Politics
27 December 2006 [09:50]
Georgia will finish talks with Azerbaijan and Armenia on borders' delimitation next year, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bejuashvili said.
27 December 2006 [09:48]
"I got acquainted with Rasul Guliyev's theoretical plans when I was a coordinator of his organization and mentioned him about its difficulty. But Guliyev noted insistently that it would not be a radical and any intelligentsia, non-party member and even New Azerbaijan Party members will join it. I have no detailed information about the organization established by him," said Azerbaijan Democrat Party Majlis chairman Akif Shabazov.
27 December 2006 [09:46]
An exhibition on Armenians savagery in Turkey and Azerbaijan called "Lifeless witnesses of genocide lie" opened in Tuzla Cultural Palace in Istanbul.
27 December 2006 [09:44]
President Ilham Aliyev received Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.
26 December 2006 [23:58]
Turkmenistan's defense minister Agageldy Mamedgeldyev joined the meeting of the People's Council, or Khalk Maslakhaty - the country's supreme representative body - which is expected to set a date for presidential elections and announce nominations for president.
26 December 2006 [23:38]
The government of Turkmenistan announced Tuesday that the election to replace the late President Saparmurat Niyazov would be Feb. 11.
26 December 2006 [23:35]
Ukraine offered Azerbaijan a project of modernization of Ukrainian tanks T-64, adopted by Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
26 December 2006 [23:25]
"It is not right to keep Iran aloof from Nagorno Karabakh negotiations. Present mediators have dual approach to the case. This is the issue to be discussed in international conferences with broad composition.
26 December 2006 [23:20]
Turkey has asked its close ally Azerbaijan for information on the alleged mistreatment and expelling of a Turkish musician who is of Armenian descent, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
26 December 2006 [23:16]
International mediators will continue to press for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh next year despite parliamentary elections in Armenia, a senior U.S. administration official was reported to say late Monday.
26 December 2006 [23:08]
Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan arrived on December 25 on a three-day visit to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, according to the Azerbaijan's embassy in Egypt.
26 December 2006 [15:50]
Land Forces Command is expected to be formed by May next year.
26 December 2006 [14:41]
Turkmenistan Defense Minister Agageldy Mamadgaldiyev was arrested yesterday, Turkmen Republic Party Chairman Nurmahammad Khanamov said.
26 December 2006 [12:24]
Iranian and Azerbaijani officials are expected to pay mutual visits in 2007.
26 December 2006 [10:09]
"The only way of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is to hold referendum," Armenian Foreign minister Vartan Oskanian said.
26 December 2006 [10:06]
European-Azerbaijani Strategic Research Center to protest against Khojali genocide with Turkish and Azerbaijanis living in France on Feb 25, the center chief Bashar Komur told reporters.
26 December 2006 [10:00]
"Some events concerning to 2008 presidential election will be realized together with OSCE”s Democratic Institution and Human Rights," the chief of Central Election Committee (CEC) Mazahir Panahov told the journalists.
26 December 2006 [09:54]
Central Election Commission (CEC) has begun monitoring in 28 more constituencies, CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov told journalists.
26 December 2006 [09:50]
Azerbaijani Air Defense Forces base in Salyan will be modernized by the assistance of the NATO.
26 December 2006 [01:08]
UN Secretary General-designate Ban Ki-moon, in a television interview broadcast on Dec. 24, 2006 urged Tehran to resume stalled talks with three European powers.
26 December 2006 [01:03]
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday that further efforts that aimed at making the country a member of the European Union, are in the interest of the Union.
26 December 2006 [01:01]
Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian stated over the weekend that Yerevan stands for an unconditional normalization of ties with Turkey, which includes not tying the establishment of diplomatic relations to recognition of the Armenian genocide claims.
26 December 2006 [00:41]
Azerbaijan Republic President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with radio "Eco-Moscow" expressed his country's opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran.
26 December 2006 [00:39]
An Azerbaijani opposition journalist was hospitalized Monday after being attacked in the capital Baku, a colleague said, in the latest incident reinforcing concerns about media freedom in the Caspian Sea state.
25 December 2006 [19:54]
New UK ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Mrs. Carolyn Browne will take up her position from July, 2007.
25 December 2006 [19:41]
A group of journalists on the initiative of "Army friends" Press Club visited the frontline in the direction of Tartar-Aghdam-Aghdere.
25 December 2006 [19:39]
Scandal happened at the meeting of Musavat Party Council last Saturday.
25 December 2006 [19:22]
One more Azerbaijani soldier was taken captive by Armenians at 14.10 on Sunday.
25 December 2006 [15:26]
Today, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Georgia Premier Zurab Nogaideli.
25 December 2006 [14:38]
Azerbaijani Air Defense Forces base in Salyan will be modernized by the assistance of the NATO.
25 December 2006 [14:30]
The last meeting of the MM fall session will be held this week, MM Social Policy permanent commission chief Hadi Rejebli told.
25 December 2006 [13:39]
Russia plans to supply the 102nd base and Armenian Air Defense Troops with several anti-aircraft missiles S-300.
24 December 2006 [15:06]
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the president of Azerbaijan with his birthday, the Kremlin press office said Sunday.
24 December 2006 [14:38]
Military jets roared overhead as crowds of Turkmen mourners bid their last farewell to autocratic leader Saparmurat Niyazov who was buried on Sunday in a ceremony reminiscent of the grand funerals of the Soviet era.
24 December 2006 [14:32]
Iran condemned a U.N. sanctions resolution as "a piece of torn paper" that would not scare Tehran and vowed on Sunday to accelerate uranium enrichment work immediately.
24 December 2006 [14:23]
English courses organized by the Diplomatic Academy for Foreign Ministry's employees have been wrapped up. Deputy Minister, rector of the Academy Khafiz Pashayev congratulated employees and presented them respective certificates.
24 December 2006 [14:01]
Azerbaijan does not intend to "knock on" NATO and EU door or "force its way" into these organisations or plead for admission, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stressed in an interview to Radio Echo of Moscow on Saturday.
23 December 2006 [14:56]
Azerbaijan Minister of Justice, Fikrat Mammadov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [14:52]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Morocco, Sabir Agabayov, presented his credentials to King Mohammed VI, press service of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
23 December 2006 [14:40]
Armenian soldiers moved from the occupied Bayramli village of Aghdam forward to Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
23 December 2006 [14:38]
"Military doctrine of Azerbaijan will be adopted next year. The State Commission is about to complete the document," Parliament's Permanent Commission on Security and Defense issues Ziyafet Askerov told journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:34]
"The investigation of former ministers' cases is continued. Special commission was established to examine Farhad Aliyev's health. The doctors came to this conclusion that Farhad Aliyev's health is normal," First deputy prosecutor General Rustem Usubov told the journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:33]
Azerbaijani hostage soldier Vusal Garajayev was handed over to Azerbaijani side on Saturday.
23 December 2006 [14:32]
President Ilham Aliyev decreed on implementation of the law 2007 State Budget.
23 December 2006 [13:02]
Azerbaijan Internal Troops Commander Zakir Hasanov received Russia Internal Troops Commander-in-chief Sergey Bunin.
23 December 2006 [12:20]
The meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary commission to be held in Baku was postponed because of technical problems.
23 December 2006 [11:42]
World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) declared 2007 to be Khojali Year in Turkish world.
23 December 2006 [11:38]
The delegation led by Romanian Senate Chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu will visit Azerbaijan next year.
23 December 2006 [01:40]
An article denigrating Islam published early last month in an obscure newspaper here in the capital has led to emotional demonstrations across Azerbaijan and in Iran. A prominent Iranian cleric demanded the death of the two writers of the article, who have been imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
23 December 2006 [01:30]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a message of condolences to acting President of Turkmenistan, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, on the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov.
23 December 2006 [01:29]
Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament Ogtay Asadov on 22 December met with Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
23 December 2006 [01:26]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [01:25]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on December 22 received the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev.
23 December 2006 [01:18]
The workgroup for the preparation of amendments to the law on Freedom of assembly according to the judgment of Venice Commission of the CE is working on proposals.
22 December 2006 [17:52]
The leaders of Turkmen opposition abroad were not allowed returning to the country through Sweden-Russia-Turkmenistan, said the representative of joint Turkmen opposition, Justice Minister of the shadow cabinet Batir Mukhamedshin said.
22 December 2006 [17:49]
The exact date of Ukraine's Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich's visit to Azerbaijan was defined.
22 December 2006 [17:47]
The composition of Azerbaijani delegation to participate in Turkmenbashi's funeral was defined.
22 December 2006 [17:40]
"Armenian delegations to the international forums must act in the interests of their own state," Armenian Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian said while commenting on the statements by Nino Burjanadze who accused the Armenian parliamentary delegation of foiling the conclusion of the Final communique of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative winter session.
22 December 2006 [17:35]
President Ilham Aliyev received the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal.
22 December 2006 [12:58]
Special representative of the EU for South Caucasus Peter Semneby will have discussions about the issues of refugees and displaced place during his next visit to Azerbaijan.
22 December 2006 [12:57]
Interior Minister of Russian Federation, army general Rashid Nurgaliyev is on visit to Azerbaijan.
22 December 2006 [11:13]
Turkmenistan's acting president announced Friday that the date for elections to replace the ex-Soviet republic's late long-ruling dictator will be set next Tuesday. He promised they would be democratic.
22 December 2006 [10:59]
It will not be possible construct ex-president Abulfaz Elchibey's monument until World Azerbaijanis Solidarity day, said Elchibey's brother Murad Aliyev.
22 December 2006 [10:50]
If an acceptable solution for both sides is made during the process of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, it will not impede the conduction of elections, Speaker of Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan said.
22 December 2006 [10:43]
"International Committee of red Cross Khankendi office supports the sides, interested in hand over of the soldier," ICRC Nagorno Karabakh Office chief George Drndarski said while showing his attitude to hand over of the hostage Azerbaijani soldier Vusal Garajayev.
22 December 2006 [10:32]
Final Communique was not adopted in the last meeting of South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative.
21 December 2006 [23:08]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed condolences to the people of Turkmenistan today after the death of their president, and said the OSCE stood ready to help with the ensuing transition and to advance democratic reforms.
21 December 2006 [23:02]
Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova met with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) country representative Susan Lopez.
21 December 2006 [23:01]
According to the "State program of technical development of the system of protection of borders of the Azerbaijan Republic in 2006-2010," the Southern Division of the Coast Guard of the State Frontier Service was set in settlement Keledehne, city of Astara.
21 December 2006 [22:44]
Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal visiting Baku met with Elmar Mammadyarov.
21 December 2006 [22:39]
Speaker of Turkmen Parliament Ovezgeldy Atayev has been arrested.
21 December 2006 [22:35]
President Ilham Aliyev phoned Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
21 December 2006 [17:07]
21 December 2006 [17:04]
"I hope that Armenia will eventually accept OSCE Minsk Group's proposal, give up protracting negotiations, by finding various pretexts," President Ilham Aliyev stated while meeting with local authorities in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
21 December 2006 [16:56]
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