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21 June 2010 [09:17]
19 June 2010 [13:40]
The number of cars has increased by 1.6 times in Azerbaijan over the past five years.
19 June 2010 [13:13]
Azerbaijan's capital hosted Monday an event to mark the World Refugee Day.
19 June 2010 [12:15]
A meeting on the new mechanism of financing higher education institutions was conducted with the participation of Chairman of the Education Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ramiz Mehdiyev.
19 June 2010 [10:57]
The Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs and Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of Morocco have signed a memorandum of cooperation.
19 June 2010 [10:32]
Solmaz Amanova, Azerbaijani children's book writer, full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a Leonardo da Vinci Medal for her book “Cloistral drugstore” at the International Congress Euromedica – Hanover 2010.
19 June 2010 [10:24]
18 June 2010 [18:28]
World Bank representative Lire Ersado delivered a presentation “Access to and Quality of Education in Azerbaijan” at the Education Ministry.
18 June 2010 [18:12]
18 June 2010 [16:25]
Azerbaijan will attend the conference of representatives of the EU member-sates' and countries outside the Union.
18 June 2010 [15:55]
Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov has met President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi.
18 June 2010 [15:15]
Azerbaijan has granted asylum to 2,600 refugees who came from third countries, Head of State Committee on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [14:56]
Amount of the damage caused by natural disaster to IDPs living in the disaster zone has been estimated, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told the media today.
18 June 2010 [13:40]
18 June 2010 [13:27]
18 June 2010 [13:06]
Winners of the Young Informatics Competition will be awarded in Sumgait city of Azerbaijan, the city's Mayor's Office said.
18 June 2010 [12:55]
The Azerbaijani government deplores the plight of refugees in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [11:56]
A delegation of Saudi Arabia`s Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, has today visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
18 June 2010 [11:35]
18 June 2010 [10:55]
The U.S. Department of State positively assessed the fight against trafficking in persons in Azerbaijan. "In 2009, the Government of Azerbaijan allocated $625,000 to victims of trafficking," the official site of the U.S. Department of State said in the trafficking in persons report.
18 June 2010 [10:45]
Experts of the Assistance for Development of Modern Ophthalmology Union of Azerbaijan have attended the World Ophthalmology Congress in Berlin, Germany.
17 June 2010 [17:55]
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Kyrgyzstan will send fourth Azerbaijani student, who is in the Osh city, back home.
17 June 2010 [17:40]
17 June 2010 [17:32]
A delegation led by Gianfranco Ravasi, an Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves in the Roman Curia as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, has visited Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The guests were briefed on the Foundation`s goals and activity.
17 June 2010 [17:13]
17 June 2010 [16:36]
"Temiz Sheher" JSC and Hyatt Hotels Baku are taking the lead in several recycling projects, due to the “Year of Ecology” in Azerbaijan. In today’s world, with decreasing natural resources and an increase in pollution – it’s our social responsibility to commit to recycling of waste and reduction of energy usage.
17 June 2010 [16:14]
17 June 2010 [16:06]
Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov received NATO Special Representative for South Caucasus Robert Simmons, the ministry reported.
17 June 2010 [15:53]
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17 June 2010 [15:06]
Armenians cause serious damage to the environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Environment and Natural Resources said.
17 June 2010 [14:55]
No viral diseases have been revealed in a disaster-hit central (Aran) zone in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev said.
17 June 2010 [14:45]
As many as 216,000 out of 400,000 internally displaced persons have settled in Baku, Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told media.
17 June 2010 [14:33]
17 June 2010 [13:58]
Azerbaijan Students Union keeps on implementing experience exchange program it started after it was admitted to IAESTE, largest student exchange program around the world, the Union said in a statement.
17 June 2010 [13:25]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Health will continue works on the suspension of activity of pharmacies in case of non-compliance with standards, the Azerbaijani Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev said today.
17 June 2010 [13:16]
According to Azerbaijani Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev, obligatory certification of medical staff will be introduced in the nearest future in Azerbaijan.
17 June 2010 [12:35]
Azerbaijani specialists has prepared a remote-control device which render harmless mines and hand bombs.
17 June 2010 [12:27]
A new canal, which meets modern requirements will be built in the Araz River basin, Garib Mammadov, chairman of the State Land and Cartography Committee said in an interview to the official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP).
17 June 2010 [12:08]
17 June 2010 [11:55]
Azerbaijani students studying in the Free University of Berlin, one of the leading research universities in Germany held an event dealing with Azerbaijan at the university`s international club.
17 June 2010 [10:25]
On June 16, Azerbaijan`s Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party`s Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
17 June 2010 [10:15]
Visiting pro-rector of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Arif Sharifov and Vice-Rector of the Vienna University of Technology Hans Keiser signed an agreement on cooperation between the two universities.
17 June 2010 [10:07]
Chairwoman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Hijran Huseynova is currently visiting Morocco.
17 June 2010 [09:46]
16 June 2010 [18:10]
Armenian man who destroyed monument to Azerbaijani warriors will stand trial today, head of Azerbaijani community in Crimea Rahim Humbatov said.
16 June 2010 [17:45]
Today the world conducts cruel information struggle, and Azerbaijan is at the heart of this struggle.
16 June 2010 [17:35]
Students from Azerbaijan might get an opportunity to study in Vatican, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev said.
16 June 2010 [17:09]
Vatican intends to promote inter-state, intercultural and interfaith relations with Azerbaijan.
16 June 2010 [16:25]
A number of events will be held on the occasion the 135th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s national press. The jubilee events will be held both in the regions and the capital, chairman of the Press Council Aflatun Amashov told journalists.
16 June 2010 [15:55]
SOCAR's ecology department has won a tender announced by JSC 'Temiz Shahar' to obtain samples at specific points of Balakhani urban facility utilizing waste, the department said.
16 June 2010 [15:45]
Two students studying in the famous university of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - University of Jordan were awarded the scholarships named after Heydar Aliyev, the Azerbaijani embassy in Jordan reported.
16 June 2010 [15:35]
The Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Ministry, Association of Student and Youth Organizations in Azerbaijan held a workshop on human rights for university students.
16 June 2010 [14:57]
The names of candidates for vacant positions of judges of the Azerbaijani Supreme Court in connection with the expiration of the tenure of their predecessors have been published.
16 June 2010 [14:35]
16 June 2010 [14:22]
Azerbaijani and Russian border guards have conducted joint exercises in the Caspian Sea.
16 June 2010 [13:55]
The Azerbaijani customs officials prevented the smuggling of large sums of euro to Turkey.
16 June 2010 [12:25]
Due to onset of summer, relevant agencies in Azerbaijan are working to organize summer holidays for children and youth, Azerbaijan Ministry of Youth and Sports Spokesperson Samaya Mammadova said.
16 June 2010 [11:55]
Nearly 200 Azerbaijani students have graduated from various Turkish universities this year.
16 June 2010 [11:45]
The Austrian library will be opened in the Azerbaijan University of Languages, the university said.
16 June 2010 [11:25]
UNICEF representative office in Azerbaijan condemns involvement of children in an internal conflict in Kyrgyzstan, the representative office said.
16 June 2010 [10:45]
Armenian armed forces have started committing arsons in the occupied territories of Terter region of Azerbaijan.
16 June 2010 [10:38]
Due to the hot weather conditions in Azerbaijan, a special regime has been declared in military units, the Defence Ministry's spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu said.
16 June 2010 [10:23]
Azerbaijani delegation led by deputy minister of labor and social protection of population Natig Mammadov is attending the 99th conference of the International Labour Organization, ILO, in Geneva.
16 June 2010 [10:08]
The air temperature will hit 39 degrees in some regions of Azerbaijan today.
16 June 2010 [09:23]
Commerce ministers and businessmen from different parts of the world have come together in Istanbul for a forum as part of the Turkey - World Trade Bridge program.
16 June 2010 [09:15]
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15 June 2010 [12:40]
15 June 2010 [12:25]
Azerbaijan Education Ministry will hold centralized final exams for pupils of 11th grades in Baku and Sumgait cities on June 16.
15 June 2010 [12:10]
15 June 2010 [11:40]
Beach season is officially launched in Azerbaijan starting June 15.
15 June 2010 [10:33]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAİD) has launched 'Healthy Food' project in Azerbaijan, presentation of which held in the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan.
15 June 2010 [09:30]
Military Supplies were found in a facility under the Azerbaijan Railways.
15 June 2010 [09:15]
A large quantity of narcotics was found in Opel car.
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