May 2007 [14:39]
Bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will be held in Washington on July 9-10, US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick told.
16 May 2007 [14:15]
"Sending a note to Russia was a right step from legal, principal and formal aspect. Azerbaijani has to express its position regarding these issues."
16 May 2007 [13:00]
The planned bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will possibly take place in June or July this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
16 May 2007 [08:52]
On Tuesday the chief of Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Communities (SCRC) Hidayat Orujov visited Turkey.
16 May 2007 [08:46]
Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan on Tuesday said his country was in favour of encouraging all OIC member states to continue efforts for conflict resolution in the Islamic world on the basis of International Law.
16 May 2007 [08:44]
Azerbaijan soldier facing charges of high treason was sentenced to 11 years by Grievous Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Jamal Ramazanov.
16 May 2007 [08:35]
Musavat party has applied to Baku mayor's office for organizing a rally on May 27.
16 May 2007 [08:32]
About 30 countries and international organizations have been invited to the summit of GUAM – Organization for Democracy and Economic Development to be held in Baku on June 18-19.
16 May 2007 [08:29]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigori Karasin.
16 May 2007 [08:27]
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will organize annual three-day human dimension seminar in Warsaw on Wednesday.
16 May 2007 [08:25]
16 May 2007 [08:23]
Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev received Bulgarian delegation headed by Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov.
16 May 2007 [08:18]
Kazakhstan's embassy and military attache in Baku celebrated the 15 anniversary of the establishment of the country's armed forces in Baku Entertainment Center.
16 May 2007 [08:04]
The trial opened on Tuesday for the former chief of Azerbaijan's largest private oil company and his brother, a former Cabinet minister who also has been charged in an alleged coup plot.
16 May 2007 [07:56]
Romania will attend the summit of the International Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM).
16 May 2007 [07:49]
Two-day meeting of the expert group on coordinating the draft agreement on the main principles of cooperation in the sphere of migration of CIS member states is being held in Minsk.
15 May 2007 [23:23]
President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on approving of the 2007-2010 state program on implementation of Employment Strategy of Azerbaijani Republic.
15 May 2007 [23:15]
Protest action was held in Brussels on the 15th anniversary of occupation of Shusha and Lachin regions by Armenian military forces, vice-president of Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis Elsevar Mammadov told.
15 May 2007 [22:56]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan on May 21-22, Ambassador Vasili Istratov told a news conference.
15 May 2007 [22:49]
We did not have a chance to organize the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in Strasbourg, Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov exclusively told.
15 May 2007 [22:36]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Ms. Kinga Goncz is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan May 17, Ministry Press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told.
15 May 2007 [15:12]
Iranian deputies are gathering signatures to form an Iranian-U.S. friendship committee in parliament, one of the legislators involved in the historic effort said Tuesday.
15 May 2007 [13:06]
Polish Interior Minister, Yanush Kachmarek will pay an official visit to Baku on June 1-2 within the tour to the South Caucasus countries.
15 May 2007 [12:34]
The first in 2007 train, which is carrying weaponry, armaments and property from the Russian military base in Batumi, left for Russia.
15 May 2007 [12:26]
Analysts and observers have held little hope for a dramatic shift in foreign policy of Turkey's estranged neighbor Armenia following the weekend's parliamentary elections in which pro-presidential parties won a large majority -- and with Yerevan being expected to continue to put worldwide recognition of an alleged Armenian genocide at heart of its foreign policy decision-making mechanism.
15 May 2007 [10:19]
Several agreements were reached in the framework of Belarus National Exhibition held in Baku on May 2-5, Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Paskevich told.
15 May 2007 [10:13]
Baku Mayor's Office did not sanction journalists' picket for tomorrow, spokesman for Mayor's Office Zaur Ramazanov told.
15 May 2007 [10:06]
Increasing dynamics is observed in Azerbaijan’s military expenses lately.
15 May 2007 [09:50]
Azerbaijan consul general to St. Petersburg Gudsi Osmanov paid business visit to Murmansk.
15 May 2007 [09:40]
The meeting of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is being held in Paris.
15 May 2007 [09:11]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to make a visit to Jordan this summer.
15 May 2007 [08:51]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister left for Islamabad, Pakistan to participate in the 34th session of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM).
15 May 2007 [08:49]
Two brothers – a former government minister and a prominent oilman – go on trial on Tuesday in Azerbaijan, charged with corruption and plotting a coup, in a case that has raised questions about the security of oil supplies out of the Caspian region.
14 May 2007 [23:40]
The next meeting of Azerbaijani parliament is to be held on May 18.
14 May 2007 [16:21]
Azerbaijan's Armed Forces and US European Command will conclude an action plan on military cooperation, said Azerbaijani Defense Minister, General Colonel Safar Abiyev addressing the event on the anniversary of the US Armed Forces.
14 May 2007 [16:18]
The date of Azerbaijani Parliament's spring session is likely to be prolonged.
14 May 2007 [16:10]
Polish president Lekh Kachinski received invitation for the summit of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) to be held in Baku.
14 May 2007 [16:02]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Monitoring Committee is to hold meeting in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia.
14 May 2007 [15:57]
Leader of Open Society Party Rasul Guliyev will not run for 2008 presidential elections unless the election legislation is amended.
14 May 2007 [15:49]
The Georgian Foreign Ministry and President Saakashvili should clarify situation involving the latter's remarks on a border agreement with Azerbaijan, opposition lawmaker from the Conservative Party Zviad Dzidziguri said on May 14.
14 May 2007 [12:32]
Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk organized a visit of chiefs of diplomatic corps accredited in Baku to Girmizi Gesebe settlement, densely populated by Mountain Jews in Guba region.
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