Politics
13 January 2007 [17:05]
As Spain begins its work as the 2007 chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RFE/RL correspondent Dan Alexe speaks to the outgoing chairman in office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, about his tenure in 2006 and likely steps in the year ahead.
13 January 2007 [16:20]
Winter session of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will commence in Strasbourg, January 22.
13 January 2007 [14:41]
Baku Main Police Board (BMPB) waits for the decision of Baku Major's Office on rallies, said BMPB public security department chief Shamil Seyidli.
13 January 2007 [14:35]
"Intelligent and wise persons of Azerbaijan society were involved to New Azerbaijan Party (YAP).
13 January 2007 [01:57]
Umid (Hope) Party postponed the rally appointed on January 13 as a protest to price rises by Tariff Council.
13 January 2007 [01:48]
Deputy of the Head of Samukh Executive Power Gazanfar Aliyev was dismissed.
13 January 2007 [01:47]
Musavat Party appealed to Baku Mayor's Office on holding mass rally in Khatai district on January 28.
13 January 2007 [01:45]
Azerbaijan disagrees on some points of the report concerning the role of women in the South Caucasus, prepared by Russian member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Vera Oskina.
13 January 2007 [01:42]
Senator Robert Menendez took advantage of his veto power blocking Richard Hoagland's nomination as US ambassador to Armenia.
13 January 2007 [01:29]
Armenians have intensified church construction in occupied Azerbaijani lands.
12 January 2007 [15:49]
Azerbaijan's European Union (EU) membership problem is not discussed yet.
12 January 2007 [15:41]
Head of the OSCE Office in Baku takes up his position on 1 February.
12 January 2007 [15:39]
The EU European Commission's special envoy to Azerbaijan will stop its activity after the EU Office is opened, said Alan Vaddams.
12 January 2007 [14:32]
"The cooperation of Azerbaijan and Iran on economical sphere develops. At present, some projects concerning the development of border regions is developing," Iranian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Abbaseli Hasanov told.
12 January 2007 [01:11]
Iran announced Thursday that it has arrested a senior official for allegedly spying on the country's nuclear program.
12 January 2007 [00:49]
Simplified visa regime for Nakhchivan-Iran will soon be applied.
12 January 2007 [00:04]
11 January 2007 [22:55]
Neither side willing to back down in energy dispute.
11 January 2007 [22:51]
Chairman of Federation Council of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Sergey Mironov will visit Azerbaijan in March current year.
11 January 2007 [22:50]
On 11 January, the Azerbaijan delegation headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, colonel-general Ramil Usubov ended his visit to Turkey.
11 January 2007 [18:25]
The most recent meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council was held on Thursday.
11 January 2007 [18:23]
New head of OSCE Office in Baku says the Organization can play stabilizing role in Azerbaijan.
11 January 2007 [18:22]
An Azeri opposition leader was tortured in police custody after an anti-government rally, Europe's human rights court ruled Thursday, ordering Azerbaijan to pay him ?10,000 ($13,000) in damages.
11 January 2007 [17:09]
Azerbaijan performed necessary constructivism and political will for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and now Armenia is to perform similar approach, stated Araz Azimov, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan to ANS TV company.
11 January 2007 [17:07]
The Representative of the International Crisis Group for South Caucasus, will spread a special document related to the Nagorno Karabakh in summer 2007, said Sabina Freiser, the representative of ICG (International Crisis Group) on South Caucasus.
11 January 2007 [17:04]
The day before Serbian Company Zastava got permission to export arms to Armenia, RFE RL reports. Dragolyub Gruevic, the manager of 'Zastava' factory in Kragujevac, stated that the cost of deal makes $1.75 million. He also said the company awaits one more permission for a deal of $ 900 000.
11 January 2007 [16:56]
Though direct discussion concerning Azerbaijan have not been included to January session of PACE, but related issues are on the agenda of the organization, the chief of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said.
11 January 2007 [16:53]
"Azerbaijani side has not answered the Council of Europe on fulfilling its commitments yet," said the PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan Andres Herkel.
11 January 2007 [13:05]
The officers of International Committee of Red Cross Armenia Office (ICRC) visited Azerbaijani captured Soldier Samir Mammadov for the fifth time that was captured on December 24 by Armenians.
11 January 2007 [13:04]
The work on establishment of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) Peacekeeping Forces will be completed by late February.
11 January 2007 [13:04]
OSCE mission has presented the report on the results of the monitoring on arsons committed in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and on the border with Armenia to OSCE member states, said Bernard Snoy, the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.
11 January 2007 [02:36]
Turkey's foreign minister met with officials in charge of his country's relations with the European Union on Wednesday to discuss EU-demanded reforms even though the bloc has partially frozen membership negotiations with Turkey.
11 January 2007 [02:27]
6 Azerbaijani soldiers have today been sent to Afghanistan, 7 to Kosovo concerning the rotation of peacekeepers in Afghanistan and Kosovo.
11 January 2007 [02:26]
General Prosecutor's Office held a conference on results of 2006 and future duties of the organization.
11 January 2007 [02:07]
Musavat parliamentarians' appeal to hold MM extraordinary meeting in connection with the increase of prices was rejected.
11 January 2007 [02:04]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will be on an official visit to Kuwait on January 20-21.
11 January 2007 [01:53]
Azerbaijani-Armenian front line near Yusifjanli village, the region of Agdam, will be monitored on Thursday in accordance with the mandate of the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
11 January 2007 [01:44]
In late 2006, the Azerbaijani government announced that sanctions against Iran for its continuing nuclear program could negatively affect the entire region, that it would oppose sanctions, and instead supported a purely diplomatic, negotiated approach to the problem posed by Iran's nuclear program. This pronouncement was hardly unexpected, but it reflects the obstacles to any successful and internationally concerted program of sanctions and pressures against Iran.
11 January 2007 [01:21]
President George W. Bush on Tuesday re-nominated as ambassador to Armenia a career diplomat whose confirmation was blocked by Senate Democrats in the last Congress.
11 January 2007 [01:04]
It is no secret that Russian-Georgian relations have gone from bad to worse since the 2003 Rose Revolution. Yet in December 2006, Moscow for the first time since 2000 attempted to use economic pressure against Azerbaijan, with whom it had been successfully developing bilateral ties in deep contrast to Georgia. Some experts have speculated that Georgia provided the impetus for Moscow to suddenly to increase prices for natural gas and electricity exports to Azerbaijan. Did Russia try to recruit Azerbaijan in its effort to isolate Georgia, and refused? Was this an attempt to spoil Azerbaijani-Georgian relations, and could it potentially threaten the cordial relationship that Baku has maintained with the Kremlin since 2000?
11 January 2007 [00:53]
Separatist Nagorno Karabakh regime declared that they are ready to hand over Azerbaijani soldier Eldeniz Nuriyev that was captured on December 31.
11 January 2007 [00:51]
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic criticized arm selling to Armenia. The minister noted that the steps taken by President Tadic are contrary to Prime Minister Voislav Kostunica's opinion.
11 January 2007 [00:50]
European Union Office in Azerbaijan will be opened until March, said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
10 January 2007 [18:10]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Azerbaijan Interior Minister Ramil Usubov, who is in Turkish capital of Ankara for official visit.
10 January 2007 [18:05]
Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko intends to establish Baltic-Black Sea states' Union.
10 January 2007 [17:59]
"PACE mission to monitor the situation of cultural monuments in South Caucasus is not ready to visit the region," said the rapporteur of PACE to monitor the situation of cultural monuments in South Caucasus, parliamentarian from Great Britain Edward O'Hara.
10 January 2007 [17:54]
"I have no information about the captivity of three soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Anyway, the fact on the captivity of Azerbaijani soldiers will not be included in my report," said Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the Missing Persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
10 January 2007 [13:40]
Azerbaijan's foreign minister will participate in the next round of negotiations with the Armenian foreign minister on the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
10 January 2007 [13:27]
"Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are headed by democrats who used to support Armenians. Submission of the draft law on so-called Armenian genocide to the House of Representatives was always prevented.
10 January 2007 [13:21]
The officers of International Committee of Red Cross delivered the first letter of Samir Mammadov who was captured by Armenians on December 24.
10 January 2007 [13:19]
The leader of Musavat Party Isa Gambar held a press conference dedicated to the rise of prices of communal services and energy supplies.
10 January 2007 [13:09]
The official Riga requested Azerbaijani Government to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental commission.
10 January 2007 [13:09]
10 January 2007 [13:08]
Azadliq bloc Chairmen's Council held a next meeting.
10 January 2007 [11:53]
Delta FM 87.5 Istanbul radio has begun to broadcast programs on Karabakh from 8.00 till 10.00 every day, announcer of the program Fidan Guliyeva told.
09 January 2007 [23:06]
Political reform could lead to "new relationship," State's Boucher says.
09 January 2007 [23:02]
Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday Tehran would never yield to international pressure to deprive it of its right to nuclear technology, state radio said.
09 January 2007 [22:59]
The Israeli government has "completely denied" reports published in the Sunday Times claiming that Israel is preparing an imminent attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
09 January 2007 [21:48]
President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, sent a message to Daniel Ortega Saavedra to congratulate him on election as President of Nicaragua.
09 January 2007 [21:36]
OSCE's report on the arsons committed by Armenians in the occupied Azerbaijani territories will be discussed in UN till April 30, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told the journalists in the press conference held in Yerevan.
09 January 2007 [21:35]
"Farhad Aliyev feels fine. I've stated not once that this issue is deliberately brought up. Farhad Aliyev underwent laboratory examination by expert commission composed of 12 specialists in December last year. The result of the examination proved that Farhad Aliyev is practically healthy," said Arif Babayev, Ministry of National Security social relations department chief.
09 January 2007 [21:33]
NAR National Assembly chief Vasif Talibov decreed to dismiss National Bank Management Board chief Vugar Rahimov.
09 January 2007 [21:06]
Tahir Tagizadeh is expected to be appointed Azerbaijani Ambassador to Czechia. His agrement has already been presented.
09 January 2007 [21:02]
Year 2006 fell to the history as rise-fall-rise in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stated the OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza.
09 January 2007 [20:57]
Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov is on official visit to Turkey at Turkish Interior Minister Abdulgadir Aksu's invitation.
09 January 2007 [17:37]
"Preliminary variant of the report on the missing persons in the South Caucasus is ready. This variant will be discussed in the assembly of the CE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population," said Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the Missing Persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
09 January 2007 [14:47]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will meet in Moscow January 23, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told at the press conference.
09 January 2007 [14:42]
European Court of Human Rights will consider the case #34445-04 on the claim of the first deputy chief of the Azerbaijan Democrat Party Serdar Jalaloglu against Azerbaijani government, representative of the European Court of Human Rights Emma Helger told.
09 January 2007 [14:34]
Azerbaijani Armed Forces servicemen participated in 479 NATO events within bilateral cooperation and NATO's Partnership for Peace Program last year.
09 January 2007 [14:33]
Representatives of International Committee of Red Cross in Armenia have met four times with Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammedov captivated on December 24 up to now.
09 January 2007 [14:16]
In the frame of visit, Ramil Usubov will meet with the Prime Minister of Turkey Rajab Tayyip Erdogan and Interior Minister Abdulgadir Aksu.
09 January 2007 [11:25]
International conference on economical and social results of opening of Armenian-Turkish borders will be held in Yerevan on January 13-14.
09 January 2007 [11:22]
Date and place of OSCE trio foreign ministers meeting has been changed.
09 January 2007 [11:19]
Newly-appointed Norwegian ambassador to Azerbaijan Johan Ramberg arrived in Baku.
09 January 2007 [11:19]
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Offices will be opened in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in a few days.
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