Business
02 February 2006 [10:00]
As the Ministry of Finance reports, the state budget receipts were implemented in AZM10.028 trillion or 100.5% level and it exceeds the 2004 figure by 43.5%.
02 February 2006 [09:58]
Marlen Asgarov gives explanations.
02 February 2006 [09:49]
The Oil-and-Gas production Unit (OGPU) named after A.J.Amirov extracted 465 thousand cubic metres of additional gas against 2 million 570 thousand cubic metres of gas extraction stipulated in the plan last month.
02 February 2006 [09:45]
Over 504 thousand retirees (37% of all pensioners) are paid their pensions and pension benefits by means of plastic cards in Azerbaijan at present.
02 February 2006 [09:40]
There are several incomprehensible details in the third report "On gross receipts derived by the Government of Azerbaijan Republic from the extractive industry" audited by the AGN Mak Company.
02 February 2006 [09:28]
The delegation of the Ministry of Transport will attend a seminar on application of digital topography in motor transport to be held in Moscow on March 2-3.
02 February 2006 [09:15]
The Ministry of Finance is currently conducting inspections in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Economic Development.
02 February 2006 [09:09]
Deputy Minister of Transport Musa Panakhov talks about the project.
01 February 2006 [22:45]
2 more ships to be added to Azeri merchant fleet.
01 February 2006 [21:46]
"Plastic cards development" workship took place in Baku
01 February 2006 [17:03]
First stage of construction is over.
01 February 2006 [11:23]
"No need to raise fees in passenger carrying transport means," said Heidar Babaev, Chairman of the Tariff Council.
01 February 2006 [03:36]
The Joint Venture (JE) Azercell-Telecom was awarded with the "Ughur-2005" prize on two nominations.
01 February 2006 [03:01]
A ceremony of signing an agreement between the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) on lending credit in amount of $15 million to IBA will be held in Baku today.
01 February 2006 [02:24]
Representatives of the Azerigas Close Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) together with their Georgian counterparts are participating in the trilateral negotiations in Tehran concerning delivery of Iranian gas to Georgia through the territory of Azerbaijan.
01 February 2006 [02:17]
Kharkov State Aviation Production Enterprise (KSAPE) which produced the plane AN-140-100 will give no comment until the commission investigating the causes of the plane crash happened in Baku on 23 December gives its opinion.
01 February 2006 [02:10]
Receipts and expenditures of the state budget totaled AZN 1844.9 million and AZN 1867.7 million respectively in January-November of the past year and AZN 22.8 million of deficit (0.2% of GDP) occurred in implementation of the budget.
01 February 2006 [02:06]
Country's population income increased by 27% during 2005 in comparison with 2004 and reached AZN 7792.3 million and volume of per capita income increased by 25.7% to AZN 942.
01 February 2006 [01:48]
The National Confederation of the Entrepreneurs Organization of Azerbaijan Republic (AEC) will hold a one-day seminar concerning additions and changes made to the Tax Code on February 7.
01 February 2006 [01:45]
Georgia returns electricity received from Azerbaijan back in volume of 100 thousand kWh on certain days.
01 February 2006 [01:34]
The Caspian Shipping Company (CSC) continues negotiations with the Russian party in a governmental level for the purpose of receiving Russia's consent for navigating in its internal waters.
01 February 2006 [01:28]
The Chamber of Accounts (CA) of Azerbaijan plans to sign bilateral agreements on cooperation with the Chambers of Accounts of Ukraine and Kazakhstan this year.
01 February 2006 [01:11]
Total volume of insurance premiums collected by the Ateshgah Azerbaijan-Russia Insurance Company during 2005 totaled AZN 11.912 million and it is 7% less than the previous year figure.
01 February 2006 [01:07]
The Azerkimya State Company (SC) plans to start secondary production of waste paper soon.
01 February 2006 [01:00]
Repair works carried out in the 100th sector of the cracking unit of the Baku Oil Refinery named after H.Aliyev are about to complete.
01 February 2006 [00:57]
Medicines produced in Azerbaijan will be exported to Uzbekistan soon.
01 February 2006 [00:40]
It is planned to hold a regular annual conference on development of leasing in Azerbaijan within the first ten-days of February. The Leasing Development in Azerbaijan Project of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Association of Leasing Companies of Azerbaijan are the organizers of the event.
01 February 2006 [00:38]
A delegation consisting of Azerbaijani businessmen is expected to visit Kazakhstan and Afghanistan in February this year.
31 January 2006 [06:43]
Abdolbari Goozal, President of the Azersun Holding Group of Companies and Ahmet Yeman, Vice-President of the Holding were elected the winners of the "Ughur-2005" prize constituted by the "Consulting & Business" journal of Azerbaijan.
31 January 2006 [06:16]
A regular auction on placement of short-term notes of the National Bank of Azerbaijan will be held in the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) on February 1.
31 January 2006 [06:04]
The Ministry of Taxes plans to attract all tax debts from taxpayers to the state budget this year and is currently reanalyzing the structure of tax debts.
31 January 2006 [05:46]
Azerbaijan will also attend an international tourism exhibition to be held in Masgad city of Oman Sultanate from January 31 to February 2.
31 January 2006 [05:43]
A license given to the Capital Investment Bank for getting to dealer activity was considered invalid.
31 January 2006 [05:41]
The State Committee for Securities (SCS) registered emission prospectus of ordinary registered stocks of the Royal Bank of Baku Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC).
31 January 2006 [05:34]
Tariffs of postal services are not intended to be raised during this year.
31 January 2006 [05:31]
Wireless communication system based on the CDMA technologies is established in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan (ARN).
31 January 2006 [05:27]
Enterprises and organizations operating in the territory of the republic will be able to send their financial reports to the State Social Protection Fund (SSPF) via mail till the end of the current year.
31 January 2006 [05:16]
Positive balance in amount of $146483.6 thousand occurred in foreign trade turnover of Azerbaijan last year. Volume of export and import operations increased by 20.23% and 19.46% respectively, in comparison with 2004.
31 January 2006 [04:49]
The leading economist of the World Bank (WB) on Southern Caucasus Christian Petersen started negotiations with the government of Azerbaijan on the project "Strategy for cooperation with the country".
31 January 2006 [04:45]
Assets of the "Respublika" Joint-Stock Commercial Bank (JSCB) increased by 97.5% during the past year and totaled AZM 291.4 billion (AZN 58.3 million) by January 1, 2006.
31 January 2006 [04:13]
The Trade Chamber of France is expected to start its activity in Azerbaijan soon. Registration documents of this Chamber consisting of French organizations operating in our country or participating in projects implemented in the republic are currently examined in the Ministry of Justice.
31 January 2006 [03:50]
A delegation led by chair of the Accounts Chamber Namig Nasrullayev will visit Kuwait within the first half of March.
31 January 2006 [03:47]
The Caspian Shipping Company (CSC) intends to restore the voyage in the route of Baku-Lenkeran this year.
31 January 2006 [03:41]
Total volume of insurance premiums collected by the Bashak Inam Azerbaijan-Turkey Insurance Company during 2005 totaled AZM 10.651 billion and it exceeds the previous year figure by 1.6%.
31 January 2006 [03:39]
Electricity supply of Baku city and north regions of the country has been mainly resumed since yesterday. The Barmek Azerbaijan Limited Liability Company (LLC) supplies the territories controlled by them in 95% level at the present moment.
31 January 2006 [03:35]
Approximately $150 million is required for construction of a new line from the "Azizbayov" station of the Baku Metro to the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
31 January 2006 [03:31]
The Azerkimya State Company (SC) prepared a project of a new program on starting manufacturing of new produce in the enterprises included in its structure.
31 January 2006 [03:26]
The administration of the Azerbaijan State Railway Office (ASRO) will attend the 43rd meeting of the Railway Transport Council of the CIS and Baltic countries to be held in Vilnius in March this year.
30 January 2006 [16:22]
"GRBS" company together with "TRIZ CHANCE" consulting company will organize a training course on "Advertising Campaigns and Public Relations Actions" at the Baku Business Center on February 9-11.
30 January 2006 [15:40]
Minister of Communications and Information Technologies (CIT) Ali Abbasov left for Lisbon due to the invitation of the Portugal government and the Microsoft Corporation management.
30 January 2006 [13:21]
Georgia started on 29 January admission of Iranian gas via the territory of Azerbaijan in the volume of approximately 93,000 cu m of gas an hour (over 2.2 million cu m a day).
28 January 2006 [11:12]
Experts of the Central Asia Microfinance Alliance will hold trainings for the members of the supervisory boards of the member-organizations included in the Azerbaijan Microfinance Association (AMFA) on February 15-16.
28 January 2006 [10:41]
The energy mission of the World Bank (WB) led by the WB leading specialist Bjorn Hamson came to Baku yesterday.
28 January 2006 [10:31]
Balance sheet profit of "Bank of Baku" OJSC on 2005 formed AZM14.8 billion and it exceeds the previous year figure by 3.6 times.
28 January 2006 [10:25]
The Ministry of Transport achieved an initial agreement with several international financial organizations on funding reconstruction of the Baku-Georgia highway at length of 503 kilometers.
28 January 2006 [10:20]
The Heydar Aliyev Baku Petroleum Refinery is open for procurement of chemical reagents at the expense of its own means.
28 January 2006 [10:15]
UniBank Commercial Bank implemented operations with securities in volume of AZM289.8 billion during the past year and it exceeds the previous year figure by more than 4 times.
28 January 2006 [09:35]
XXI meeting of Directors General of the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OCR) will be held in Baku on April 24-28.
28 January 2006 [09:30]
The Caspian Shipping Company (CSC) begins exploitation of the "Gara Garayev" ferry in the route of Baku-Astrakhan on January 28.
28 January 2006 [09:13]
The International Finance Cooperation Azerbaijan Corporate Governance Project (ACGP) has selected its first pilot company - Azerigazbank Open Joint Stock Company.
27 January 2006 [17:04]
Azerbaijani government is going to pay back for savings of citizens put in banks in Soviet period less than a US dollar per each Soviet ruble. Working group on the preparation for return of the savings held its last meeting on January 25.
27 January 2006 [14:40]
Azerenergy Joint Stock Company has transported over 4 million KW/h of electricity to Georgia since 22 January 2005.
27 January 2006 [04:21]
An open tender is held for procurement of 50 thousand tons of carbonate rock used by the Organic Synthesis plant of the Azerkimya State Company in production.
27 January 2006 [04:11]
Total volume of credits granted by finance-credit organizations operating in Azerbaijan formed AZN 1358.5 million as of December 1, 2005 and this exceeds the previous year figure by 46.6%.
27 January 2006 [03:58]
Buildings of over 100 post-offices will be constructed and about 50 post-offices in Azerbaijan will be re-constructed this year.
27 January 2006 [03:54]
The Energy Minister of Georgia Niko Gilauri and president of the International Gas Corporation of Georgia David Ingorokva discussed perspectives of delivery of Iranian gas to Georgia through the territory of Azerbaijan in the meeting with the Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev held in Baku last day.
27 January 2006 [03:36]
Shortage of electric energy in the energy system of the Republic amounts to 400 megawatts at present.
27 January 2006 [03:28]
Consumer goods and services amounting to AZN 5582.9 million or 15.2% more than the indicator of the past year were sold and rendered to population in the consumer marker of the republic last year.
27 January 2006 [03:04]
Social inspectors of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population will hold inspections for finding out whether persons to receive earmarked social assistances hide their incomes or not.
27 January 2006 [02:51]
The marketing questionnaire announced by the SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Office (MEOO) ended today.
27 January 2006 [02:39]
The Catel Azerbaijan-U.S. Joint Enterprise (JE), which is the CDMA first operator in Azerbaijan plans to expand its network in the north, west and south directions of the country this year.
27 January 2006 [02:23]
Cargo traffic increased by 9.2%, cargo turnover by 13.5%, passenger traffic by 4.8% and passenger turnover by 6.8% in the transport sector of the republic over the last year. Cargo traffic increased by 26.8% in railway transport, by 6.6% in motor transport, by 2.1% by means pipeline transporting, and by 3.6% in sea transport in the reporting year.
27 January 2006 [01:53]
Oil and Gas Production Unit (OGPU) named after H.Z.Taghiyev extracted 62.896 thousand tons of oil against 61.5 thousand tons of oil stipulated in the forecast and fulfilled the forecast 102.3%.
27 January 2006 [01:47]
Enterprises operating in the communications sector of the republic provided subscribers with communications services totaling AZN 437.2 million or exceeding the 2004 figure by 36%.
27 January 2006 [01:37]
Oil and oil products transportation by means of main oil pipelines increased by 0.9% to 11.7 million tons and gas transportation by means of main gas pipelines increased by 4.4% to 9.5 billion cubic meters over the past year.
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