Politics
04 November 2005 [17:21]
The "Elections" Information Center of the Central Election Commission (CEC) will post information on activity of voters and initial results of the elections in 24 hours. It was announced that the "Elections" Information Center will work without a break from 8:00 a.m. November 6 to 7:00 p.m. November 7.
04 November 2005 [17:14]
The number of registered by CEC international observers that will monitor the parliamentary elections has reached 1291.
04 November 2005 [17:08]
The CIS Executive Secretary, head of the CIS Observation Mission to observe the elections to Milli Majlis (parliament) Vladimir Rushaylo arrived in Baku yesterday.
04 November 2005 [16:20]
Edimad Asadov who is a registered candidate at the Nizami constituency #24 complained to District Electoral Committee about his rival Rza Ibadov.
04 November 2005 [15:37]
A search was performed by representatives of the Ministry of National Security at the headquarters of Rasul Guliev on Thursday.
04 November 2005 [14:59]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic considers decision of the US to allocate $3 billions for Nagorno-Karabakh to be an aid for the citizens of Azerbaijan.
04 November 2005 [14:16]
The chairman of Khankendi Constituency Election Commission (ConEC) #122 Allahveri Dolukhanov infomed APA news agency that the commission has completed all preparation works under relevant instructions.
04 November 2005 [13:34]
The Independent Press Center (IPC) informs that already 502 registered candidates left the election marathon due to different reasons.
04 November 2005 [13:29]
More than 400 Yeni Azerbaijan Party members who nominated their candidacies not complying with the YAP's grand election list have been dismissed from the party.
04 November 2005 [13:12]
The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan branch informed beforehand that it will not recognize results of elections to Milli Majlis and Supreme Majlis of Nakhchivan AR.
04 November 2005 [13:07]
Board of chairmen of "Azadliq" bloc held its next sitting on Thursday, November 3.
04 November 2005 [12:45]
11 Journalists from various Norway TV channels and papers have already arrived in Baku to observe November 6 Parliamentary elections.
03 November 2005 [17:02]
Persons, detained by police on October 17 in Baku have been released," informed deputy head of the Baku City Chief Poilice Department Yashar Aliyev.
03 November 2005 [15:57]
Defense Minister, colonel-general Safar Abiyev received German ambassador to Azerbaijan Detlev Lingeman and military attach?, brigade General Peter Shafranken.
03 November 2005 [15:40]
"Constituencies where the US Company PA Consulting Group will conduct the exit-poll were determined by means of a special computer program and accidental selection method," explained a representative of the US embassy to Azerbaijan.
03 November 2005 [14:39]
The spokesman of the US State Department Sean McCormack: "We put out a statement on October 26 concerning our hopes for the elections. We are watching the elections in Azerbaijan closely. It is something that our Embassy monitors on a daily basis".
03 November 2005 [14:16]
The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan leader Ali Kerimli in his Thursday press conference shared with journalists his vision of actions of "Azadliq" block in case of unfair elections.
03 November 2005 [13:47]
"Citizens who are planning to participate in the elections will be able to vote without having their voter’s card with them," said the head of the CEC’s press service Azer Saryev.
03 November 2005 [13:26]
No violation was registered in Ujar constituency 91, Trend reports referring to the report of the Election Monitoring Center (EMC) on the pre-election campaign.
02 November 2005 [18:38]
The Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Republic, General-Colonel Safar Abiyev received a delegation headed by the leader of the observation mission of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Azerbaijan Gerth Arens, the press service of the Defense Ministry told Trend news agency.
02 November 2005 [18:21]
The Nasimi district court reviewed the case on prolongation of the detention period of the head of the "Yeni Fikir" [New Idea]Youth Movement Ruslan Bashirli who was arrested in August of this year.
02 November 2005 [18:10]
The PA Consulting Group funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will hold exit-poll in 65 constituencies, selected at random, the USAID Azerbaijan’s office told Trend.
02 November 2005 [17:45]
"Milli Majlis (parliament) held more than 300 sessions for the past 5 years" said the head of the press service of the parliament Agshin Babayev.
02 November 2005 [17:40]
"Rasul Guliyev made a decision on returning to Azerbaijan himself, and he will himself announce the date of his return. I cannot give exact information", said the first deputy of the chairman of the Democratic Party, Sardar Jalaloglu.
02 November 2005 [15:27]
"Peter Paczolay, a co-author of the final opinion on Elections Code of Azerbaijan, developed by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, a Hungarian parliamentarian, will arrive in Baku to monitor the parliamentary elections in the country," informs the PACE Secretariat based in Strasbourg.
02 November 2005 [14:51]
The Central Election Commission's secretary Vidadi Mahmudlu presented at Tuesday sitting of the CEC the list of documents verifying identities of the citizens and non-citizens of Azerbaijan Republic having right to vote.
02 November 2005 [14:32]
The date of the return of the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) to Azerbaijan will be determined at a meeting of the Supreme Majlis to be held on November 3.
02 November 2005 [14:18]
The secretary of the Central Election Commission Natig Mammadov stated that the term was prolonged in accordance with the latest decree on elections issued by the head of state.
02 November 2005 [14:11]
The former minister of economic development Farhad Aliyev being kept in the Investigational Jail of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) was questioned again today.
02 November 2005 [13:21]
The Office of Prosecutor General, Ministries of National Security and Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a joint statement on Tuesday evening, reports Trend.
01 November 2005 [18:24]
Ramil Safarov a lieutenant of the Azerbaijani Army arrested in Hungary for a murder of Armenian officer will have to take another medical examination.
01 November 2005 [17:24]
The fluctuations of the Caspian Sea's water level will be discussed at a conference on provision of a stable development of the coastal line of the Caspian sea, that started on Tuesday in Alma- Ata, Kazachstan.
01 November 2005 [17:09]
Former executive head of Ganja city Rasim Dashdemirov and a member of Milli Majlis Nizami Ahmadov withdrew their candidacies.
01 November 2005 [17:06]
At the meeting Mollazadeh answered EU guests' guestions regarding the Parliamentary Elections in Azerbaijan.
01 November 2005 [15:35]
The results of the monitoring held during the last week show that TV channels noticeably prevented law violations concerning the election campaign after the warning by the National Council for Television and Radio (NCTR).
01 November 2005 [15:04]
204 foreign journalists from 52 international mass media have been accredited by the Central Election Commission (CEC) for observing the parliamentary elections.
01 November 2005 [14:14]
The candidate from the Surakhani second election constituency # 31, chairman of the Independent Politicians Movement Geyrat Guluzade (Guliyev) died because of cardiac decompensation today.
01 November 2005 [13:33]
Candidacies of 484 parliamentary candidates have been cancelled by the CEC.
01 November 2005 [13:28]
Head of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov met with vise-chairman of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee for National Affairs and Human Rights Edward Lintner and German former Prime Minister, Professor Verner Munkhin today.
01 November 2005 [13:18]
The executive power of Baku responded negatively to the request of “Azadlig” bloc on holding a rally-concert in Narimanov Park on 4 November.
31 October 2005 [18:59]
"Azerbaijan has no foreign troops or soldiers. We don’t plan it in the future as well," Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani President, stated in an interview to Turkish mass media. He was commenting a report of world media on a placement of foreign troops or a military base in the country.
31 October 2005 [18:51]
Deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) committee on legal and human rights issues, Lintner believes that the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will be held democratically.
31 October 2005 [18:45]
The Court Martial for grave crimes of Azerbaijan summarized on October 31 the results of the court hearing on the case of Zaur Veysov, charged with the state treason, the judge Mammadbagir Zeynalov told Trend news agency.
31 October 2005 [18:30]
In general, about 5500 special lamps will be bought for checking finger-inking of electors in the parliamentary elections.
31 October 2005 [16:03]
A presentation ceremony of the Karabakh Declaration signed by candidates to the deputy on the initiative of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) and Karabakh Coordination Council was held on Friday, October 29.
31 October 2005 [15:11]
Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) and a group of former fighters visited Martyrs’ Alley on the 12th anniversary of occupation of Zangilan region by Armenia on Friday.
31 October 2005 [14:55]
Former prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, Justice General Huseyn Huseynov was set free after two hours of giving testimonies as a witness in the Office for Fighting Organized Crime of MIA yesterday.
31 October 2005 [14:34]
Central Election Commission informs that so far 1060 international observers have been registered by the CEC.
31 October 2005 [14:25]
"Azerbaijan should avoid starting military operations, because it will be harmful both for Armenia and Azerbaijan," announced Armenian Defense Minister Serj Sarkisyan.
31 October 2005 [13:59]
The vice-chairman of the Masalli district branch of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Amina Seyidzade was expelled from the party.
31 October 2005 [13:53]
Armenian troops again violated the ceasefire regime, this time breaking it in the direction of Ayag Gervend village of Aghdam district.
31 October 2005 [12:55]
The Central Election Commission (CEC) held its regular sitting on Friday. The main issue discussed at the sitting was adoption of the guidelines on finger-inking process during the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
29 October 2005 [18:02]
APA news agency informs that today at 6 a.m. Armenian forces at occupied territories opened fired at Azeri positions situated near Margushevan village.
29 October 2005 [17:37]
More medical workers are arrested in connection with the coup attempt.
29 October 2005 [16:07]
"Negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will continue just after the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan on 6 November and referendum on changes to the constitution in Armenia on 28 November," Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, said journalists on Friday.
29 October 2005 [15:25]
European Union Troika which is on a visit to Baku held a press conference on Friday.
29 October 2005 [14:26]
The Political Council of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) discussed social-political situation existing on the eve of the elections and party’s preparatory work for the elections at the meeting on October 28.
29 October 2005 [14:15]
"I have never supported Ali Insanov as a leader of Western Azerbaijanis, and do not see him as the leader now," proclaimed the Minister of Education Misir Mardanov.
29 October 2005 [13:57]
"The increase of the defence expenditures by Azerbaijan is tied in the first line to the Armenian continuation of arms race," said the Defence Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev.
29 October 2005 [13:41]
The Azerbaijani Central Election Committee (CEC) will hold trainings for representatives of constituency committees, taking into consideration that the inking of fingers is used for the first time in Azerbaijan,” the CEC told Trend.
29 October 2005 [13:08]
The Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry (IM) forces will be operating in an intensified regime till 10 November 2005, the Interior Minister of Azerbaijan, Ramil Usubov told journalists.
29 October 2005 [12:54]
A 47-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, headed by Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL), will observe the 6 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan alongside observers from the OSCE and European Parliament.
29 October 2005 [12:29]
The OSCE Election Observation Mission (EOM) published its third report.
29 October 2005 [12:21]
The appeal of the former minister of health Ali Insanov was reviewed today. APA was informed about it from the Court of Appeals.
29 October 2005 [12:17]
One more member of the National Committee for return of the chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Party Rasul Guliyev, lawyer of the candidate to deputy R.Guliyev,Huseyn Huseynov was detained at about 21.00 yesterday.
29 October 2005 [11:52]
The British Presidency on behalf of the EU Troika welcomes the decree of President Ilham Aliyev signed on 25 October 2005.
29 October 2005 [11:31]
Today Milli Majlis made an amendment to the law "On non-governmental organizations [public unions and foundations]", in accordance with the recommendation stated in President Ilham Aliyev’s decree on urgent measures in connection with preparation and conducting of elections to Milli Majlis.
28 October 2005 [23:30]
General Consulate of Azerbaijan in St. Petersburg will move to a new permanent building by the end of this year.
28 October 2005 [19:47]
Hard times are having Azeri travelers departing from Azerbaijan to Austria. The reason is simple – they cannot acquire Schengen visa for Austria in Azerbaijan.
28 October 2005 [17:40]
"Final results from polling stations will be declared on the next day of the elections – November 7, at 7 p.m.," announced the head of "Elections" Information Center of the Central Election Commission Igbal Babayev.
28 October 2005 [17:13]
Georgia will provide technical assistance to Azerbaijan during the parliamentary elections scheduled for November 6, 2005.
28 October 2005 [15:59]
Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Legal Issues and Human Rights Eduard Lintner and German deputy Verner Munchin will visit Azerbaijan on October 30.
28 October 2005 [15:28]
However the meeting and exchange of ideas did not bring any progress in the dialogue between two sides since no compromise was made.
28 October 2005 [14:18]
An event dedicated to Azerbaijan will be held in the building of the executive power of Husie region of Malmo, Sweden in the first week of December this year. Chairman of "Khazar" club functioning in Sweden, Leyli Kiani will deliver a lecture called "History, culture and present truths of Azerbaijan".
28 October 2005 [13:56]
The Central Elections Commission informed today that the term for recall of candidacies for participation in the November 6 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan is over.
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