Politics
01 February 2007 [01:18]
Citing Iranian involvement with Iraqi militias and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the Bush administration has shifted to offense in its confrontation with Iran - building up the U.S. military in the Persian Gulf and promising more aggressive moves against Iranian operatives in Iraq and Lebanon.
01 February 2007 [01:15]
Turkey charged a seventh man over the murder of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink on Wednesday, a court official said.
01 February 2007 [01:11]
01 February 2007 [01:04]
Musavat Party appealed to Baku Mayor's Office on holding rally as a protest against the rise of prices for energy deliveries on February 18.
01 February 2007 [01:03]
"Not leadership of Milli Majlis (MM), but parliamentarians themselves introduce their assistants," the chief of MM press service Akif Nasirov said.
01 February 2007 [00:49]
Azerbaijan People's Front Party (APFP) will appeal to State Committee on Management of State Property to provide them with new residency.
01 February 2007 [00:47]
New appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan Shri B.R. Muthu Kumar came to Baku to take up his position.
01 February 2007 [00:35]
New Azerbaijani Party's (YAP) Narimanov regional organization held the 7th meeting.
01 February 2007 [00:32]
Interior Affairs Minister Ramil Usubov received Anne Derse, US ambassador to Azerbaijan.
01 February 2007 [00:30]
The Joint Statement on results of state visit of the Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to France adopted in Paris runs: "Azerbaijan and France adhere to the principles and goals mentioned in the "Agreement on friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of France."
31 January 2007 [18:40]
The OSCE Office in Baku and the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed profound concern today over new instances of imprisonment of journalists in Azerbaijan.
31 January 2007 [17:06]
Marco Barsotti UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative, whose tenure ended in Azerbaijan, will leave Azerbaijan on February 3.
31 January 2007 [17:01]
"Azerbaijan has the right to restore its territorial integrity, and no one can deprive us of it. We won't give up this right either," Foreign Affairs Ministry press and information policy department chief Tahir Tagizade told while commenting on Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian's statement during his visit in Netherlands that Azerbaijan will never dare to attack Armenia.
31 January 2007 [16:20]
Interview with the Head of the US Embassy Public Affairs Department.
31 January 2007 [15:13]
Today, Communication and Information Technologies Ministry has held seminar concerning the end of tenure of Marco Barsotti UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative.
31 January 2007 [14:50]
New appointments have been implemented in Turkey Foreign Ministry.
31 January 2007 [13:43]
The legislative issues of spring session of Milli Majlis include 28 bills, the chief of MM press service Akif Nasirov informs.
31 January 2007 [13:29]
Press Secretary of Azerbaijani Parliament Akif Nasirov held a press conference today.
31 January 2007 [10:52]
A ceremony to sign Azerbaijan-France intergovernmental documents took place at Matignion Palace with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of France Dominique De Villepin in attendance.
31 January 2007 [10:51]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of France Dominique De Villepin met at Matignion Palace in Paris on January 30.
31 January 2007 [10:47]
OSCE Office in Baku will hold a roundtable on the theme "Armed Forces Welfare and the Democratic Society" on February 13-14.
31 January 2007 [10:35]
President Alexander Lukashenko approved the contract on socio-economic cooperation between Belarus and Azerbaijan by 2015.
31 January 2007 [10:34]
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Ms. Coleen Graffy will come to Azerbaijan next week, said Jonathan Henick, head of public affairs department of U.S. embassy.
31 January 2007 [10:32]
Milli Majlis Office chief Safa Mirzoyev received Greek European Law Center director Spiridon Flogaitis.
30 January 2007 [17:20]
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has set the date for parliamentary elections in the country for May 12, the presidential press service said Monday.
30 January 2007 [17:10]
"Armenia is not bazaar for us," Head of Kars Municipality Naif Alibeyoglu said in the meeting with heads of Mass media of Azerbaijan visiting Igdir and Kars.
30 January 2007 [17:07]
Azerbaijani Democrat Party (ADP) appealed to Ilham Aliyev, the President, and the leader of New Azerbaijani Party (YAP) to hold dialogue with YAP.
30 January 2007 [17:05]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev began his visit to France by visiting Paris Mayor's Office on Tuesday.
30 January 2007 [16:47]
Today, the correspondent of "Nota-Bene" newspaper Faramaz Allahverdiyev (Novruzoglu) was sentenced to two years in jail, the founder of the newspaper Ilham Tumas stated.
30 January 2007 [16:41]
The visit of a group of media chiefs to Kars continuess. Media was received by Kars governor-general Mehmet Ufuj Erden yesterday.
30 January 2007 [15:52]
"I have not made any changes to my report on Nagorno Karabakh (NK)," OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) chief, OSCE co-rapporteur on NK Goran Lenmarker told.
30 January 2007 [12:55]
Bilateral economic relations and Nagorno Karabakh conflict were discussed in one-on-one meeting of Azerbaijani and French presidents.
30 January 2007 [01:12]
U.S. President George W. Bush vowed on Monday to respond firmly if Iran foments violence in Iraq, but said he had no intention of invading Iran.
30 January 2007 [00:54]
Divan of Musavat Party has made a decision on holding the next rally as a protest against the rise of prices for energy deliveries on February 18.
30 January 2007 [00:53]
Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) will hold Congress IX in the first half of May.
30 January 2007 [00:52]
"Simplified visa regime between Iran and Azerbaijan in Nakhchvan may be applied soon," said Iranian ambassador Afshar Suleymani.
30 January 2007 [00:46]
The next meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict has not been set yet, stated press secretary Viktor Sogomonian.
30 January 2007 [00:39]
Armenian delegation will not participate in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Speaker of Armenian parliament, the head of Armenian delegation to PACE Tigran Torosyan said.
30 January 2007 [00:38]
The first sitting of spring session of Milli Majlis (MM) will be held on February 1, the composition of Control and Disciplinary Commission will be considered again.
30 January 2007 [00:37]
Azerbaijani embassy published book in German on the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide.
30 January 2007 [00:36]
Azerbaijan University of Languages and Siena and Peruca Universities of Italy signed contracts of cooperation in Rome.
30 January 2007 [00:23]
Azadlig bloc is going to sue Baku Mayor's Office.
29 January 2007 [23:49]
"OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, mediator on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, are working on organization of a new round of negotiations between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers," Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yri Merzlyakov stated.
29 January 2007 [21:35]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's Georgian visit program will be specified in a few days, Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia reports.
29 January 2007 [16:56]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in France at the invitation of the President of France Jacques Chirac.
29 January 2007 [15:36]
The decision on changing the political course of Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) was made at the recent meeting of the Supreme Assembly of the party.
29 January 2007 [15:31]
Azerbaijan will never agree to the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is beginning a visit to Paris on Monday, said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.
29 January 2007 [15:27]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made statement on the results of their visit to the region.
29 January 2007 [14:09]
A military operation against Iran would be "a catastrophe for the whole region," Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with the Le Figaro daily at the start of his state visit to France on Monday.
29 January 2007 [12:49]
Eight documents on cooperation in economy, science, culture, tourism and civil defence are to be signed during a beginning three-day visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to France.
29 January 2007 [12:43]
Today national seminar has begun on application of Convention on Chemical Weapons in Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry (FM).
28 January 2007 [20:43]
Tensions in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia flared Sunday after separatist officials said three police officers had been wounded in a nighttime attack and blamed the incident on the central government.
28 January 2007 [20:23]
Several hundred Russian ultranationalists rallied in central Moscow Sunday to protest against the detention of 'political prisoners,' including two officers charged with killing civilians in Russia's violence-torn Chechnya province.
28 January 2007 [20:20]
Around 1,500 opposition supporters rallied in the Azerbaijani capital Sunday to protest against recent sharp hikes in domestic utility rates.
27 January 2007 [15:39]
The United States on Friday called "outrageous" Iran's demand for the ouster of a U.N. official in charge of nuclear inspections and said a plan by Tehran to speed up nuclear research was a big mistake.
27 January 2007 [15:24]
210 were dismissed form interior bodies last year, Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov said.
27 January 2007 [15:19]
"I think that the results of the activity of the Azerbaijani delegation are positive. The achieved results serve the interests of Azerbaijan," said Samad Seyidov, the Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
27 January 2007 [15:17]
"We take necessary steps to restore our relations with Armenia, but we do not get expected signals from Armenia. When we speak about normal relations and peace, Armenia Diaspora tries to do its best to tense the situations.
27 January 2007 [15:15]
In the Board meeting on overall results of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov criticized the work of some police departments.
27 January 2007 [14:58]
Hrant Dink is the first and the only Armenian victim murdered by a politically-motivated Turk in the history of the Turkish Republic. We hope it's the last.
27 January 2007 [14:54]
"The European Union can help the process of settlement of Nagorno Karabakh within New Neighborhood Policy. But this can not be process of negotiations," OSCE Mink Group co-chair Bernard Fassier (France) said, taking a stance on the possibility of the European Union's direct participation in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh.
27 January 2007 [14:51]
The statement on overall results of the most recent visit of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, mediating in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be made public on January 29.
27 January 2007 [14:42]
Broad board meeting on overall results of fight against delinquency, measures taken for ensuring public security was held in the Interior Ministry.
27 January 2007 [14:27]
Ankara has said recent remarks made by an Armenian government official expressing his country's readiness to establish diplomatic ties with Turkey without conditions does not amount to a new expansion in bilateral ties.
27 January 2007 [02:30]
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Ramiz Rzayev in the frame of his working visit to Strasbourg has met with the Chairman of the European Court for Human Rights Mr Jean-Paul Costa.
27 January 2007 [02:28]
Ogtay Asadov, speaker of the Milli Majlis, met January 26 with Huseyn Avni Karslyoglu, Turkish ambassador in Azerbaijan.
27 January 2007 [02:22]
27 January 2007 [02:06]
Armenian Armed Forces continues to violate the ceasefire.
27 January 2007 [01:49]
14 were detained in the unsanctioned picket of the Azadliq bloc outside the State Committee for Management of Public Property, 10 of them were released after being warned by 37th police station.
27 January 2007 [01:48]
"Arkady Gukasyan and others should understand that Azerbaijan is developing and better life, the protection of rights of Armenians can only be ensured in being in the composite of Azerbaijan. To come to joint opinion with Mr. Merzlyakov and with some others does not mean that the positions of the sides in the settlement of the conflict are the same," Deputy Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said when commenting on the issue whether Kosovo variant is precedent for Azerbaijan.
27 January 2007 [01:45]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has meet with the President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey in Davos, Jan. 26.
26 January 2007 [22:07]
US Navy nuclear submarines maintaining vigil off the coast of Iran indicate that the Pentagon's military plans include not only control over navigation in the Persian Gulf but also strikes against Iranian targets, a former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Eduard Baltin has told the Interfax news agency.
26 January 2007 [21:53]
International mediators discussed efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with President Robert Kocharian in Yerevan on Friday, ending their latest round of regional shuttle diplomacy without making any public statements.
26 January 2007 [18:50]
Azerbaijani and Armanian delegations to PACE made a decision at the meeting held within plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to begin direct dialogues on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
26 January 2007 [18:24]
Police in Azerbaijan broke up a demonstration organized by opposition activists on Friday, hitting protesters with truncheons and detaining more than 10 people.
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