Politics
13 February 2007 [19:44]
"I wanted to get acquainted with living conditions of refugees and internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, I did not have opportunity for this. I hope I will chance to visit the displaced-persons camps during my next visit to the country," said European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
13 February 2007 [17:20]
In connection with recognition of Kosovo's independence a collision of interests of superpowers is possible, stated expert of 'Kavkaz' Analytical Center Manvel Sargsyan.
13 February 2007 [17:10]
Currently consultations are being held on organizing a meeting between Armenian and Azeri FMs, said Armenian MFA Acting Press Secretary Vladimir Karapetyan.
13 February 2007 [17:03]
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) will organize protest actions on the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide committed by Armenians.
13 February 2007 [17:01]
The OSCE Minsk Group mediators on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Matthew Bryza (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office will have a meeting in Paris on Wednesday.
13 February 2007 [16:58]
Azerbaijani consulate general to Istanbul has declared February 19-26 Khojali week in Turkey.
13 February 2007 [16:54]
Georgian parliament has confirmed the nomination of Nikoloz Natbiladze as Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
13 February 2007 [16:52]
The meeting of the opposition Azadlig alliance's Board of Chairs started on Tuesday.
13 February 2007 [16:50]
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov here Tuesday voiced his country's support for Iran's pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy.
13 February 2007 [16:46]
"I want to inform the Armenian side that in case the negotiations on the principles discussed over the current two years cease, further continuation of the negotiations will likely become senseless and give no tangible results," Araz Azimov, deputy FM of Azerbaijan, announced.
13 February 2007 [11:52]
15th anniversary of Khojali genocide will be held in Strasbourg, France Azerbaijani Students' Association informs.
13 February 2007 [11:18]
Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Central Board (CB) adopted decision on dismissal of former chief of Supreme Assembly Akif Shahbazov from ADP.
13 February 2007 [11:14]
Officials of the UN, OSCE and Council of Europe will have a trilateral meeting in Vienna.
13 February 2007 [10:50]
Baku Mayor's Office is considering the appeal by the opposition Musavat Party's central executive board chief Arif Hajili for venue to hold mass protests in the districts of Baku.
13 February 2007 [10:43]
28th anniversary of Iran Islamic Revolution was marked in Baku.
13 February 2007 [10:42]
Chief of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad Nazim Ibrahimov held a press conference in connection with the 1st Forum of Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas scheduled in Baku on March 9.
13 February 2007 [10:38]
"I have got information about suspension of application of amendments to the migration law in Moscow markets. Not only Azerbaijanis, but also migrants from other countries are allowed working in the markets," said Nazim Ibrahimov, Chief of the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
13 February 2007 [10:37]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will meet in early March, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister told journalists.
13 February 2007 [10:17]
Camp is being constructed for 161 IDP families in Sabirabad, Sabirabad department chief of the State Committee on Work with refugees and IDPs stated.
13 February 2007 [10:01]
Carl Schlyter, Member of the European Parliament (Green-Party) appealed to Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei for release of one of the political activist of movement for Rights of Azerbaijanis Abbas Lisani.
13 February 2007 [09:57]
Iran's Road and Transport Minister Mahammad Rahmati will visit Baku at the invitation of Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov in March.
13 February 2007 [09:50]
Turkish Embassy new office will open within Turkey's Prime Minister Rajab Tayyib Erdogan's visit to Azerbaijan.
13 February 2007 [09:46]
The next meeting of Russia-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission will be held in Moscow in March.
13 February 2007 [01:59]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security Eldar Mahmudov met the US delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
13 February 2007 [01:40]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met with the U. S. delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 12 February, the Ministry's press service said.
13 February 2007 [01:35]
Members of the Council of Europes Ago Group will visit Baku, said Denis Bribosia, special representative of the Council of Europes Secretary General.
13 February 2007 [01:30]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received at President Palace the U. S. delegation led by Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
12 February 2007 [17:23]
International Crisis Group (ICG) will start a new project on Nagorno Karabakh in March.
12 February 2007 [16:38]
The US President George Bush wrote to the House of Representatives expressing his disagreement with the approval of the bill on Armenian genocide, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said.
12 February 2007 [15:24]
European Court for Human Rights received 1478 appeals from Azerbaijan till 2007, Supreme Court chairman Ramiz Rzayev told reporters.
12 February 2007 [14:12]
Defence Minister, Lieutenant-General Safar Abiyev received the delegation led by the US Assistant Secretary of Defence Peter W. Rodman.
12 February 2007 [13:26]
Azerbaijan Democratic Party leader Rasul Guliyev issued order on the processes happening inside of the party.
12 February 2007 [12:54]
Armenian Armed Forces is bringing military equipment to Leletepe territory of occupied Azerbaijani region of Jebrail since Sunday.
12 February 2007 [10:57]
Late president's aide almost certain to win.
10 February 2007 [16:47]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a message to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to congratulate them and the people of their country on Revolution Day.
10 February 2007 [16:32]
Regional cooperation in South Caucasus should promote "development of multilateral links among all, without exception, countries of the region," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on February 10.
10 February 2007 [16:20]
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States' increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons.
10 February 2007 [15:30]
This is the first election since 1992. There is great anticipation after 30 years of Niyazov's rule but few hopes of any rapid change. Other states seem to be more interested in the country’s gas than in encouraging democratic developments.
10 February 2007 [15:23]
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that it had suspended 22 of its 55 technical aid programs with Iran, giving Washington a modest victory in its efforts to isolate Tehran internationally in the hope of curbing its nuclear ambitions.
10 February 2007 [15:14]
The next sitting of Azerbaijan's parliament (Milli Majlis) will be held on February 16.
10 February 2007 [13:23]
A top US State Department official with responsibility for Turkey said the administration was committed to dissuading Congress from passing a resolution recognizing an alleged genocide of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, but said that it was difficult to make this case while Turkey still kept in its penal code laws which restricted freedom of speech.
10 February 2007 [12:45]
The Turkish government has appealed to the United States to encourage the Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq to comply with energy agreements, Matt Bryza, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, told the Turkish Daily News in an exclusive interview.
10 February 2007 [02:19]
Israeli troops charged onto the grounds of Jerusalem's most contentious religious site and fired tear gas and stun grenades Friday at stone-throwing Palestinians who were protesting Israeli excavation work taking place just outside the hilltop shrine.
10 February 2007 [02:00]
The 9th session of Organization of Islamic Conference Parliamentary Union Council will be held on February 14-16 in the capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
10 February 2007 [01:11]
President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lennmarker met with a group of NGO representatives in Azerbaijan.
09 February 2007 [22:42]
"Moving past their reluctant attitude in the 1990s, in the 21st century the alliance and the union have started to pursue a much more active policy toward the South Caucasus.
09 February 2007 [22:41]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received Deputy Foreign Minister in Asia and Oceania Affairs and Iran's special envoy in Caspian Sea Affairs Mehdi Safari.
09 February 2007 [22:39]
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Special Representative of Iranian President for Caspian issues Mehdi Seferi paid one-day visit to Baku.
09 February 2007 [22:36]
NATO coordinator to Azerbaijan Lopen Peerlinman is expected to pay three-day visit to Azerbaijan on February 14.
09 February 2007 [22:28]
The United States will allocate $4.3 million to Azerbaijan for holding international military education and training in 2008.
09 February 2007 [17:54]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Goran Lennmarker made a speech in Baku State University.
09 February 2007 [17:52]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Talat Aliyev prepared proposals on opening consulates-general and honorary consulates in a number of big regions of Ukraine.
09 February 2007 [16:42]
Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan said on Friday that abducting Iranian diplomats in Iraq by the US troops is considered being a terrorist act and violation of international regulations.
09 February 2007 [16:35]
"My report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will cause numerous discussions. Some may agree and some disagree. Yesterday, I met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. He seemed to agree with some points in the report," President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lennmarker told reporters.
09 February 2007 [16:16]
Russia's defense minister said granting independence to the Serbian province of Kosovo may set a dangerous precedent, triggering disintegration of other states across Eurasia.
09 February 2007 [16:14]
The next summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) will be held in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku in June this year.
09 February 2007 [16:07]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev is expected to visit Kiev on March 17.
09 February 2007 [16:04]
"The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is very important both for the whole region and from the aspect of the region's integration into Europe.
09 February 2007 [15:57]
On February 8, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Khurshid Anwar, a Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization, who is in Baku to attend the International Conference on Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs.
09 February 2007 [15:56]
On February 8, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Minister of Justice of Georgia Giya Kavtaradze.
09 February 2007 [15:46]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Khurshid Anwar, a Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), who is in Baku to attend the International Conference on Fight against Counterfeit Drugs.
09 February 2007 [14:29]
"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict means neither a separatist regime nor internal conflict. It is the aggression of an internationally recognized sovereign country against another one," spokesman of Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Tahir Tagizadeh stated.
09 February 2007 [11:24]
Iran stepped up its warnings to the United States, with the nation's supreme leader saying Tehran will strike U.S. interests around the world if his country is attacked.
09 February 2007 [11:01]
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill supporting Georgia's bid to enter the NATO. The Congress bill is to pass the bill as it already did last fall.
09 February 2007 [10:52]
Armenia and Azerbaijan have become independent countries just like other former Soviet Republics after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
09 February 2007 [10:39]
Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has approved country's comprehensive national security strategy that declares democracy and good governance a top priority and reaffirms the "complementary" foreign policy pursued by his administration.
09 February 2007 [10:28]
Pakistan expressed its readiness to share its experience in creating a defence industry in Azerbaijan.
09 February 2007 [02:19]
Yesterday, the Ambassador of South Korea to Azerbaijan has visited the northern regions of Azerbaijan.
09 February 2007 [02:15]
The I Forum of Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora organizations will be held in Baku.
09 February 2007 [02:13]
The teacher of Istanbul University Mehmet Rerinchak will make report on "Truths and imperialist falsehood in Russian and Armenian documents" in City University, London on February 25, Talat Pasha Movement Coordination Center stated.
09 February 2007 [02:08]
President Aliyev received Economic Cooperation Organization Secretary General Khurshid Anvar Feb 8.
09 February 2007 [02:05]
President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Goran Lenmarker.
09 February 2007 [01:53]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received delegation leaded by Italian International Trade Deputy Minister, senator Milos Budin.
09 February 2007 [01:04]
Azerbaijani Armed Forces officer Lieutenant-Colonel Rasim Muradov has appealed to the Ministry of National Security and General Prosecutor's Office of unlawfulness in Security brigade and peacekeeping party of Defense Ministry, Muradov stated.
09 February 2007 [00:39]
Foreign Minister and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President did not discuss Nagorno Karabakh conflict during their meeting, the President told journalists.