Politics
23 August 2006 [15:38]
"I am ready to mediate in the solution of the Middle East problems, including the conflict between Israel and Lebanon if there is a need, and I am offered to do that," Sheikulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, head of Office of Caucasian Muslims told journalists.
23 August 2006 [15:33]
Israeli police have raided the official residence of President Moshe Katsav and taken away computers and documents in connection with sexual harassment allegations.
23 August 2006 [15:05]
Azerbaijan is considering contributing to the international peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said Wednesday.
23 August 2006 [14:35]
His Majesty King Abdullah II visited on Wednesday in the Azerbaijani capital Baku the Heydar Aliyev foundation, where he was briefed on the activities carried out by the Foundation in the area of charitable work, the development of education and care for children, orphans and displaced.
23 August 2006 [13:46]
"We should carry out an operation to prevent Armenian arsons in the occupied Azerbaijani lands," Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
23 August 2006 [13:27]
Amnesty International accused Israeli government of military crimes against Lebanon.
23 August 2006 [12:09]
The Azerbaijan Way Political Movement will stage protest actions in commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the occupation of Jabrayil and Fuzuli regions of Azerbaijan in Sweden and Canada in the frames of the "Karabakh" World Protest Actions.
23 August 2006 [10:18]
His Majesty King Abdullah II arrived on Tuesday in Baku on a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan.
23 August 2006 [09:32]
Azerbaijani parliamentarians will visit Israel in autumn, parliamentarian Yevda Abramov, Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group co-chair told.
23 August 2006 [09:09]
August 21, at night Armenian occupying forces set fire to no man's land in Noyemberyan village bordering with the Azerbaijani village Kamarli in Gazakh region.
23 August 2006 [09:01]
Over 1,000 Armenians are living in the Azerbaijani region of Shusha besides Armenian militants, and majority of them did not live there before, Nizami Bahmanov, head of Azerbaijani community of Karabakh told journalists.
23 August 2006 [08:53]
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received the director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center Bjorn Lomborg.
22 August 2006 [22:30]
Emergencies Minister, General Colonel Kamaladdin Heydarov today received Korean charge d'affaires in Azerbaijan Lyu Kvang Chu.
22 August 2006 [22:06]
"Personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzei Kaspshik preferred observing during his activity. Between nearly 150 and 200 servicemen and civilians were killed on the front before but Kaspshik has never reported anything about that."
22 August 2006 [14:39]
"International organizations and foreign states make investment in Azerbaijan only for their benefits."
22 August 2006 [13:53]
The European Court of Human Rights will review 13 more complaints with regard to the November 6, 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
22 August 2006 [13:08]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is expected to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on September 7-8.
22 August 2006 [13:03]
The representatives of the South Caucasus states organize a traditional festival in Kars, Turkey on September 13-15.
22 August 2006 [11:45]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in Agdam front again.
22 August 2006 [10:03]
The Russian media has been speculating on a possible Armenian drift away from Moscow.
22 August 2006 [10:01]
A counter-terrorism exercise soon to begin on the shores of the Caspian is a sign of growing militarisation in the region, stemming from the increasing polarisation of interests surrounding the oil-rich sea, say observers.
22 August 2006 [00:20]
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monady that Iran would continue to 'forcefully' pursue its nuclear program.
22 August 2006 [00:15]
Russian arms appear to have played a crucial role in the strong resistance Hezbollah put up to the Israeli military in Lebanon.
21 August 2006 [22:57]
The Armenian Aryan Order has expressed its protest against attempts to appoint Richard Hoagland new US Ambassador to Armenia. The Order has issued a statement concerning the issue.
21 August 2006 [22:10]
President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by Richard Lugar, chairman of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
21 August 2006 [21:56]
President Viktor Yushchenko issued an executive order on conferring first degree order "For Contributions" on Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bejuashvili, Polish Senate Marshall Bogdan Borusevich.
21 August 2006 [21:35]
"The cause for spread of fire to large area in contact line of troops is hot weather," Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office told Arminfo agency.
21 August 2006 [21:17]
King Abdullah II of Jordan is arriving in Azerbaijan tomorrow.
21 August 2006 [16:22]
"Despite the ceasefire, Israel bombed the areas near Syria. This causes a serious concern in Lebanon," honorary Consul in Lebanon Nazih Gassoub told.
21 August 2006 [15:45]
U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees Antonio Guteres denied in a press conference today that he had said that Armenia slows down in its efforts to grant citizenship to its refugees.
21 August 2006 [14:48]
"I think the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh are prepared to cooperate with international organizations and Azerbaijan as well to put out the fires in the regions along the border," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Osknayan stated.
21 August 2006 [13:38]
Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk met with Georgi Petrosyan, "foreign minister" of the alleged "Nagorno Karabakh Republic".
21 August 2006 [11:41]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again.
21 August 2006 [11:37]
Armenian Armed Forces began to set fire to forest belts on the occupied mountain ranges of the Azerbaijani region of Agdam from yesterday evening.
21 August 2006 [10:39]
A British ambassador to Azerbaijan warned that emergency services would not cope if terrorists blew up a strategically important oil pipeline heavily supported by the UK government, a Whitehall document shows.
21 August 2006 [08:16]
"Despite achievements Azerbaijan gained in diplomacy, work with Diasporas is not satisfactory and active enough," Azerbaijani Ambassador to Poland Vilayat Guliyev stated.
20 August 2006 [19:25]
Iran test-fired 10 surface to-surface short-range missiles Sunday while in an unrelated incident a military training plane crashed outside the capital after catching fire, a state-run television station reported.
20 August 2006 [19:10]
The geopolitics of Azerbaijan are complex. And they could become even more so.
20 August 2006 [01:52]
The US State Department has rejected the letter of the Armenian lobby sent to President Georges Bush with the purpose to prevent participation of Turkish soldier in peace-making forces of the United Nations in Lebanon.
19 August 2006 [16:57]
Today Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov met with management of mass media.
19 August 2006 [16:12]
Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Richard Lugar, will visit Azerbaijan tomorrow, the US Embassy Public Affairs officer Jonathan Henick informs.
19 August 2006 [16:03]
"Rasul Guliyev stated that he is going to establish an International Democratic Movement and the opening meeting will take place in September," ADP functionary Zamina Dunyamaliyeva told.
19 August 2006 [09:31]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent message of congratulation to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on the national holiday of his country - the Independence Day.
18 August 2006 [23:51]
An influential Iranian cleric said on Friday he hoped the United States would learn from the conflict in Lebanon and allow Iran's nuclear issue to be solved by negotiation rather than confrontation.
18 August 2006 [23:49]
Israeli officials said Friday that a senior delegation went to Moscow this week to complain that Russian-made anti-tank missiles were used by Hezbollah guerrillas in their 34-day conflict with Israeli forces in Lebanon.
18 August 2006 [23:47]
Israel objects to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in a planned United Nations force for southern Lebanon, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.
18 August 2006 [21:59]
Moldova is going to refrain from participating in the discussions of the project to form a joint military unit - "Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM" - until it knows what exactly this unit will do, the press service of the Moldavian Defense Ministry said on August 18.
18 August 2006 [21:43]
Svobodnaya Gruzia reports, in an interview with RIA Novosti Armenia news agency, that Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia Revaz Gachechiladze does not see any difficulties in bilateral interstate relations.
18 August 2006 [21:25]
The confession last month by Haci Mammadov, a former high-ranking Azerbaijani Interior Ministry official, that he ordered the murder last year of an opposition journalist on behalf of then-Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev has shocked Azerbaijan.
18 August 2006 [21:19]
Media freedoms continue to be of great concern in Azerbaijan. Over the last six months, the international community has noted several physical attacks on independent journalists - as well as the opening of criminal libel cases - some with serious due process problems against journalists who have written pieces critical of the government.
18 August 2006 [21:16]
18 August 2006 [21:10]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, who was in Batumi, Georgia, to attend the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Georgia intergovernmental economic commission, met August 18 in Tbilisi President Mikhail Saakashvili.
18 August 2006 [21:09]
Iranian law enforcement bodies prohibited Azerbaijanis to use satellite dishes.
18 August 2006 [21:06]
President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on development of justice bodies.
18 August 2006 [21:03]
The Elmar Huseynov Fund held a roundtable related to criminal gang leader Haji Mammadov's resent testimony upon the trial.
18 August 2006 [16:07]
"Farhad Aliyev was interrogated related to Haji Mammadov's case when he was minister - in June last year," Adil Ismayilov, lawyer for Farhad Aliyev stated.
18 August 2006 [15:01]
The representatives of GUAM Defense Ministers and Armed Forces Staff continue the closed meeting in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
18 August 2006 [14:52]
Next meeting for delimitation of Azerbaijan-Russia border will be held in Khachmaz soon, the State Border Service chief Elchin Guliyev told journalists.
18 August 2006 [13:11]
President Aliyev signed the resignation of Inayet Khalilov, first deputy chief of State Border Service, Border Troops' chief of staff, the State Border Service chairman, Lieutenant General Elchin Guliyev said.
18 August 2006 [12:55]
The heads of nine Israeli political factions, representing almost the entire membership of the Israeli Knesset, appealed to Azerbaijani parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov and Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
18 August 2006 [11:29]
Armenian Army Forces violated the ceasefire in the contact front line again.
18 August 2006 [11:28]
Armenian Army Forces begin large-scale military trainings in the Azerbaijani region of Agdam's occupied areas.
18 August 2006 [09:30]
According to the information centre of the State Border Service the celebrations are planned.
18 August 2006 [09:20]
Ali Hasanov, Deputy Prime-Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs, Chairman of the Republican Committee for International Humanitarian Aid met August 17 with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Antonio Gutteres and Director of UNHCR's Bureau of Europe, Pirkko Kourula.
17 August 2006 [23:04]
Israel wants the Turkish military to impose an air and ground embargo to prevent Iran using Turkish territory to send arms to resupply Hizbollah, a senior Israeli security source said on Thursday.
17 August 2006 [23:01]
An Israeli general urged the international community on Thursday not to allow Iran the opportunity to boost Hizbollah's standing by funding the bulk of reconstruction in shattered areas of Lebanon.
17 August 2006 [22:56]
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed Hezbollah's "victory" over Israel in a message to the Lebanese Shiite militia's chief Hassan Nasrallah, state television reported on Thursday.
17 August 2006 [21:35]
The United States expects the United Nations to act swiftly next month and consider sanctions against Iran if it does not drop its nuclear program, said a senior State Department official on Thursday.
17 August 2006 [21:19]
"Turkey's position regarding opening its borders with Armenia remains unchanged," said Turkish Foreign Ministry press secretary, ambassador Namig Tan.
17 August 2006 [21:12]
Azerbaijan on Thursday repatriated three Armenian nationals that were detained last month after straying into Azerbaijani territory in uncertain circumstances.
17 August 2006 [21:11]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Antonio Gutters visited today the Refugee Women and Youth Centre supported by the UNHCR office in Baku and run by a local non-governmental organization Hayat.
17 August 2006 [21:05]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres held press conference on his two-day visit in Azerbaijan.
17 August 2006 [21:05]
"If the arsons committed by Armenians in the occupied Azerbaijani lands are not prevented, they will cause an ecological disaster. Azerbaijan has made concrete offers to Armenian to prevent the fires," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
17 August 2006 [20:58]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation of the United Nations led by High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
17 August 2006 [20:55]
Armenia's invasion of Azerbaijani territories inflicted damaged in the cost of over $60 bln to Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov, State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons told journalists.
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Azerbaijan Defence Ministry presents weekly review
Milli Majlis amends law on efficient use of energy resources and energy efficiency
Azerbaijan's Parliament approves visa exemptions with Saudi Arabia and Indonesia