Politics
27 February 2007 [08:20]
National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov issued an executive order on appointing Perviz Veliyev, the chief of National Security Ministry’s Lenkeran department to Garadagh district, Baku.
27 February 2007 [08:15]
Estonian Population Minister Paul-Eerik Rummo will be visiting Azerbaijan March 7-10 at invitation of Azerbaijan State Committee on work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
27 February 2007 [08:10]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Zeyno Baran, Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy of Hudson Institute of US.
27 February 2007 [08:05]
Today President Ilham Aliyev received Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani.
27 February 2007 [08:00]
Poland is ready to participate in the negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stated Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotiga in the press conference in Armenia.
27 February 2007 [07:15]
Azerbaijan People's Party has decided to hold its next congress in May, deputy chief of the party Giyas Sadikhli informs.
27 February 2007 [07:10]
Chairman of Central Election Commission Mezahir Penahov is visiting Great Britain at the invitation of leadership of British Association of Election Officials.
27 February 2007 [07:05]
Monitoring is planned to be held on February 27 in Fuzuli–Horadiz territory of Azerbaijani region of Fuzuli, in the contact line of troops in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office.
26 February 2007 [21:25]
Armenia's parliament has passed a bill giving ethnic Armenians the right to hold dual citizenship, a measure which could almost quadruple the number of its nationals around the world.
26 February 2007 [20:55]
Azerbaijan's Parliament (Milli Majlis) held a debate on the Khojali genocide committed by Armenian forces 15 years ago.
26 February 2007 [20:09]
Next meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be held in mid March this year.
26 February 2007 [20:00]
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev today received the delegation led by Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff army general Ergin Saygun.
26 February 2007 [19:45]
Estonia's Population Minister Paul-Eerik Rummo will make a visit to Azerbaijan in early March to attend the world congress of Turkish and Azerbaijani Diasporas and meet with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
26 February 2007 [18:51]
Hundred prominent US businessmen appealed to President George Bush.
26 February 2007 [15:57]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will pay official visit to Astana, first secretary of Foreign Ministry Department of Press and Information Khazar Ibrahim informed.
26 February 2007 [15:35]
"Azerbaijani Parliament recognized the massacre committed in Khojaly as genocide. I think that we should do our best to prepare legal grounds of these events by means of different court instances, raising this problem in international courts and recognition of Khojaly genocide in the international organizations," Novruz Mammadov, head of President Office International Relations Department stated.
26 February 2007 [14:43]
The State Border Service expressed its official protest to Iranian Embassy in Baku and border commissioner on Iranian helicopters' violation of Azerbaijani airspace on February 22, the Service chief, Lieutenant General Elchin Guliyev told.
26 February 2007 [14:02]
"The Parliament doesn't need to adopt an additional law on the Khojaly genocide. The decision adopted in 1994 confirms the recognition of Khojaly tragedy as a genocide and marking of February 26 as a day of genocide," Vice-speaker Ziyafet Asgarov stated.
26 February 2007 [13:41]
"The United Nations and the world countries should feel ashamed for the Khojaly genocide. The world does ignore the occupation of Azerbaijan’s lands, its one million refugees and Khojaly genocide."
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.
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