Politics
16 May 2007 [15:54]
On Wednesday monitoring was held in the contact line of troops in Chamanli village of Aghdam region under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
16 May 2007 [15:50]
Foreign Ministers of the Caspian states are expected to meet in Tehran in the second half of June.
16 May 2007 [14:39]
Bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will be held in Washington on July 9-10, US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick told.
16 May 2007 [14:15]
"Sending a note to Russia was a right step from legal, principal and formal aspect. Azerbaijani has to express its position regarding these issues."
16 May 2007 [13:00]
The planned bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will possibly take place in June or July this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
16 May 2007 [08:52]
On Tuesday the chief of Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Communities (SCRC) Hidayat Orujov visited Turkey.
16 May 2007 [08:46]
Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan on Tuesday said his country was in favour of encouraging all OIC member states to continue efforts for conflict resolution in the Islamic world on the basis of International Law.
16 May 2007 [08:44]
Azerbaijan soldier facing charges of high treason was sentenced to 11 years by Grievous Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Jamal Ramazanov.
16 May 2007 [08:35]
Musavat party has applied to Baku mayor's office for organizing a rally on May 27.
16 May 2007 [08:32]
About 30 countries and international organizations have been invited to the summit of GUAM – Organization for Democracy and Economic Development to be held in Baku on June 18-19.
16 May 2007 [08:29]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigori Karasin.
16 May 2007 [08:27]
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will organize annual three-day human dimension seminar in Warsaw on Wednesday.
16 May 2007 [08:25]
16 May 2007 [08:23]
Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev received Bulgarian delegation headed by Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov.
16 May 2007 [08:18]
Kazakhstan's embassy and military attache in Baku celebrated the 15 anniversary of the establishment of the country's armed forces in Baku Entertainment Center.
16 May 2007 [08:04]
The trial opened on Tuesday for the former chief of Azerbaijan's largest private oil company and his brother, a former Cabinet minister who also has been charged in an alleged coup plot.
16 May 2007 [07:56]
Romania will attend the summit of the International Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM).
16 May 2007 [07:49]
Two-day meeting of the expert group on coordinating the draft agreement on the main principles of cooperation in the sphere of migration of CIS member states is being held in Minsk.
15 May 2007 [23:23]
President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on approving of the 2007-2010 state program on implementation of Employment Strategy of Azerbaijani Republic.
15 May 2007 [23:15]
Protest action was held in Brussels on the 15th anniversary of occupation of Shusha and Lachin regions by Armenian military forces, vice-president of Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis Elsevar Mammadov told.
15 May 2007 [22:56]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan on May 21-22, Ambassador Vasili Istratov told a news conference.
15 May 2007 [22:49]
We did not have a chance to organize the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in Strasbourg, Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov exclusively told.
15 May 2007 [22:36]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Ms. Kinga Goncz is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan May 17, Ministry Press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told.
15 May 2007 [15:12]
Iranian deputies are gathering signatures to form an Iranian-U.S. friendship committee in parliament, one of the legislators involved in the historic effort said Tuesday.
15 May 2007 [13:06]
Polish Interior Minister, Yanush Kachmarek will pay an official visit to Baku on June 1-2 within the tour to the South Caucasus countries.
15 May 2007 [12:34]
The first in 2007 train, which is carrying weaponry, armaments and property from the Russian military base in Batumi, left for Russia.
15 May 2007 [12:26]
Analysts and observers have held little hope for a dramatic shift in foreign policy of Turkey's estranged neighbor Armenia following the weekend's parliamentary elections in which pro-presidential parties won a large majority -- and with Yerevan being expected to continue to put worldwide recognition of an alleged Armenian genocide at heart of its foreign policy decision-making mechanism.
15 May 2007 [10:19]
Several agreements were reached in the framework of Belarus National Exhibition held in Baku on May 2-5, Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Paskevich told.
15 May 2007 [10:13]
Baku Mayor's Office did not sanction journalists' picket for tomorrow, spokesman for Mayor's Office Zaur Ramazanov told.
15 May 2007 [10:06]
Increasing dynamics is observed in Azerbaijan’s military expenses lately.
15 May 2007 [09:50]
Azerbaijan consul general to St. Petersburg Gudsi Osmanov paid business visit to Murmansk.
15 May 2007 [09:40]
The meeting of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is being held in Paris.
15 May 2007 [09:11]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to make a visit to Jordan this summer.
15 May 2007 [08:51]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister left for Islamabad, Pakistan to participate in the 34th session of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM).
15 May 2007 [08:49]
Two brothers – a former government minister and a prominent oilman – go on trial on Tuesday in Azerbaijan, charged with corruption and plotting a coup, in a case that has raised questions about the security of oil supplies out of the Caspian region.
14 May 2007 [23:40]
The next meeting of Azerbaijani parliament is to be held on May 18.
14 May 2007 [16:21]
Azerbaijan's Armed Forces and US European Command will conclude an action plan on military cooperation, said Azerbaijani Defense Minister, General Colonel Safar Abiyev addressing the event on the anniversary of the US Armed Forces.
14 May 2007 [16:18]
The date of Azerbaijani Parliament's spring session is likely to be prolonged.
14 May 2007 [16:10]
Polish president Lekh Kachinski received invitation for the summit of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) to be held in Baku.
14 May 2007 [16:02]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Monitoring Committee is to hold meeting in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia.
14 May 2007 [15:57]
Leader of Open Society Party Rasul Guliyev will not run for 2008 presidential elections unless the election legislation is amended.
14 May 2007 [15:49]
The Georgian Foreign Ministry and President Saakashvili should clarify situation involving the latter's remarks on a border agreement with Azerbaijan, opposition lawmaker from the Conservative Party Zviad Dzidziguri said on May 14.
14 May 2007 [12:32]
Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk organized a visit of chiefs of diplomatic corps accredited in Baku to Girmizi Gesebe settlement, densely populated by Mountain Jews in Guba region.
14 May 2007 [12:07]
Georgia and Azerbaijan are expected to sign a border delimitation agreement soon, President Saakashvili told reporters after talks with his visiting Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, in Tbilisi on May 12.
14 May 2007 [11:48]
The investigation of the criminal case on parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev has finished and sent to Sebayel district court.
14 May 2007 [11:35]
The party of Armenia's prime minister garnered the most votes in parliamentary elections, officials said, as foreign observers praised the vote and opposition parties accused authorities of fraud.
14 May 2007 [11:30]
More than a million secular Turks demonstrated in the Aegean port city of Izmir on Sunday in a major show of strength against the Islamic-rooted government as Turkey prepares for early general elections.
12 May 2007 [13:07]
U.S. - Azerbaijan business forum will be held May 31 in Los-Angeles. The event is organized by Azerbaijan Ministry of Economic Development, Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AzPromo), General Consulate to Los-Angeles and U.S. - Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce.
12 May 2007 [12:48]
Turkish Republic Popular Party member, parliamentarian Shukru Elekdag has condemned Armenia for denying for visa to Turkish representatives of the OSCE, who were to observe parliamentary elections in the country.
12 May 2007 [12:38]
Large-scale military games with participation of military units of Baku garrison of Interior Troops will be held in the training ground in Khizi region on May 25.
12 May 2007 [12:26]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met international mediators in Strasbourg on Friday to discuss their recent proposals aimed at overcoming the remaining obstacles to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
11 May 2007 [15:37]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire killing another Azerbaijani soldier.
11 May 2007 [14:30]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov had several meetings in the framework of the 117th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
11 May 2007 [12:44]
The delegation led by Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov will visit Pakistan late in May.
11 May 2007 [12:42]
Georgian Foreign Ministry made statement on violation of the country's airspace by Russia's two military planes.
11 May 2007 [12:42]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Today is making a working visit to Poland to participate in the energy summit.
11 May 2007 [12:40]
"Ali Insanov did not apply to us. In the case of any application on this issue, proper consideration and decision will be made on it."
11 May 2007 [12:38]
Scientific research institute has been established under Defense Industry Ministry.
11 May 2007 [12:31]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, met the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group today and pledged Spain's full support for their intensive mediation efforts to assist the parties in finding a resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
11 May 2007 [09:24]
Our recent observations show that the state of media in Azerbaijan has deteriorated, said Special Representative of the European Union for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
11 May 2007 [09:23]
The meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Daghistan's President Mukhu Aliyev in Baku on April 30 is of great political and economical importance, Dagestan’s minister for national policy, information and external relations, Eduard Urazaev said in Khacmaz while attending the meetings arranged on Heydar Aliyev's birthday.
11 May 2007 [09:21]
Reconsidering the decision of reprimand on parliamentarian Fazail Agamali will be debated in the parliament's disciplinary commission on May 18.
11 May 2007 [09:08]
"Iran has many times offered to eliminate visa regime between the two countries since 1993. But Azerbaijani side has not specified its position on the issue," said Former Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, senior expert on Asia and CIS countries at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Iran Afshar Suleymani.
11 May 2007 [09:07]
Members of Georgian parliament, arrived in Baku to participate in the events on Heydar Aliyev's birthday visited Heydar Aliyev's tomb in the Alley of hounors.
11 May 2007 [09:05]
Central Election Commission (CEC) will move to a new administrative building.
10 May 2007 [19:26]
The document on the 15th anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijani town of Shusha by Armenian forces, presented by member of Azerbaijani delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Ganira Pashayeva, will be debated at the meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on May 16.
10 May 2007 [19:20]
The next meeting of working groups on delimitation and demarcation of Azerbaijani-Russian borders will be held in July, said Eduard Urazaev, Dagestan Republic's Minister for national policy, information and external relations.
10 May 2007 [19:16]
Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire again.
10 May 2007 [16:18]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by chairwoman of Turkish Constitutional Court Tulay Tugcu.
10 May 2007 [16:10]
Central Election Commission (CEC) will move to a new administrative building.
10 May 2007 [16:01]
I am planning to visit all the three South Caucasus countries and meet with government officials soon, said European Union's Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
10 May 2007 [15:57]
German Bundesdtag's left-wing faction has made a statement on the Nagorno Karabakh problem.
10 May 2007 [15:40]
With increasing streams of revenue due to energy production and the opening of the BTC oil pipeline, the Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan is boosting its military spending as a means to recover its occupied territory of Nagorno Karabakh.
10 May 2007 [14:44]
The co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza (US), Bernard Fassier (France), and personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk today met with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos in Spanish capital, Madrid, French co-chair Bernard Fassier told.
10 May 2007 [13:47]
"We hope the meeting of the Presidents [Armenian and Azerbaijani] in St Petersburg on June 10 will reach decisions which will be a turning point in the settlement of the conflict. It will be clear soon whether the meeting will achieve concrete results," Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan said.
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