Politics
28 December 2006 [00:18]
Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan considers he is entitled to run for President.
28 December 2006 [00:02]
Azerbaijan President, Ilham Aliyev, sent a message of condolences to President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on the death of scores of people in an oil pipeline blast in Lagos.
27 December 2006 [23:55]
Azerbaijan President, Ilham Aliyev, sent a message of condolences to President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, on the death of former US President, Gerald Ford.
27 December 2006 [23:48]
"The opening of GUAM Secretariat in Kyiv is one of the main projects. When the process is finished, the activities within GUAM will be submitted to the agenda of the secretariat," said Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Telet Aliyev.
27 December 2006 [23:42]
"I have no intentions to comment on Russian Ambassador's accusations about the closure of Russia TV channels in Azerbaijan. We will answer them with to be passed decision tomorrow at the meeting of council," said National Television and Radio Council chief Nushirevan Meherremli.
27 December 2006 [23:40]
"Turkey sent no note to Azerbaijan concerning the nonadmission of the pianist Burak Bedikyan, Turkish citizen of Armenian origin," said MFA information policy department Chief Tahir Tagizadeh.
27 December 2006 [23:34]
Armenian Defense Minister welcomes the idea of modernization the Russian military base in Armenia.
27 December 2006 [23:30]
Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, pianist Burak Bedikyan, deported from Azerbaijani airport Bine on Dec 19, made allegation against Azerbaijan in his release to the press.
27 December 2006 [23:06]
European Union and Azerbaijani Interparliamentary Cooperation Committee issued a joint statement at the 7th meeting in Strasbourg.
27 December 2006 [15:48]
Yerevan representatives of International Red Cross Committee visited Samir Mammedov Nazim, Azerbaijani soldier taken captive Dec 24 by Armenian, IRCC Baku office told.
27 December 2006 [14:55]
Armenian Armed Forces' units in occupied Bash Gervend village of Aghdam region fired on opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces with submachine from 01.00 to 07.00.
27 December 2006 [14:53]
The issue concerning Azerbaijan has not been put in the PACE winter session agenda.
27 December 2006 [10:30]
27 December 2006 [10:11]
Rafig Aliyev, assistant of the Head of Lenkeran Executive Power on health, education and cultural issues was dismissed.
27 December 2006 [10:05]
Parliamentarian Ganira Pashayeva has proposed to establish a working group for investigating the problems in the Armed Forces.
27 December 2006 [10:02]
President Ilham Aliyev received Turkish Ambassador Turan Morali on completing his diplomatic mission in the country.
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.
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