Politics
11 September 2006 [19:04]
Azerbaijan State Border Service (SBS) guards detained Russia's ARI cargo vessel.
11 September 2006 [18:57]
On September 11, President Ilham Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace Pakistan’s Minister for Tourism Mrs. Nilofar Bakhtiar.
11 September 2006 [18:54]
Lord Lester QC and Trowers & Hamlins are taking the government of Azerbaijan to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
11 September 2006 [16:45]
Azerbaijan's hosting two OIC conferences at level of minister in the past three months this year is a great achievement for the state. Both of the events were organized in high level.
11 September 2006 [15:37]
Muslim countries should encourage tourists to return to Lebanon and help efforts to rebuild the country's economy devastated by Israel's military campaign to uproot Hezbollah, the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference said Monday.
11 September 2006 [15:31]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is flying to London for negotiations with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs tomorrow, Tahir Tagizadeh, FM Press and Information Policy Office chief told.
11 September 2006 [14:27]
The Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of state and government will take place in Minsk, Belarus on October 17, CIS Executive Committee information department told.
11 September 2006 [14:08]
State Border Service officers prevented 15 border-violation cases in August. At the result of this 14 Georgians, 10 Azerbaijanis, three Iranians, two Afghanis, two Britons and a Russian were detained.
11 September 2006 [14:03]
The fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers continues in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
11 September 2006 [13:54]
Azerbaijan's President called on the Muslim world Monday to unite its efforts against terrorism.
11 September 2006 [12:29]
Georgian law enforcement bodies arrested over 100 Armenians, who illegally passed the border with Russia.
11 September 2006 [12:23]
Early Monday morning, Armenian Armed Forces fired on the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the occupied Yusifjanli village of Azerbaijani region of Agdam.
11 September 2006 [10:19]
Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan has to date concluded 25 agreements, 19 contracts, 5 protocols and 4 memorandums on bilateral cooperation.
11 September 2006 [10:14]
Training Group of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan has today provided training in two more election commissions (EC) due to municipal by-elections, CEC spokesman, Azer Sariyev, told.
10 September 2006 [23:37]
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced that he is against conditioning Turkey's EU membership on recognition of so-called Armenian genocide.
10 September 2006 [21:59]
The Georgian political parties supporting former State Security Minister Igor Giorgadze did not hold any secret meeting to plot a coup, Imedi party leader Irina Sarishvili, the chief of Giorgadze's charity fund, said at a news conference on Saturday.
10 September 2006 [21:18]
The 5th session of Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers was continued on September 10.
10 September 2006 [21:12]
Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, heading a delegation, is due to leave Tehran for Armenia on Monday.
10 September 2006 [19:22]
Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday misunderstandings had been removed and progress made during talks on Iran's nuclear program and they would meet again next week.
10 September 2006 [19:15]
Turkish and European Union officials were long bracing for a confrontation in fall over the sticky Cyprus row and reform requirements. But no matter how much anticipated it was, the 'hot autumn' arrived even more forcefully than expected.
10 September 2006 [18:58]
Turkey's Minister of Labour and Social Security Murat Bashesgioglu is going to visit Azerbaijan on September 13.
10 September 2006 [13:56]
Armenia purchased DW short-range missiles from China via Russia.
09 September 2006 [13:37]
In the frame of friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Egypt, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with CIS countries Vahid Jalal is expected to arrive in Baku with a two-day visit, September 10.
09 September 2006 [13:36]
In connection with the events, which have occurred on August 29 in the city of Kondopoga of the Republic of Kareliya of the Russian Federation, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs E. Mammadyarov, the general consul of Azerbaijan in St. Petersburg Gudsi Osmanov on September 7 has arrived in the capital of Kareliya, city of Petrozavodsk.
09 September 2006 [13:35]
On September 8, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko ended his Baku visit and left for home.
09 September 2006 [13:30]
Baku declaration will be adopted at conference of the tourism ministers of the Organization of Islamic Countries, Abulfaz Garayev said.
09 September 2006 [13:29]
Starting from last afternoon the Armenian Armed Forces continued to commit malicious arsons in the Azerbaijan territories occupied by Armenia.
09 September 2006 [13:29]
The 5th conference of the Organization of Islamic Conference has started in Baku on Saturday.
09 September 2006 [13:18]
"False maps, globes and school textbooks showing Azerbaijani regions -Nakhchivan and Karabakh- as Armenian territories are on sale in East and Southeast Asia," said Akbar Huseynli, an Azerbaijani living in Hong Kong.
09 September 2006 [09:49]
Azerbaijan Liberty Party will meet after the amendments to be made to the bill on political parties, Evez Temirkhan, the party vice-chairman stated.
09 September 2006 [09:26]
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan is conducting Roundtable of Central Asian Countries (SPECA countries) related to World Trade Organization (WTO) Accession issues, in Baku, 6-9 September 2006.
08 September 2006 [23:20]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his accompanying delegation who arrived today at the Heydar Aliyev Foundation were welcomed here by President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva.
08 September 2006 [22:39]
"Turkish government has not changed its policy regarding opening the border with Armenia," stated Erkan Ozaran, Deputy Chief of Turkish Mission to Azerbaijan.
08 September 2006 [22:29]
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Commander of Internal Troops Lieutenant-General Zakir Hasanov met September 8 with visiting delegation of the Association of the European and Mediterranean Police Forces and Gendarmeries with Military Status (FIEP).
08 September 2006 [22:22]
The conference of the Inter-European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (IEPFPD) commenced September 7 in Helsinki.
08 September 2006 [22:13]
In his congratulatory letter, President Ilham Aliyev on behalf of himself and the people of Azerbaijan extends felicitations to the General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, Chairman of the National Defense Commission Mr. Kim Jong Il on Korea’s national holiday - Day of Establishment of the Republic.
08 September 2006 [22:08]
Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Vasif Talibov met with Charge d'Affaires of Republic of Korea Lew Kwang-chul.
08 September 2006 [22:04]
On September 8, the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko in the state residence 'Ulduz' has given interview to the Azerbaijan TV.
08 September 2006 [22:02]
08 September 2006 [22:01]
Visiting Baku Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his accompanying delegation today visited the Alley of Martyrs where they commemorated brave sons of Azerbaijan who sacrificed their lives for independence and territorial integrity of the country, and laid wreaths at the memorial Eternal Fire.
08 September 2006 [21:58]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has congratulated his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmonov and his people on the Day of Independence of the Republic.
08 September 2006 [21:35]
Several motorized regiments of Azerbaijani Interior Troops will also function as police, Interior Troops commander, General Lieutenant Zakir Hasanov told journalists.
08 September 2006 [21:33]
The issues on arsons committed by Armenians on the occupied Azerbaijani lands will be discussed at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council's meeting scheduled for September 14.
08 September 2006 [21:32]
Azerbaijan National Academy of Science former president, academic Eldar Salayev will go Turkey for treatment in late September, the academic told the APA. He has undergone two surgeries in the US for his eyes.
08 September 2006 [21:28]
The agenda of the autumn session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) scheduled for October 2-6 has been announced.
08 September 2006 [21:27]
GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) meeting for establishing peacekeeping forces of the alliance will be held in Azerbaijan.
08 September 2006 [21:20]
Addressing students and professors of Slavic University of Baku on Friday, Victor Yushchenko said Ukraine was ready to send peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to help settle the lasting conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, according to the President's press-office.
08 September 2006 [14:40]
President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to France in January, 2007 at the invitation of President Jacques Chirac, Foreign Ministry announced.
08 September 2006 [14:08]
"My next visit to Azerbaijan has not been specified yet. I have been to Azerbaijan several times and I liked your country. So, I want to be there to see Baku again," Terry Davis, Secretary General of Council of Europe told.
08 September 2006 [14:08]
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will meet with Azerbaijan and Armenian foreign ministers separately.
08 September 2006 [13:50]
The Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis yesterday held a press conference on U.S President George Bush's statement on secret CIA prisons.
08 September 2006 [13:46]
The OSCE will send a mission to monitor the arsons in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
08 September 2006 [12:07]
Victor Yushchenko has met with Oktay Asadov, Azerbaijan's parliamentary speaker, and members of parliament representing the group "Ukraine-Azerbaijan."
08 September 2006 [10:18]
The U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday, in a 13-5 vote approved President George W. Bush's choice of the new U.S. ambassador to Armenia, despite strong objections voiced by several members of the panel.
08 September 2006 [10:09]
"The OSCE has demonstrated double standards on Azerbaijan recently which caused dissatisfaction in the society and in the parliament as well.
08 September 2006 [09:59]
Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Bureau will meet on 15 September.
08 September 2006 [09:57]
The Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in partnership with Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities is implementing a project to support establishing Association of Local Authorities in Azerbaijan.
08 September 2006 [09:56]
The Kingdom of Norway will appoint a new ambassador to Azerbaijan.
08 September 2006 [09:54]
The delegation from the Association of the European and Mediterranean Police Forces and Gendarmeries with Military Status (FIEP) has arrived in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
08 September 2006 [09:41]
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the U.N. to urgently assist in preventing environmental damage from fires in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh.
08 September 2006 [09:28]
Azerbaijan's President is expected to issue a pardon decree on the occasion of the 18 October - Independence Day.
07 September 2006 [21:01]
The U.S.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Freedom House has issued its annual compilation of the world's most dictatorial nations.
07 September 2006 [20:58]
07 September 2006 [20:45]
Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan Mrs. Elmira Suleymanova met with Polish Ambassador Kszistof Krajewski.
07 September 2006 [20:39]
President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko arrived on an official visit in Azerbaijan on September 7.
07 September 2006 [20:19]
GUAM Foreign Ministers will meet within the 61st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
07 September 2006 [20:08]
The European Parliament gave a young Dutch MEP, who wants to make his career from Turkey, the task of preparing a report on Turkey.
07 September 2006 [15:57]
No serious pathology was recorded in Azerbaijani imprisoned ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev's health.
07 September 2006 [15:42]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu presented a protest note to Russian Foreign Ministry.
07 September 2006 [14:07]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko went on a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan on Thursday.
07 September 2006 [11:39]
GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) has asked the UN to put the of issue so-called 'frozen conflicts' on the agenda of the General Assembly's 61st session.
07 September 2006 [09:36]
Official Baku intends to invite Ukraine to the projects on the development of the military industry of Azerbaijan.
07 September 2006 [09:19]
"PACE October session will not consider any issue directly connected with Azerbaijan. The issue will be discussed in January and April sessions," said Samad Seyidov, head of Azerbaijani Parliamentary delegation to PACE.
07 September 2006 [09:17]
Moldova's Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Konstantin Mikhaylesku will visit Azerbaijan.
07 September 2006 [09:16]
The 972nd meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Representatives discussed the Azerbaijani delegation head Rafael Huseynov's question "Legal, political and historical responsibility of Armenia for its crimes against humanity."
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