Business
03 March 2007 [10:21]
Azerbaijan will hold competition for expansion of gasholders. At the first phase, Garadagh gasholder will be enlarged to 2.3bn cubic meters.
03 March 2007 [10:18]
A total of 923m cubic meters of natural gas were supplied to the consumers in Azerbaijan during January, Azerigas Chairman Alikhan Malikov stated.
03 March 2007 [10:15]
The SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department exported 13,593 metric tons of gasoline, 102,783 tons of diesel fuel, 31,793 tons of aircraft fuel, 1,667 tons of lubricants and 3,000 tons of oil bitumen during February, 2007.
03 March 2007 [09:09]
State Labor Inspection under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection starts examinations in construction companies tomorrow, stated SLI chief Nebi Shukurlu.
03 March 2007 [09:06]
The appeal of Independent Azerbaijan University (IAU) for the decision of Economic Court #1 was rejected, lawyer for IAU Intigam Aliyev stated.
02 March 2007 [23:08]
Today Samad Aliyev, a lawyer for former high ranking official of Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department Haji Mammadov, appealed to Court of Appeals on decision of Court of Grave Crimes, the lawyer told.
02 March 2007 [22:56]
"The well in Azerbaijan will produce natural gas in the framework of Shahdeniz project in six days," Hilmi Guler, Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister said.
02 March 2007 [22:52]
Tickets for the 2008 European Championships went on sale.
02 March 2007 [22:30]
Azerbaijan State Committee for Public Property Management has announced an international competition for establishment of Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.
02 March 2007 [17:13]
Friday, the first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Latvia Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation was held in Baku to examine the prospects for expansion of economic ties.
02 March 2007 [16:56]
Azerbaijan's energy balance blueprint for 2007 is ready and the draft has been submitted to the Government, said Azeri Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev.
02 March 2007 [13:57]
Los Angeles hosted the 2nd Business Forum of Azerbaijani and US companies specialized in high technologies.
02 March 2007 [12:50]
Azerbaijan International Mining Operating Company plans to start exploration activities in Dastabashi, Agyurd and Keleki gold deposits located in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
02 March 2007 [09:16]
Thursday, Azerbaijan's Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev met with Secretary-General of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Alan Bryden visiting Azerbaijan.
02 March 2007 [09:14]
Palmali Group of Company ordered Russia's Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard to build 10 tankers with a deadweight capacity of 7,000 tonnes for shipping chemicals.
02 March 2007 [09:13]
Pasha Sigorta will have international audit because of transition to ISO Management Systems.
02 March 2007 [09:05]
Azerbaijani President's executive order on development of resorts was necessary and important step. This order will make a push for expansion and development of tourism in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's Culture and Tourism minister Abulfaz Garayev told journalists.
02 March 2007 [08:43]
As of February 1, the amount of loans invested in the economy of Azerbaijan reached AZN 2,493.4m, up 80.6% from a year earlier.
02 March 2007 [08:43]
"Proposals on establishment of regional innovation zones in Azerbaijan should be developed so that its parameters can attract investors as magnet," Azerbaijan Communications and Information Technologies Ministry official Rufat Gulmammadov said.
02 March 2007 [08:41]
The total amount of the assets owned by Azerbaijan's bank organizations, to February 1, reached AZN 3,668.2m.
02 March 2007 [08:41]
National Depositary Center registered 9 contracts on maintaining and registration of the stocks of joint stock companies.
02 March 2007 [08:40]
The visit of Iranian minister of traffic and transport Mehemmed Rehmeti to Azerbaijan was postponed, stated Iranian ambassador Afshar Suleymani.
02 March 2007 [08:39]
Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AzPromo), Norway-Azerbaijan Youth Organization and Azerbaijan's Embassy in the UK (also accredited in Norway) organized an investment-promotion workshop in Oslo.
02 March 2007 [08:38]
The exhibition season in Azerbaijan starts in March 2007.
02 March 2007 [08:36]
Shahmar Movsumov, Executive Director of the Azerbaijan State Oil Fund (SOFAZ), told the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the fifteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development in New York that some US $150 billion will come to the Fund within 15 years, adding that energy revenues should be used efficiently.
02 March 2007 [08:35]
IMF mission visiting Baku has completed the Article IV report on Azerbaijan.
02 March 2007 [08:30]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8688 AZN/USD at trading sessions on the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on March 1.
02 March 2007 [08:28]
National Bank's Board Chair Elman Rustamov and head of IMF mission for Azerbaijan Vitali Kramarenko discussed the recent macroeconomic processes in the country.
02 March 2007 [08:24]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev decreed on abolishing Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency and Special Engineering and Conversion Committee.
02 March 2007 [08:17]
Complains of the interferences of the Ganja police in entrepreneurship reduced by three times compared with last year, Eldar Azizov the Head of Ganja Executive Power said.
02 March 2007 [08:15]
Oil exports have caused Azerbaijan's growth rate to rocket past 30 percent, but Azerbaijani officials know the oil will not last forever.
02 March 2007 [08:11]
Azerbaijan State Customs Committee collected AZN 109.01m in tax and customs against the plan of 107.1m during January-February.
02 March 2007 [08:09]
The first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Latvia intergovernmental commission started in Economic Development Ministry.
02 March 2007 [08:05]
Azerbaijan State Statistical Committee has requested IMF to render technical assistance over improvement of the mechanism for Consumer Price Index calculation in the country.
02 March 2007 [08:00]
Chairman of the Management Board of the National Bank of Azerbaijan, Elman Rustamov has received a delegation led by KfW Senior Vice-President, Doris Kohn.
02 March 2007 [08:00]
Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents has applied over 7,000 ISO standards in the country.
01 March 2007 [21:50]
Azerbaijan International Mining Operating Company has submitted a report on exploration work in Gadabey and Gosha fields.
01 March 2007 [21:45]
Azerbaijan International Mining Operating Company wants an international monitoring group to be sent to the occupied Azerbaijani lands in order to get acquainted with the situation of gold fields, AIMOC President Rza Veziri told.
01 March 2007 [16:09]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on establishment of a State Commission on control over privatization of state property.
01 March 2007 [16:08]
National Television and Radio Council has not received any appeal on tender for ANS's frequency announced on February 20.
01 March 2007 [16:04]
As of February 1, the amount of loans invested in the economy of Azerbaijan reached AZN 2,493.4m, up 80.6% from a year earlier.
01 March 2007 [14:36]
The first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Latvia intergovernmental commission started in Economic Development Ministry.
01 March 2007 [13:58]
Alan Bryden, Secretary-General of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has visited Azerbaijan at the invitation of Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents.
01 March 2007 [09:16]
Alan Bryden, Secretary-General of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has visited Azerbaijan at the invitation of Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents.
01 March 2007 [09:14]
Ganja Automobile Plant begins assembling tractors in March this eyar.
01 March 2007 [09:11]
Appeals Court again postponed the legal procedure on the appeals of two former officers of Barmek-Azerbaijan Electricity Distribution, the court informs.
01 March 2007 [09:07]
Azerdemiryolbank will hold a winning campaign called "I paid I won" from March 1 through August 31.
01 March 2007 [08:41]
Parliament is expected to adopt a number of economics bills during the spring session.
01 March 2007 [08:37]
The first meeting of Greece-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation will be held March 15, Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev said.
01 March 2007 [08:36]
There some problems with refund of soviet-time bank savings and the government commission is working on the issue, Ziyad Samadzade, Chair of Parliament Commission for Economic Policy, stated.
01 March 2007 [08:32]
A number of new enterprises will be opened in Azerbaijan this year, aid Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
01 March 2007 [08:28]
Azerbaijan Industry Bank intends to open eight branches by this year end on the scope of the strategic development plan for 2006-2008.
01 March 2007 [08:26]
Asian Development Bank's energy mission will visit Azerbaijan this week.
01 March 2007 [08:24]
Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev will meet with the Caspian Integration Business Club members.
01 March 2007 [07:54]
Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) considered more than 50 investment projects last year.
01 March 2007 [07:45]
First flight from Azerbaijani capital to Belarus capital will be made today, Emin Ilyasov.
01 March 2007 [07:41]
Azerbaijan will transfer $100,000 to the account of the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development (GAID), Ali Abbasov, Azerbaijani Information and Communication Technologies Minister stated at the meeting of the Strategic Council of the organization.
28 February 2007 [23:14]
"If the Government of Azerbaijan doesn't take effective additional measures, the inflation rate will continue to rise and to hit 17% at the year-end."
28 February 2007 [22:56]
Emergencies Ministry is taking measures to solve the problems caused by recent strong wind in southern regions.
28 February 2007 [16:11]
Health Ministry began to take measures against medicine commercials, the director of Innovation and Supply department of the Ministry Vahid Nagiyev told.
28 February 2007 [16:08]
Azerbaijan's state budget for 2007 will be reconsidered in May.
28 February 2007 [14:32]
Azerbaijan Economic Development Ministry has submitted to the Government the draft document on the country's accession to the World Trade Organization, said Minister Heydar Babayev.
28 February 2007 [09:31]
Invitation of Azerbaijani specialists to contribute to the power generation development in Moldova is commendable, said Azerenergy Vice-Presidetn Marlen Asgarov.
28 February 2007 [09:22]
Foreign Minster Elmar Mammadyarov met with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana.
28 February 2007 [09:14]
Delegation headed by Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov had a business visit in Romania on Feb 19-25.
28 February 2007 [09:09]
One more item has been added to the agenda of the first meeting of Azerbaijan-Latvia intergovernmental commission, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Latvia to Azerbaijan Mikhail Popkovsk stated.
28 February 2007 [09:06]
Head of IMF mission for Azerbaijan Vitali Kramarenko is finishing his visit to Azerbaijan.
28 February 2007 [09:05]
January, 2007 Azerbaijan enjoyed trade surplus of US $113,689,000 in trade operations with faraway nations and suffered trade gap of $107,268,800 in trade with Commonwealth of Independent States.
28 February 2007 [09:02]
Standard Insurance increased the total collection of premiums 36% during 2006 to AZN 8.34m.
28 February 2007 [08:56]
Modern buildings are planned to be constructed along the Ganja airport highway, Ganja Mayor Eldar Azizov stated.
28 February 2007 [07:15]
Azerbaijan's Communications and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov visited the scientific core of Silicon Valley, San Jose State University and inked a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the university.
27 February 2007 [22:07]
Israel is deeply interested in importing natural gas from Azerbaijan and negotiation between the two countries will start soon, said Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev.
27 February 2007 [22:04]
Washington-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will hold a preliminary trial on the arbitration request lodged by Barmek against Azerbaijan's Economic Development Ministry.
27 February 2007 [21:50]
The share of the private sector in gross domestic product generation has reached 81% and the number of legal entities engaged in entrepreneurship exceeded 73,000 in Azerbaijan, Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev stated.
27 February 2007 [21:46]
Today Azerbaijan's Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev chaired a meeting dedicated to problems in the sphere of free and chargeable medical service, distribution of medications to the hospitals and the ways out of the problems.