Politics
16 November 2006 [11:26]
Reporters Without Borders has voiced its full support for those staging a hunger strike in Azerbaijan "to protest against the government's undeclared war on the free press." Members of the Azadlig ("Freedom") opposition block began the protest on 20 October 2006. They were joined by the editors of independent media on 9 November.
16 November 2006 [11:19]
Azerbaijan's independent media face violence, pressure and a worsening climate, international observers warned Wednesday, as a popular opposition paper in the Caspian Sea nation faces eviction from its editorial offices.
15 November 2006 [17:49]
Speaking to Radio Liberty, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said he had "moderate expectations" from his meeting with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
15 November 2006 [17:45]
The representatives of the OSCE member states' embassies visited the journalists on hunger strike in the Azadliq office.
15 November 2006 [17:23]
On November 15, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the delegation of the Federative Republic of Germany led by Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Mrs. Astrid Klug.
15 November 2006 [16:39]
The OSCE does not recognize and does not acknowledge the outcomes of the referendum or any of the electoral activity in the South Ossetia region on 12 November, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said on Wednesday.
15 November 2006 [16:36]
15 November 2006 [16:33]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security Lieutenant-General Eldar Mahmudov met with visiting Director General of Lithuania's State Security Department Arvydas Pocius and his accompanying delegation, press service of the Ministry said.
15 November 2006 [16:21]
On Wednesday, the rector of Moscow State International Relations Institute Anatoli Torkunov lectured Azerbaijani diplomats on the aspects of Russian foreign policy and answered their questions.
15 November 2006 [15:29]
U.N. inspectors have found traces of plutonium, of possible use in atom bombs, at an Iranian nuclear waste site as Tehran pursues a nuclear program despite the risk of sanctions, an IAEA report said on Tuesday.
15 November 2006 [15:26]
Iran's nuclear ambitions will figure in talks on Wednesday between President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin that follow a visit to Moscow by a top Iranian official, the Kremlin said.
15 November 2006 [15:24]
The EU has signed European Neighborhood Policy action plans with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Brussels will give these South Caucasus countries access to the EU market in return for commitment to political and economic reform.
15 November 2006 [14:59]
"Turkey may appeal to the International court concerning the so-called Armenian genocide," Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul announced during the discussions of draft state budget for 2007 in the Turkish Parliament former diplomat, Shukru Elekdag made a new proposal to prevent international recognition of Armenians' genocide claims."
15 November 2006 [14:54]
Azerbaijan has welcomed Azeri-Armenian talks on the Karabakh settlement held in Brussels on Tuesday, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Tagizadeh told the press.
15 November 2006 [14:12]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met November 14 with visiting chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Organization for Social Insurance Suliman Al-Humaid and his accompanying delegation, press service of Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers said.
15 November 2006 [14:10]
The Azerbaijani parliamentarians led by Samad Seyidov, chairman of the standing commission on international relations and inter-parliamentary ties, head of the permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will partake in the PACE Standing Committee's meeting in San Marino on November 17, press service of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) said.
15 November 2006 [14:09]
The delegation of Azerbaijan's Parliament led by its first deputy chairwoman Bahar Muradova will visit Malta's capital, La Valletta, from 15 to 23 November, to attend the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meetings, press service of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) said.
15 November 2006 [14:07]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) Oqtay Asadov met November 14 with visiting chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Organization for Social Insurance Suliman Al-Humaid and his accompanying delegation, press service of the Parliament said.
15 November 2006 [14:05]
15 November 2006 [14:04]
Ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan Nikolay Patskevich visited Ganja province where he laid a wreath at the monument to nationwide leader Heydar Aliyev first.
15 November 2006 [14:02]
On November 14, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed to the Presidential palace Prof. Anatoli Torkunov, Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
15 November 2006 [13:59]
November 15 is one of the memorial dates for the Russian Navy -- the Day of the Caspian Flotilla.
15 November 2006 [13:44]
Today beginning from 08.25 the divisions of Armenian Armed Forces from their positions in the occupied village of Aghdam Bash Gervend fired at the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces for 15 minutes.
15 November 2006 [13:33]
CE Human Rights Committee held an assembly on the theme "Protection of human rights defenders in Europe."
15 November 2006 [13:28]
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Brussels Tuesday for talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia's Foreign Ministry said.
15 November 2006 [12:13]
The next round of talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan began.
15 November 2006 [11:31]
The vise-speaker of Greek Parliament Georgi Surlas made statement about his meeting with Georgi Petrosyan, the Foreign Minister of unrecognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
15 November 2006 [11:21]
Five-year Action Plan within European Neighborhood Policy in the sphere of politics, economy and democracy between Azerbaijan and EU was signed yesterday, Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department informed.
14 November 2006 [23:32]
The 4th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Japanese intergovernmental commission will be held in Baku Nov 21-23, Japanese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Tadahiro Abe said.
14 November 2006 [23:28]
Criminal case was launched against former US Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld in the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, Germany.
14 November 2006 [16:12]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on November 14 received Arvydas Pocius, the General Director of the State Security Department of Lithuania (VSD).
14 November 2006 [14:01]
Turkey Gendarme Forces Commander-in-Chief General Ishik Koshaner's visit to Azerbaijan, planned on November 14 was delayed.
14 November 2006 [13:39]
"The quality of appeals to the European Court of Human Rights has risen," Khanlar Hajiyev, the judge of European Court of Human Rights told the journalists.
14 November 2006 [11:26]
Territorial unity remains the key goal of Georgia, new defense minister David Kezerashvili said in his first televised interview on Sunday.
14 November 2006 [11:21]
Georgia and Moldova have decided to cooperate in settling "frozen" conflicts.
14 November 2006 [11:12]
Ministers of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia told a joint news conference in Brussels on Monday night that they are intent on achieving progress in resolving the Nagorno Karabakh issue at their upcoming talks here.
13 November 2006 [22:08]
Iran must face "economic isolation" if it proceeds with its nuclear uranium enrichment program in defiance of international pressure, President Bush said on Monday.
13 November 2006 [22:02]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday defended his decision not to meet Pope Benedict XVI who visits this country later this month, saying he has to attend a NATO summit in Lithuania.
13 November 2006 [18:33]
The two-day international conference on the European convention on human rights and fundamental freedoms organized by the Azerbaijan Supreme Court and Council of Europe commenced November 13 at the Europe Hotel.
13 November 2006 [16:11]
Iran said on Monday it was ready to consider any official U.S. request to hold talks after U.S. allies called on Washington to engage the Islamic Republic.
13 November 2006 [16:09]
Austria called on Monday for a "time-out" in Turkey's membership negotiations with the European Union if Ankara does not move in a stand-off over trade with Cyprus before an EU summit next month.
13 November 2006 [14:40]
On November 13 the Foreign Ministers of the three South Caucasus countries and the representatives of the EU presidium will render a joint press conference in Brussels.
13 November 2006 [14:08]
Google has provoked the wrath of Iran's notoriously suspicious authorities by appearing to question the country's sovereignty over the province of Azerbaijan in an entry on its Google Video website.
13 November 2006 [14:02]
Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan in response to His Majesty's congratulatory cable on the independence anniversary of his country.
13 November 2006 [00:36]
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini made the remark on Sunday, while speaking to domestic and foreign reporters at this week's press conference in Tehran.
12 November 2006 [21:03]
Turkey's parliament on Thursday passed a law allowing properties confiscated by the state to be returned to Christian and Jewish minority foundations, a day after the European Union urged Ankara to do more for non-Muslim minorities.
12 November 2006 [21:01]
Pope Benedict XVI will meet in Turkey later this month with a top Islamic cleric who denounced the pope's remarks on Islam and violence.
12 November 2006 [20:59]
On his return from his three days trip to Moscow, Iran's national security council secretary, Ali Larijani stated that the Russian President, Vladimir Putin had asserted that he would do all he could to resolve Iran's nuclear issue through negotiation.
12 November 2006 [20:58]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday criticized the United Nations Security Council over its efforts to impose sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear program.
12 November 2006 [20:36]
The funeral of former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit turned into a protest against the Islamic-rooted government on Saturday, when thousands of pro-secular mourners booed the Turkish premier at a mosque and vowed to defend the secular regime against the rising profile of Islam.
12 November 2006 [20:30]
Turkey Gendarme Forces Commander-in-Chief general Ishik Koshaner will visit Azerbaijan on November 14.
12 November 2006 [20:13]
On November 10, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov received the delegation led by Speaker of the Senate of Poland Bogdan Borusevich, the press-service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
12 November 2006 [20:12]
On November 10, The meeting with delegation led by President of the Constitutional Court Franco Bile of the Italian Republic took place in the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.
12 November 2006 [20:03]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis' (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) Social Policy Commission Hadi Rajabli and MP Arastun Javadov left for the Iranian capital, Tehran, to attend the 7th meeting of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace, and participate in the Iranian Parliament's 100th anniversary celebrations, press service of the Milli Majlis said.
12 November 2006 [19:56]
Azerbaijani parliamentarian Asef Hajiyev will visit Moscow November 13-15 to participate in the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities' meeting, press service of the Parliament said.
12 November 2006 [11:29]
Public Movement Multinational Georgia non-governmental organization will observe independence referendum in South Ossetia tomorrow, Organization chairman Arnold Stepanyan told.
12 November 2006 [11:18]
Rasul Guliyev put forward the idea of creation of Azerbaijan International Society for Democracy and joined the establishment meeting by phone.
12 November 2006 [11:07]
"Azerbaijani and Armenian Defense Ministers' next meeting is expected to be held in January," Special representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasprzyk said.
12 November 2006 [10:57]
Understanding memorandum on "Cooperation in Emergencies" was signed between EM and Azerbaijan Red Crescent.
10 November 2006 [23:05]
Fence Me In: An "independent" Armenian's view through the wire.
10 November 2006 [22:30]
Speaker of Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic Ogtay Asadov November 10 met with the delegation led by President of the Constitutional Court of Italy Franco Bile visiting the country to take part at the international conference held at Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan in Baku.
10 November 2006 [21:21]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush's defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran.
10 November 2006 [21:20]
The deputy defense minister suggested Friday that Israel might be forced to launch a military strike against Iran's disputed nuclear program - the clearest statement yet of such a possibility from a high-ranking official.
10 November 2006 [21:18]
Iran will review relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if the U.N. Security Council presses ahead with a European draft resolution imposing sanctions, Iran's nuclear negotiator said on Friday.
10 November 2006 [20:22]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev now visiting Moscow on 10 November has met with the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov.
10 November 2006 [20:17]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Canada Fakhraddin Qurbanov met with members of the Canadian Parliament Patrick Brown and Borys Wrzesnewskyj, press service of the Embassy said.
10 November 2006 [20:12]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulations to President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the people of his country on the occasion of the national holiday, the Independence Day.
10 November 2006 [20:06]
"Though Ojalan took asylum in Moscow then, the US made us deport PKK leader from the country. If Ojalan hadn't been arrested, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan wouldn't have been constructed," said Vladimir Jirinovski, the leader of Russian Liberal-Democrat Party.
10 November 2006 [19:59]
There will be fundamental personnel changes in the Georgian Government.
10 November 2006 [17:22]
"Hunger strike is an abnormal way. But if the editors who form public opinion see no way out, it means that there are great problems in the sphere of freedom of press," said Andres Herkel, PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan.
10 November 2006 [16:43]
"Age and sex are not important factors in politics. Nancy Pelosi has been elected the first woman speaker of the lower house of the US Congress. It means that the thought "politics is the arena of men and the youth" is not true."
10 November 2006 [12:55]
"Kazakhstan's position on Nagorno Karabakh conflict is clear. We support Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity," ambassador of Kazakhstan in Azerbaijan Andar Shukputov said.
10 November 2006 [10:59]
"We can expand military – technical cooperation with Poland in future," Azerbaijani Ambassador to Poland told the journalists.
10 November 2006 [10:49]
"There is strategical alliance between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan," Deputy Foreign Minister told journalists.
10 November 2006 [09:00]
Six opposition media editors in the ex-Soviet nation of Azerbaijan began a hunger strike on Thursday to protest government pressure, including the threatened expulsion of an opposition newspaper from its offices.
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