Politics
28 March 2007 [22:01]
UNESCO is making more efforts to negotiate with the Azerbaijani and Armenian governments to send a mission to the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
28 March 2007 [21:53]
Regional meeting was held in Israel for the preparation of the congress of Israeli Association of Mountain Jews from Azerbaijan.
28 March 2007 [16:06]
Ambassador in Canada Fakhraddin Qurbanov met with Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade Leon Benoit.
28 March 2007 [16:01]
Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council states that Armenian and Azerbaijanian Speakers would assemble in Tbilisi in May.
28 March 2007 [14:01]
First Deputy Chairman of the Milli Majlis (the Azerbaijan Parliament) Ziyafat Asgarov met with visiting deputy chief of foreign affairs department at the Central Committee of China's Communist Party Ma Venpu and his accompanying delegation.
28 March 2007 [13:38]
A branch of the International Institute for the Monitoring of the Development of Democracy, of the Parliamentary System and of the Observance of Electoral Rights of CIS Citizens, the first in CIS, will be created in Baku.
28 March 2007 [12:39]
Prime Minister of Belarus Sergey Sidorsky will come to Baku Wednesday with a two-day official visit.
28 March 2007 [12:35]
Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, Sergey Mironov, has arrived in Baku Tuesday.
28 March 2007 [09:23]
Chief of the Committee Against Torture Elcin Behbudov will meet with Interior Minister Ramil Usubov on Wednesday.
28 March 2007 [09:18]
Musavat leader Isa Gambar ended his visit to Belarus.
28 March 2007 [09:17]
Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg congratulated the Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) on the occasion of Novruz holiday.
28 March 2007 [09:15]
The chief of Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov visits the U.S. at the invitation of Richard W. Soudriette, president of the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) on the behalf of the World Election Organization.
28 March 2007 [09:14]
"We have normal relations with Turkmenistan, and there are great opportunities for the development of our relations. Both sides have political will for that. The only uncoordinated issue is the status of the Caspian Sea, and the issue will be discussed soon," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told journalists.
28 March 2007 [08:51]
Legal proceeding on the appeal against the court decision on former police chief of Ganja Natig Efendiyev has been fixed.
28 March 2007 [08:49]
The presentation of a book "International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict over Karabakh – from history to future peace prospects" was held in London's Royal Institute of International Affairs.
28 March 2007 [08:35]
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev received the delegation led by Kyrgyzstan's Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Ismayil Isakov.
28 March 2007 [08:32]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will sign some commercial treaties during his visit to the Middle East countries.
27 March 2007 [23:45]
Azerbaijani citizens will be able to get visas for Austria in Germany's Embassy in Azerbaijan from April 15.
27 March 2007 [23:10]
President Vladimir Putin has invited the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to St. Petersburg's 11th International Economic Forum and an informal CIS summit in June 2007 during a Kremlin meeting Tuesday.
27 March 2007 [19:47]
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday began its largest demonstration of force in the Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, deploying two aircraft carriers and conducting simulated aerial attacks.
27 March 2007 [19:39]
Parliament's Toponymy Commission appealed to region administrations, chief of the commission, academician Budag Budagov said.
27 March 2007 [19:36]
Georgia's Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli will pay a day-visit to Baku.
27 March 2007 [19:35]
Today trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued in the second part of the day at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
27 March 2007 [19:30]
Monitoring was today held in Borsunlu village, territory of Azerbaijani region of Geranboy, in the contact line of troops in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office.
27 March 2007 [19:20]
Deputy chairman of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Sirus Tabrizli has been dismissed from the party.
27 March 2007 [19:15]
"Technical report drawn up by experts provides little information on the frequency and results of the fires in the South Caucasus.
27 March 2007 [19:08]
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski will tomorrow start his official visit to Kazakhstan.
27 March 2007 [19:07]
The Azerbaijan Federation for Human Rights Organizations appealed to Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd, co-rapporteurs of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) for appointing special rapporteur on the problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
27 March 2007 [19:04]
The fires occurred along the contact line around Nagorno Karabakh and other regions from June till September of 2006. Heavy rainfalls in winter followed by dry and hot weather caused fires.
27 March 2007 [18:54]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has issued a decree on conferring high military ranks on officers of National Security Ministry.
27 March 2007 [18:50]
Today trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued at Azerbaijan's court of grave crimes.
27 March 2007 [18:49]
"We should not forget the massacres committed by Armenians in Azerbaijan in 1918. We should take into account that these massacres were not committed only against Turks, but against all Muslims," Turkey's ambassador Huseyn Avni Garsioglu told journalists.
27 March 2007 [18:47]
27 March 2007 [18:46]
Andres Herkel, co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will leave for France tonight.
27 March 2007 [16:07]
The facts about the genocide committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis in February-March, in 1918 will be submitted to the Turkish Parliament, Turkish Parliamentarian from AKP Turhan Chomaz said in an interview to journalists.
27 March 2007 [14:04]
US Ambassador to OSCE Julie Finley has arrived in Baku this morning, US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick told.
27 March 2007 [13:06]
The first meeting of the Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental working commission on trade, economy and scientific cooperation will be held in Baku on April 11, Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan Muthu Kumar told.
27 March 2007 [12:21]
"The situation on delimitation of Azerbaijani-Georgian border differs from that of delimitation of Azerbaijani-Russian border. We have achieved more progress in the negotiations with Russia in comparison with Georgia," Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told journalists.
27 March 2007 [12:10]
Azerbaijan–Russia Intergovernmental Commission for delimitation of borders is meeting in Baku on Tuesday.
27 March 2007 [11:20]
The U.S. House of Representatives gave a final backing late Monday to NATO's further eastward enlargement, including bids from ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine, continuing a drive that has unnerved Russia.
27 March 2007 [11:08]
"Hrant Dink was Turkish citizen of Armenian origin. Though we were against his ideas we would like him to live, we do not want people to die because of their thoughts. Turks live and contribute to others' lives," said Muhsin Yazichioglu, leader of Turkey's Great Unity Party.
27 March 2007 [11:04]
The contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops near Borsunlu village of Azerbaijani region of Goranboy is to be monitored in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
27 March 2007 [00:21]
Delegation of the Swiss Border Guard Corps staying in Azerbaijan on 26 March has visited the Alley of Honors to pay tribute to the nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and laid a wreath at his tomb.
26 March 2007 [15:19]
On Tuesday Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will visit Russian capital of Moscow.
26 March 2007 [14:58]
Armenia's defense minister, Serzh Sarkisyan, has been appointed acting prime minister, an Armenian parliamentarian said Monday.
26 March 2007 [14:03]
A parliamentary delegation of Azerbaijan consisting of Chairman of the Milli Majlis Standing Commission on International and Interparliamentary Relations, Head of the Azerbaijan permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Samad Seyidov, and members of the Milli Majlis Gultakin Hajiyeva and Aydin Abbasov will be in Strasbourg from March 26 to 29 to attend the meeting of the PACE Monitoring Committee.
26 March 2007 [13:57]
MP Huseyn Abdullayev, who sentenced to two months in custody, will be defended by new lawyer Kamandar Nasibov.
26 March 2007 [13:53]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza doesn't object to the initiative by the GUAM countries to consider the frozen conflicts at the U.N. General Assembly.
25 March 2007 [14:44]
Prime Minister Andranik Margarian died Sunday of heart failure, government spokeswoman Meri Arutunian said. He was 55.
25 March 2007 [11:38]
Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.
25 March 2007 [11:32]
An ancient Armenian church, perched on a rocky island in a vast lake, has become a modern symbol of the divisions and fitful efforts at reconciliation between Turks and Armenians whose history of bloodshed drives their troubled relationship.
25 March 2007 [10:55]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador in Moscow Polad Bulbuloglu met with Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov, who is going to visit Baku on Tuesday.
25 March 2007 [10:49]
"MP Huseyn Abdullayev visited OSCE Office for another issue. There is no relation between his morning-after visit and the incident he had with a deputy in a parliament session," said Robin Seaword, Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Baku.
24 March 2007 [20:26]
Azerbaijan is Russia's strategic partner in South Caucasus, Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, Sergey Mironov, said during a press conference in Moscow.
24 March 2007 [15:33]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to President of Greece Karolos Papoulias and the people of his country on Independence Day.
24 March 2007 [13:52]
Fifteen British naval troops carrying out an inspection in the Persian Gulf were seized by Iranian forces on Friday, the British government said.
24 March 2007 [13:40]
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was opposed to the U.S. entering the debate at the parliamentary level.
23 March 2007 [23:13]
There are signs of a chill in Russian-Kazakh relations, as shown by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Moscow on March 19-20.
23 March 2007 [23:10]
"While Azerbaijan has a long way to go on political reform, Azerbaijan could potentially become the world's first secular democracy with a majority Shiite Muslim population," said U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza.
23 March 2007 [23:06]
The European Union's special representative to the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, paid a brief visit to Yerevan on Friday to discuss efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with Arkady Ghukasian, the Armenian-populated region's "president".
23 March 2007 [14:57]
Russia's Widening Energy Ties Rankle the West.
23 March 2007 [14:49]
Through which way the European Union (EU) and Armenian relations has recently proceeded is the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP).
23 March 2007 [13:44]
Seeking to hit Iran's oil and natural gas revenues, the United States said on Wednesday that it was encouraging its allies and friendly nations, including Turkey, to find alternatives to Tehran's resources, but admitted that the process to switch to new schemes was difficult in a region dependent on energy.
23 March 2007 [13:44]
U.S. plans to deploy air defense missiles in Europe could negatively affect Russia's relations with NATO if implemented unilaterally without Russia's involvement or any consideration of collective interests, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
23 March 2007 [11:31]
Deputy of the Russian State Duma Alexander Lebedev described Russia-Azerbaijan relations as 'professional enough' and having no anything deserving serious criticism.
23 March 2007 [11:29]
"Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are good in principal, and they are based on mutual respect, mutual respect for interests", said Andrey Kokoshin, the Chairman of the Russia's State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs and Ties with Compatriots.
23 March 2007 [11:24]
Azerbaijan already plays the role of economic leader in the region, said visiting Washington Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
23 March 2007 [11:21]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and the people of his country on Pakistan Day.
23 March 2007 [11:14]
Last week, a rather rare fistfight broke out between two members of the Azerbaijani Parliament.
23 March 2007 [03:09]
Azerbaijan's capital city of Baku is among the most favourable locations to live in, a survey of the human resource consultancy for multinationals ECA International shows.
22 March 2007 [23:51]
Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have ended a prolonged standoff and agreed to cooperate, but NBCentralAsia experts say that differences over oil and gas reserves in the Caspian Sea will remain a hindrance in relations.
22 March 2007 [23:38]
Azerbaijan has no plans of abandoning Russian armament, switching to the American one. Minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov made the statement in Washington.
22 March 2007 [23:29]
Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, stated here on Wednesday that the sides involved in the Karabakh conflict were "still a far cry from any agreement, which was borne out by the outcome of the recent Geneva meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan."
22 March 2007 [23:26]
The US has not asked for deploying in Azerbaijan's territory a mobile radar as a component of the American missile defense system, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told on Wednesday.
22 March 2007 [23:17]
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov will sign a U.S.-Azerbaijan Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Security Cooperation in the Caspian Region today, March 22, at the U.S. Department of State.