Politics
21 November 2006 [12:51]
New Turkish Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassador to Azerbaijan Hussein Avni Karsioglu’s exclusive interview to the APA.
21 November 2006 [12:20]
Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) approved holding its next conference in the Azeri capital, Baku, in September 2008, said Monday the organization's General Director Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri.
21 November 2006 [11:45]
The OSCE PA fall session and conference on "Immigration, Integration and Cross-cultural dialogue: the role of OSCE" finishes.
21 November 2006 [11:25]
Azerbaijani Consul General Hasan Zeynalov take part in the holiday ceremony held on the occasion of Salvation Day of Igdir city, Turkey, Azerbaijani Consul in Kars told.
21 November 2006 [11:23]
"The information about "selling" any certificate to Armenians and Alikram Humbatov's relatives in the Azerbaijani embassy consulate in Belgium is an effort to stain Azerbaijani diplomacy," Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department chief Tahir Tagizadeh stated.
21 November 2006 [11:20]
The chief of Agrarian Policy Commission of Parliament Eldar Ibrahimov, parliamentarians Siyavush Novruzov and Fuad Muradov went to Brussels to participate in the Congress XI of the Presidium of South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative.
20 November 2006 [22:00]
Reports from Iran say prominent union leader Mansur Osanlu was arrested in Tehran on November 19 by plainclothes security agents. Osanlu, who is the president of the Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran Bus Company, was recently released from prison on bail.
20 November 2006 [21:55]
The European Union urged a politically charged meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Monday to deny Iran's request for help with a facility that could yield plutonium for atom bombs.
20 November 2006 [21:50]
The European Union warned Turkey on Monday that it must speed up efforts to resolve a stalemate over Cyprus if it wants to continue membership negotiations with the bloc.
20 November 2006 [21:49]
The White House dismissed a classified CIA draft assessment that found no conclusive evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program, the New Yorker reported.
20 November 2006 [21:48]
Riot police stormed the office of the U.S. news agency Associated Press in the Turkish capital on Monday after a leftist association occupied it demanding improved conditions at prisons in Turkey, witnesses said.
20 November 2006 [21:43]
A group of religious figures and theological students of Tabriz staged a protest demonstration against desecration of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by Baku-based newspaper on Monday.
20 November 2006 [21:30]
Armenian analytics consider that official Yerevan should gain pressure leverage by supporting separatist movements in the territories of Georgia and Azerbaijan.
20 November 2006 [21:25]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 20 November has met with Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahayan, member of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, head of the Abu Dhabi Emirate Governor's Office, son of the UAE President.
20 November 2006 [21:16]
Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan of the United Arab Emirates met face-to-face at Almushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi on November 20.
20 November 2006 [16:00]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov, Matthew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Special representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasprzyk will visit Armenia today.
20 November 2006 [15:43]
On November 20, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev left Antalya, Turkey for the United Arab Emirates to pay a two-day official visit.
20 November 2006 [15:19]
The law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic take serious security measures, Kabardino-Balkaria Interior Ministry told.
20 November 2006 [14:33]
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov will visit Azerbaijan on December 4.
20 November 2006 [14:22]
Armenian delegation participated in the 4th meeting of CIS member states' Interior Ministries Staff Department chiefs in Baku on November 16-17.
20 November 2006 [14:02]
Congress VIII of Nationalist Movement Party (NMP) was held in Ataturk Sport hall on November 19.
20 November 2006 [13:45]
Parliament deputy chairman Bahar Muradova has met with the chairman of the OSCE PA Goran Lennmarker.
20 November 2006 [12:04]
Over 1600 documents were adopted within CIS up to now.
20 November 2006 [11:56]
The 8th Summit of Heads of State of Turkish-Speaking Countries ended in southern city of Antalya on Friday.
20 November 2006 [11:54]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday that economic and political cooperation among the Turkish speaking countries must be improved.
19 November 2006 [14:49]
Iran's parliament on Sunday approved a bill requiring immigration officials to fingerprint U.S. passport holders despite President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's opposition to the measure, state-run radio reported.
19 November 2006 [14:39]
In case of any possible aggression on Iran, the country's armed forces "would attack enemies' military bases within a range of 2,000 km," stressed Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi Saturday evening.
19 November 2006 [12:52]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis' commission on agricultural policy Eldar Ibrahimov and parliamentarians Siyavush Novruzov and Fuad Muradov will visit Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the 11th meeting of the Presidium of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative (SCPI) of the British non-governmental organization LINKS (the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building).
19 November 2006 [12:48]
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan voiced support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying that it would help boost regional development.
19 November 2006 [12:45]
On Saturday, the extraordinary expanded foreign ministers' meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Israeli massacre at Beit Hanoun.
18 November 2006 [20:15]
Iran, facing possible U.N. sanctions for failing to halt sensitive nuclear work, will press on with its Arak heavy water reactor with or without help from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a top Iranian nuclear official said.
18 November 2006 [18:00]
If the elections in Armenia are not conducted in correspondence with international standards, it will be a reason to strengthen EU relations with Georgia and Azerbaijan, leaving Armenia behind, US political analyst Richard Kirakossian said at a news conference on November 18.
18 November 2006 [16:04]
The leaders of Georgia's two breakaway regions today set conditions for the reopening of talks with Tbilisi.
18 November 2006 [15:59]
Today the Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program (EXBS) of the United States of America granted 4 Chevrolet Nivas and 9 Lada Nivas to the Border Guards, National Security Service of Armenia. According to press service of the US Embassy in Armenia.
18 November 2006 [15:50]
The eighth summit meting of Turkic speaking countries, hosted by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Antalya, wrapped up.
18 November 2006 [15:44]
Armenian armed forces held military trainings in occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
18 November 2006 [13:54]
The Bush administration is offering to narrow the scope of proposed U.N. sanctions designed to force Iran to stop enriching uranium, a State Department official said.
18 November 2006 [13:35]
Establishing peace and security as well as increasing cooperation in Eurasia is Turkey's foreign policy priority, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said at the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States in Antalya, Turkey.
18 November 2006 [13:31]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer in Antalya on the sidelines of the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States.
18 November 2006 [13:27]
Georgia's economic development minister, Irakli Okruashvili has reportedly resigned, just one week after he was named to the post by President Mikheil Saakashvili on November 17, officials have confirmed.
18 November 2006 [13:22]
Azerbaijan's foreign minister, who met his Armenian counterpart this week, announced that the Brussels meeting had helped the Armenian and Azeri sides 'to start to understand more clearly' the principles on which they didn't reach agreement.
18 November 2006 [13:18]
President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates Nov.20.
18 November 2006 [13:17]
Uzbekistan did not take part in the Summit of Turkish Speaking States because it was not satisfied with Antalya Declaration.
18 November 2006 [13:15]
Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated late Thursday that Turkey, as a candidate for for European Union membership, should follow a "different approach" on the issue of establishing diplomatic relations with Yerevan.
18 November 2006 [13:12]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is in Antalya, Turkey, to participate in the eighth Summit of the Heads of Turkish-speaking States, met with President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
18 November 2006 [13:00]
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Berlin categorically denied a recent report in the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine which alleged that Tehran had a secret fund to finance its nuclear activities.
18 November 2006 [12:51]
"The Summit of Turkish Speaking Countries' heads is a great event," Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told.
17 November 2006 [19:44]
17 November 2006 [19:41]
A group of Karabakh war veterans have released a written statement calling on Armenians to resort to civil disobedience in order to bring about a change of government.
17 November 2006 [19:28]
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following 18 Chamber judgments, none of which are final.1
17 November 2006 [19:14]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Austria Fuad Ismayilov visited Klagenfurt, capital of the state of Carinthia, press service of Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said.
17 November 2006 [19:10]
Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan Mrs. Elmira Suleymanova will participate in the round table on the role of human rights institutions in the United Nations' organizations due to be held in the German capital, Berlin, November 23-24, press service of Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman Office said.
17 November 2006 [19:08]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Indonesia Ibrahim Hajiyev met with Indonesian alumni of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, press service of the Embassy said.
17 November 2006 [19:00]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev have today met within the Summit of Turkish Speaking Countries.
17 November 2006 [18:55]
The nine-day hunger strike against the lawsuit against Azadliq newspaper for its premises is ongoing.
17 November 2006 [18:46]
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matt Bryza met with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli at the State Chancellery today, discussing the energy situation and the problem of Georgian-Russian relations, including Georgia's conflict regions.
17 November 2006 [18:45]
A roundtable, organized by the US embassy in Baku, was addressed by us embassy political officer Joan Polaschik, IFES Azerbaijan Director Dan Blessington, US lawyer Daniel Matthews, MDI Azerbaijan director Eymi Schultz.
17 November 2006 [18:44]
"An aspirant to the EU, Turkey should pursue a more positive policy in the region.
17 November 2006 [15:13]
On November 17 Azeris celebrate National Revival Day.
17 November 2006 [11:36]
Turkey's State Minister and Chief EU Negotiator Ali Babacan, who arrived with his delegation in the Danish capital Copenhagen on what was the last stop of a 4 day tour of EU countries, was met by police at the Danish airport who attempted to search Babacan himself.
17 November 2006 [02:18]
Deep divisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday.
17 November 2006 [02:14]
France said on Thursday it had received no word from Turkey on Ankara's suspension of bilateral military ties, the latest step in a row over whether Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks.
17 November 2006 [02:10]
Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov met November 15 with U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse, according to the press-service of Azerbaijan General Prosecutor's Office.
17 November 2006 [02:04]
A delegation of Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice headed by Deputy Minister Togrul Musayev, for the fist time ever participated in the General Meeting and the meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Latin Notaries, took place on November 5-10 in the Uruguayan city of Punta del Este.
17 November 2006 [02:00]
CE Committee against tortures criticized Armenia in their accounts.
17 November 2006 [01:57]
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Tuesday denied allegations that Turkey made concessions from Cyprus.
17 November 2006 [01:55]
"Because of harming the freedom of speech I was against of this law a year before. But I change my mind after Turkish patriots' actions in Lion. Bozgurds did it.
17 November 2006 [01:53]
Iran's vice-president resigned over differences with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following the president's decision to promote federalism in Iran.
17 November 2006 [01:52]
"Unsanctioned pickets of any organization will be prevented.
17 November 2006 [01:40]
OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair, Ambassador Matthew Bryza stated that the Co-Chairs will continue to work relentlessly to bring the two sides closer to peace, regardless of the domestic political situation in either country.
17 November 2006 [01:34]
Parliamentary speakers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia - countries of the 'Caucasian Four' Group – have discussed pressing problems in the Caucasus behind close doors.
17 November 2006 [01:32]
Russia has started withdrawing its Soviet-era garrison from Georgia's capital, ahead of schedule.
17 November 2006 [01:30]
A meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on November 28, in Minsk, on the sidelines of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
17 November 2006 [01:27]
The problem of David Garaji Monastery situated in uncoordinated territory of Azerbaijan-Georgia borders was discussed in the closed sitting of the committee on education, science and sport of Georgia Parliament.
16 November 2006 [22:21]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian spoke of 'some little progress' made at the Armenian-Azeri ministerial talks in Brussels earlier this week, but said the "moderate expectations" from the meeting with his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov were not fully met.
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