Politics
26 February 2007 [13:11]
"The happenings in Khojaly 15 years ago are terrible, and results of this tragedy are being felt today. Numerous people died in result and Azerbaijani people still mourn over this tragedy and we join their grief," special representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General to Azerbaijan Denis Bribosia stated.
26 February 2007 [12:52]
Commemorative event was held today in front of the monument Mother's Cry erected in honor of the victims of the Khojaly genocide of 15 years ago.
26 February 2007 [12:33]
An incident occurred during the international conference on Khojaly genocide organized in The Hague by Igdir municipality and Azerbaijani Consulate General to Kars, the conference organizer, head of Igdir municipality Nureddin Aras stated.
26 February 2007 [12:26]
The 15th anniversary of Khojaly genocide is marked today.
26 February 2007 [10:06]
Grand Unity Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazicioglu on Sunday said that the Khojali massacre should be recognized as genocide in a message to mark the 15th anniversary of the massacre.
25 February 2007 [17:21]
15th anniversary of Khojaly genocide was commemorated in General Consulate of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.
25 February 2007 [15:04]
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's overnight visit to Turkey has focused attention to the strategic dialogue between the two democratic nations in the Eastern Mediterranean.
25 February 2007 [14:55]
Iran said Saturday the United States was not in a position to take military action against it and urged Washington and its allies to engage in dialogue.
25 February 2007 [14:40]
On the night of Feb. 25, 1992 Armenian and Soviet troops attacked the Azeri village of Hojali.
25 February 2007 [14:30]
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Andar Shukputov met with Ogtay Asadov, the Speaker of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijan Parliament) on February 23.
24 February 2007 [20:35]
A unit of Revolutionary Guards attacked the rebels in a remote area near the Turkish border.
24 February 2007 [20:14]
Serdar Jalaloglu-led Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) held a conference today.
24 February 2007 [14:40]
Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani will soon end his diplomatic mission, the Embassy press secretary Majid Feyzollahi stated.
24 February 2007 [13:12]
Poland's Foreign Minister will visit Armenia tomorrow within her visit to the South Caucasus.
24 February 2007 [10:10]
Reports about the violation of Azerbaijani airspace by Iran's helicopters are false, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani stated on Friday.
24 February 2007 [09:50]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko had a telephone talk.
24 February 2007 [09:10]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received new appointed head of the OSCE Office in Baku Jose Luis Herrero Ansola.
24 February 2007 [08:50]
Turkey and Azerbaijan are taking action to counter the intensifying attacks of the Armenian diaspora, which has been striving for an international recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide.
24 February 2007 [08:35]
It will be expedient if European Parliament draws up report on Nagorno Karabakh. My colleague and I will discuss it on returning to Brussels, member of European Parliament, German Parliamentarian Cem Ozdemir said.
24 February 2007 [08:30]
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be solved unless relations with Turkey are restored, stated former foreign minister of Armenia, leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian.
24 February 2007 [08:25]
Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Friday that Azerbaijan is working to open an embassy in Seoul for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
24 February 2007 [08:15]
As America struggles to stabilize Iraq while fighting rages, the last thing it needs is to become embroiled in a new crisis with Turkey.
24 February 2007 [08:05]
Moldovan Prime Minister Valsile Tarlev met his Azeri counterpart, Artur Rasizade, within his official visit to Azerbaijan.
24 February 2007 [07:25]
Reports about Azerbaijan National Independence Party's (ANIP) cooperation with Rasul Guliyev-led Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) are not true. We discussed it neither in ANIP nor with the representatives of that party, ANIP chairman Ayaz Rustamov said.
24 February 2007 [07:20]
Azerbaijan's Commissioner on Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova made a statement on the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide.
24 February 2007 [07:05]
Azerbaijan is not Europe's neighbor, it is inside Europe, member of European Parliament. German Parliamentarian of Cem Ozdemir said at the meeting with students in Baku.
24 February 2007 [07:00]
'Europe should be more active in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. We would like Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold negotiations and solve this problem, member of European Parliament, German Parliamentarian Cem Ozdemir said at the meeting with students in Baku.
23 February 2007 [20:36]
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili hopes the border line with Azerbaijan will be agreed soon.
23 February 2007 [20:26]
The next letter of soldier of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Samir Mammadov, who was captured on December 24 by Armenians and at present being kept in Yerevan, was delivered to his family, soldier's uncle Vidadi Mammadov informed.
23 February 2007 [20:22]
The delegation led by Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff army general Ergin Saygun will visit Baku on February 26, Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan informs.
23 February 2007 [16:16]
"Iran and Azerbaijan are close to define Caspian's legal status," Iranian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani told journalists.
23 February 2007 [16:03]
The Governments are not satisfied with goods turnover between Azerbaijan and Moldova, Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev told at joint business forum held in Baku.
23 February 2007 [14:38]
"The appeal sent to Iranian embassy for the recognition of Khojali genocide has been sent to Iran Islamic Council Assembly. It is in the Parliament's competence to discuss the issue," Iranian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani said.
23 February 2007 [14:04]
Artur Baghdasaryan, head of Armenian opposition party, said that dwelling on history hampered his country's relations with its neighbors and suggested that Yerevan normalize ties with both Turkey and Azerbaijan.
23 February 2007 [09:35]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday underlined Moscow's skepticism about plans to resolve Kosovo's status, saying Russia would not sign on to any solution imposed by outsiders.
23 February 2007 [09:15]
Meeting in Paris with Armenian community groups, Armenian President Robert Kocharian warned that the failure of Turkey to recognize the Armenian claims of genocide was "not only an ethical problem, but poses a national security problem for Armenia."
23 February 2007 [09:10]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has sent a message to Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and the people of his country to congratulate them on National Day.
23 February 2007 [08:40]
"February 26 is not only a bitter day for Turkish world and Azerbaijan, but also a black spot in the history of humanity," parlamentarian from Igdir Dursun Akdemir stated at the Turkish Parliament.
23 February 2007 [08:20]
Two members of the European Parliament will visit Baku by the end of the month.
23 February 2007 [08:10]
Thomas Hammerberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights will be on visit to Azerbaijan on March 26-31.
23 February 2007 [07:30]
One of Turkmen opposition leaders, member of Vatan Movement, Russian citizen Annandurdi Hajiev has been arrested in Bulgaria.
23 February 2007 [07:25]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) plans to hold next picket outside Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan next week.
22 February 2007 [20:41]
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 today at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
22 February 2007 [20:38]
The geopolitical landscape in the South Caucasus appears to be shifting in a fundamentally westward direction, a change triggered by the Russian announcement in December that Gazprom, Russia's massive state-owned energy consortium, would dramatically raise the price of natural gas exports to Azerbaijan.
22 February 2007 [20:23]
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over fears it hopes to produce an atomic bomb.
22 February 2007 [20:17]
It's pitty that International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has double standards to the problem on handover of captured and missing people, the head of Azerbaijani Community of Karabakh Nizami Bahmanov told journalists.
22 February 2007 [20:07]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has received the delegation headed by Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev.
22 February 2007 [20:05]
Azeri-Czech Society will organize a range of commemorative events on the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide beginning from February 25.
22 February 2007 [20:02]
Chief Azerbaijan's Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev signed Program of Measures on marking 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide.
22 February 2007 [20:01]
If Azadliq alliance can not prevent separation of Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP), it will cooperate with both sides.
22 February 2007 [19:42]
Moldova supports Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. We are for peaceful solution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev said on Thursday.
22 February 2007 [19:39]
The chief of the Committee against Tortures Elchin Behbudov today met with Akif Muradverdiyev, former officer of President's Office, kept in the medical place of Penitentiary Service.
22 February 2007 [19:37]
The documents to be put on the agenda of Summit of leaders of Caspian States will be discussed in Tehran in the meeting of the working group established to organize the summit, Azerbaijan’s deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov said.
22 February 2007 [19:35]
International mediators engaged in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict can find a suitable solution, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
22 February 2007 [19:34]
On Friday delegation of Azerbaijani parliamentarians will leave for Lahey, Holland to participate in the conference dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide.
22 February 2007 [19:32]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued executive orders on appointing ambassadors to Czech Republic and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
22 February 2007 [18:55]
Israel-Azerbaijan establishment congress is expected to be held in Tel Aviv on March 29.
22 February 2007 [14:45]
Eduard Lintner, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee is expected to visit Azerbaijan, Eduard Lintner's office in Bundestag informed.
22 February 2007 [13:36]
Five Azerbaijani soldiers struck mine in Fuzuli February 21, APA reports quoting to military sources.
22 February 2007 [13:14]
Winter session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly starts. The session will cover discussions on energy security in OSCE region.
22 February 2007 [12:38]
We have protested for several times against official Tehran's policy on exerting pressures on Azerbaijani dissidents and their arrest. Instead of pressures on people because of their ideas, it is necessary to give them freedom of speech, State Department Deputy Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tom Casey said that in the press conference held in Washington.
22 February 2007 [09:15]
UK-Azerbaijan Thames Insurance Group has received a five-year license from the Finance Ministry of Azerbaijan to continue operating in the country.
22 February 2007 [09:00]
Lenkeran military commissioner Samir Mammedov has been dismissed by the order of Republic military commissioner Eliaga Huseynov.
22 February 2007 [08:50]
Musavat Party appealed to Baku Mayor's Office to hold a rally on March 18.
22 February 2007 [08:35]
Israel Foreign Ministry Political Research Center delegation composed of 3 members will visit Baku.
22 February 2007 [08:15]
The practice of Balkans on missing persons can be applied in the South Caucasus. The delay of the process reduces hopes for missing persons' returning to their families, reads the report drawn up by Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on missing persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
22 February 2007 [08:10]
Today Court of Appeal presided over by Judge Mirze Taghizadeh considered appeal of Azerbaijan People's Front Party leader Ali Karimli for receiving national passport, lawyer for Karimli Tofig Guliyev stated.
22 February 2007 [08:05]
US International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) held roundtable on election legislation.
22 February 2007 [08:00]
Iran does not believe that the US will attack, Iran's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani stated.
22 February 2007 [07:55]
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Jordan Elman Arasli met with Agriculture Minister of the country, Azerbaijani Embassy in Jordan informs.
22 February 2007 [07:50]
League for Defense of Labor Rights will hold monitoring on freedom of assembly, chairman of the league Sahib Mammadov stated.
22 February 2007 [07:45]
NATO Assessment Mission visited Baku last week. The mission appreciated Azerbaijan's activity in the framework of Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP).
22 February 2007 [07:05]
Chief of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov will visit the UK at the invitation of the UK Association of Election Officials February 24.
21 February 2007 [23:05]
Resolutions on Nagorno Karabakh were adopted with the UN's consent and the United States, as a member of the UN Security Council, agreed on these resolutions, said Jonathan Henick, the PR Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan.
21 February 2007 [22:55]
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