Politics
21 December 2006 [14:42]
"Ayaz Rustamov being ANIP (Azerbaijan National Independence Party) chairman should work better. He should not restrict his activity," ANIP Press service chief Ali Orujov stated.
21 December 2006 [14:23]
The process of coordination of conflicting territories in Azerbaijan-Georgia border continues, said Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, the chairman of the state commission for delimitation and demarcation Georgy Manchgaladze.
21 December 2006 [14:21]
"The aim of my visit to Baku is to define the perspectives of the cooperation between Azerbaijan government and OSCE and to hold discussions concerning this issue," the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal told the journalists.
21 December 2006 [14:20]
21 December 2006 [14:19]
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev continues his visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
21 December 2006 [11:48]
Turkmenistan's President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov had died, state television said on Thursday.
21 December 2006 [11:19]
Defence Minister, colonel-general Safar Abiyev received the delegation led by the Defence Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
21 December 2006 [11:18]
Six parliamentarians who visited the military corps situated in Barda, appealed to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev asking to increase the attention to the servicemen.
21 December 2006 [11:03]
Administrative Procedure Code is expected to be discussed in spring session of the parliament.
21 December 2006 [11:02]
Meeting of Parliament permanent commission for security and defense was held on Wednesday.
21 December 2006 [10:56]
The European Union voiced concern Wednesday over the recent developments affecting the freedom of media in Azerbaijan.
21 December 2006 [10:40]
21 December 2006 [10:37]
"We need strong opposition in the country when external pressures on our country increases and Karabakh conflict is not settled yet. But unfortunately, there some forces in opposition fighting with each others and this causes problems for our country," said MP, the chairman of Civil Solidarity party Sabir Rustemkhanli.
21 December 2006 [10:34]
Russian Interior Minister, army general Rashid Nurgaliyev will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on Thursday.
20 December 2006 [21:35]
Caspian states are to meet in the first three months of next year for further talks on the long-running dispute over ownership of the sea. NBCentralAsia analysts say the growing militarisation in the region and the continuing uncertainty about the legal status of oil and gas deposits and associated energy projects mean it is more urgent than ever to resolve the dispute.
20 December 2006 [20:34]
"The talks on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Baku and Yerevan should continue in 2007," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the press conference held on annual results.
20 December 2006 [20:28]
The next meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is expected to take place late January-early February, said Matthew Bryza's press secretary Michel Stevens.
20 December 2006 [20:25]
Head of Public Affairs Center of the National Security Ministry Arif Babayev expresses a stance on the lawyers' and right defenders' opinions about Farhad Aliyev's health.
20 December 2006 [17:18]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
20 December 2006 [17:15]
"I do not deny the fact of 'dedovshina' - physical and psychological abuse of new recruits in the army. But it is rare. Carelessness, lax discipline and new recruits difficulty to adjust to the army may are the main reasons," considered Aydin Mirzezade, deputy chief of the MM permanent commission for security and defense.
20 December 2006 [17:11]
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will again visit Baku next month.
20 December 2006 [17:09]
Deputy head of Iran's Judiciary met with Azerbaijan's ambassador to Tehran here on Wednesday.
20 December 2006 [16:33]
The appeal of Azerbaijani Army officer Ramil Safarov, accused of murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan in Hungary and sentenced to life will be considered on February 22, 2007 in the Court of Appeals of Hungary, Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary informs.
20 December 2006 [13:15]
President Ilham Aliyev is visiting Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Ilham Aliyev is accompanied by the members of the Government.
20 December 2006 [11:39]
Though negotiations are wrapped in secrecy to hide 12 years of failure, the former Soviet Union's bloodiest conflict pitting Armenia against Azerbaijan may be edging closer to talks that could yield peace - or destroy current diplomatic efforts entirely. Earlier this year, a raft of new proposals for Nagorno Karabakh, a breakaway region in the oil-rich Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan, received rare positive assessments among international mediators in Moscow, Paris, Bucharest and Brussels.
20 December 2006 [11:16]
ANS TV and ANS CM prepare documents to take part in tender for frequency announced by National Tele-Radio Council.
20 December 2006 [11:05]
Milli Majlis continued the discussions concerning the amendments to some legislation acts.
20 December 2006 [11:04]
Lithuanian embassy will be established in Baku, 2007.
20 December 2006 [11:03]
"We will back the initiatives to the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Osetin conflicts," stated Miguel Angel Moratinos, OSCE Chairman-in-office and Spanish Foreign Minister.
20 December 2006 [11:02]
Spanish embassy will be opened in Azerbaijan next year.
20 December 2006 [11:01]
The proposals to Basis of military legislation have been amended.
20 December 2006 [10:57]
German ambassador to Azerbaijan Per Kristofer Stankina presented the gift sent by German Interior Ministry to State Border Troops.
20 December 2006 [10:54]
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry F. Lowenkron is in visit to Azerbaijan and he met with the chiefs of Rights' Defense organizations.
20 December 2006 [10:53]
OSCE will implement a project for intensification of the dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia next year.
20 December 2006 [10:47]
Parliament's speaker Ogtay Asadov met with Romanian president Traian Basescu within his visit to the country.
20 December 2006 [00:16]
The Armenian government has launched a traveling photo exhibition of what it claims is destruction of monuments at an ethnic Armenian cemetery in the Azerbaijani region of Nakhichevan.
20 December 2006 [00:07]
A top U.S. diplomat on Tuesday warned Azerbaijan to do more to protect press freedoms following closures of a top independent TV station and the eviction of an opposition newspaper from its headquarters.
20 December 2006 [00:05]
Over the past 12 years, Azerbaijan's various fractious opposition parties have failed time and again to join forces to pose a strong, united, and cohesive alternative to the ruling Yeni Azerbaycan Party.
19 December 2006 [23:56]
Foreign Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic Elmar Mammadyarov met with the delegation led by Barry Lowenkron, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
19 December 2006 [23:54]
A delegation of Azerbaijan headed by Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov and comprising representatives of the country's parliament, the Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court and Embassy in Amman, Jordan were here from December 10 to 14 to participate in the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, press service of the Prosecutor General's Office has said.
19 December 2006 [23:40]
"Intensification of negotiations on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict may fall in connection with the parliamentary elections," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told reporters.
19 December 2006 [23:38]
"The positions of the parties have come closer to the main principles in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict," OSCE chairman Karel De Gucht told Armenpress.
19 December 2006 [17:04]
Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal begins his visit to Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
19 December 2006 [17:01]
Spanish Foreign Minister, OSCE new chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today discussed Nagorno Karabakh problem within the framework of discussions of GUAM frozen conflicts.
19 December 2006 [16:09]
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili arrived in Turkey on Tuesday to begin three days of meetings expected to focus on the sharing of gas from a massive Caspian Sea field.
19 December 2006 [15:27]
Turkish Roketsan and Aselsan, which are engaged in production of military equipment, intend to cooperate with Azeri Defense Industry Ministry in formation of the military industry, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Turan Morali said.
19 December 2006 [15:26]
"I think that the main cause of Russian-Georgian tension is that Russia cannot tolerate the idea of Georgia pursuing and independent foreign policy (especially in alliance with the West), and that Russia sees the world in zero-sum terms [i.e. if the West gains influence in Georgia, then Russia must necessarily lose it]," said Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics Department of Public and International Affairs Department of George Mason University.
19 December 2006 [15:22]
UNDP resident representative in Azerbaijan Marko Borsotti's tenure ends in January, 2007.
19 December 2006 [15:21]
Turkish Armed Forces Staff assistant chief, Land Forces commander Ilker Bashbugh will visit Azerbaijan next month, Turkish ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Turan Morali told reporters.
19 December 2006 [13:39]
As its earlier reported, Baku held a solemn reception devoted to the Kazakhstan's Independence anniversary, organized by the Kazakh Embassy to Azerbaijan.
19 December 2006 [13:36]
New Turkish ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan, Huseyn Avni Karslioglu will come to Baku on Jan 15.
19 December 2006 [13:24]
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby is expected to visit the occupied Azerbaijani territories late January and early February next year, Peter Semneby told.
19 December 2006 [13:21]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire again, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Press Service told.
19 December 2006 [11:21]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that Tehran and Yerevan should utilize their abundant potentials to increase mutual cooperation in all areas.
19 December 2006 [11:08]
Georgian President Saakashvili will pay an official visit to Turkey on December 19-21 to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Ahmed Nejet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and other officials, the Georgian President's press office reported.
19 December 2006 [11:01]
Except the members of ADP, also the members of APFP and ANIP join International Society for Democracy in Azerbaijan, the chief of the international society Azerbaijani office Zamine Dunyamaliyeva told.
19 December 2006 [10:57]
Central Election Commission members approved in the last session of Parliament have already taken up their assignment.
19 December 2006 [10:49]
Rallies will be held on the occasion of 15th anniversary of invasion of Khankendi and World Azerbaijanis Solidarity day in the initiative of Azerbaijani Road Political Movement on December 26-31.
19 December 2006 [10:45]
"Socio-political situation in the country and the party were discussed during the meeting with Isa Gambar. I had told the press about my marks related to the party and they were also discussed," Vurgun Eyyub, Divan member told.
19 December 2006 [00:37]
The European Union hopes that that Armenia and Azerbaijan will keep up the fresh "momentum" in their efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict despite the upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections, a senior EU diplomat said late Sunday.
19 December 2006 [00:10]
"Vusal Magomed oglu Garajayev, captured on December 7, upon return to Azerbaijan will be sent to prison to spend a long time there," so-called "NKR President" Arkady Ghukasian said in Yerevan December 17.
18 December 2006 [23:48]
"I did not have chance to get acquainted with Elmar Huseynov. But as far as I know, he was a patriot, the journalist who knew how the freedom of speech was important, a principal person who tried to better the situation of the state," Barry F. Lowenkron, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor told the journalists.
18 December 2006 [23:40]
Criminal cases launched on former Health Minister Ali Insanov, Health Ministry Pharmacology and Medical Technique Department chief Akif Maharramov and head of International Relations Department Alexander Umnyashkin was merged into one case.
18 December 2006 [23:32]
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has declared he is satisfied with the results of the negotiation process in 2006.
18 December 2006 [16:59]
"Zakir Nasirov's information about the disclosure of conspiracy against late President Heydar Aliyev in 1995 by Interior Ministry officers is completely false. Zakir Nasirov would be better apologize to people for his heavy crimes and dishonorable actions in stead of giving false information," Baku Main Police Board chief, lieutenant-general Maherram Aliyev said.
18 December 2006 [16:06]
VI meeting of Azerbaijan and Russia interparliamentary bilateral commission has started in Baku today.
18 December 2006 [14:45]
Today Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Barry F. Lowenkron, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
18 December 2006 [14:14]
International Initiative Group Abkhazeti joining over 3 000 Abkhazian refugees condemned Rustavi-2 Television Company, sent a group of reporters and broadcasted a report on the referendum held in Nagorno Karabakh.
18 December 2006 [13:45]
Azerbaijan Armed Forces come inline with NATO standards step by step, said Azerbaijani President's adviser for military and security affairs Lieutenant-General Vahid Aliyev.
18 December 2006 [13:44]
The date of Latvia-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission has been changed. Latvian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mihails Popkovs told APA that the meeting has been scheduled for the second half of January, 2007.
18 December 2006 [13:34]
Iran's Supreme Leader's representative in Imam Khomeini Relief Committee Habibollah Askarowladi said that his Committee is ready to share experience with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
18 December 2006 [13:21]
The visit of Spanish Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman-in-office from 2007 Miugel Angel Moratinos to Russia has started today.
18 December 2006 [13:17]
Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki asserted that issuing any kind of resolution against Iran in addition to being futile was recognized as an hostile attempt against Iran.
18 December 2006 [13:10]
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili participated in the opening ceremony of the new offices of Regional Border Protection Departments of Lagodex and Dedopliskaro bordering on Azerbaijan.
18 December 2006 [13:08]
Romania President's last visit to Azerbaijan showed country's interest to the Black Sea region and also Azerbaijan's integration to the Euroatlantic structures, and political message has been sent on the partnership in Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, said director of Strategic Researches Center on Defense and Security of I Karol National Defense University under Romania Defense Ministry, colonel Konstantin Moshtofley.
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