Politics
18 July 2006 [13:22]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the delegation led by Mr. Fotiadis, Deputy Director of the Directorate General for External Relations' European Commission.
18 July 2006 [08:56]
The Azerbaijan Way Political Movement is going to stage protest actions in 12 foreign countries in commemoration of the 16th anniversary of occupation of the Azerbaijani region of Aghdam by Armenian forces.
18 July 2006 [08:52]
The Ukrainian Azerbaijani Congress (UAC) has been separated.
18 July 2006 [08:33]
Investigation period of Azpetrol Group of Companies President Rafig Aliyev has been prolonged again.
18 July 2006 [08:16]
The preliminary investigation into the case on Azerbaijani former Finance Minister Fikret Yusifov, who is detained in the jail of National Security Ministry, has been completed.
17 July 2006 [21:41]
The G8 Summit of heads of states held in the Russian city of St Petersburg was closed today.
17 July 2006 [21:35]
Eight members of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) branches in Sabirabad and Absheron issued joint statement today.
17 July 2006 [19:43]
The third round of talks between Azerbaijan and the European Union on the Individual Cooperation Plan in the frames of the European New Neighborhood Policy will start on July 17 in Baku, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan reported.
17 July 2006 [19:40]
The Group of Eight (G8) leaders agreed on joint efforts to ensure global energy security at their summit held on July 15-17, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a news conference following the summit.
17 July 2006 [16:57]
President Ilham Aliyev is expected to attend the unofficial meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States heads of state scheduled for 21-23 July this year in the Russian capital of Moscow.
17 July 2006 [14:58]
"The wordings 'both sides' and 'two sides' that occur in the Vienna statement of the OSCE Minsk Group arouse surprise. Three sides in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have been recognized in the OSCE documents long ago," says the article received from former OSCE MG Russian Co-chair Vladimir Kazimirov.
17 July 2006 [14:13]
Israeli air strikes killed 23 people in Lebanon on Monday and Israel dismissed as premature a proposal for an international military force to help end Hizbollah rocket attacks into the Jewish state.
17 July 2006 [14:02]
Armenians have set fire to the occupied villages Pirahmadli, Garakhanbayli, Abdurrahmanli, Seyidahmadli of the Azerbaijani region of Fuzuli at the night of July 16 to 17.
17 July 2006 [13:31]
The next meeting of the Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary commission will be held in Baku in the frames of the Russian Year in Azerbaijan in autumn this year.
17 July 2006 [13:23]
"The G8 summit will never force the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents to sign any agreement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement," said head of the International Relations Department at the Institute of the Political and Military Analysis Sergey Markedonov.
17 July 2006 [13:20]
An Azeri official has ruled out the need for the activity of any special monitoring group on Azerbaijan.
17 July 2006 [13:18]
An Azeri political analyst has said NATO generals were aware beforehand that Armenians would set fire to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
17 July 2006 [13:15]
Armenia is concerned over the commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) main export pipeline, a pipe to take Caspian oil to world markets, and its estrangement from numerous regional projects, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told the press Friday.
17 July 2006 [13:08]
The statements on the separation of Iranian districts populated by ethnic Azeris from the country are an outrageous slander against the Azerbaijani people, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Muhammad Najjar has said.
17 July 2006 [13:00]
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) main export pipeline solved the issue of taking Caspian hydrocarbons to world markets, which plays a special role in the country/s development, an Azeri official has said.
17 July 2006 [12:48]
The OSCE chairman's special envoy Andrzej Kasprzyk has prepared and submitted a report on the arsons committed by Armenians in the occupied Azeri territories to the OSCE chairman, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said.
16 July 2006 [16:12]
According to the State Committee for Working with Azerbaijanis Residing Abroad, the 2nd congress of the European Azerbaijanis is due to be held in October.
16 July 2006 [15:49]
Eight people were killed and at least 20 injured today after Hezbollah fired rockets into the train station in Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, extending hostilities with Lebanon into a fifth day.
16 July 2006 [15:45]
Iran on Sunday denied Israeli claims that it had troops in Lebanon and that it helped Hezbollah to attack an Israeli warship, saying the guerrilla group could fend for itself without outside help.
16 July 2006 [15:44]
Iran said on Sunday sending its nuclear file back to the U.N. Security Council undermined prospects for talks over its atomic dispute with the West.
16 July 2006 [15:37]
Russia will not impose any pattern of settling the Karabakh problem on Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
16 July 2006 [02:33]
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations will discuss the situation in the former Soviet Union, particularly troubled areas, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
15 July 2006 [14:18]
On the occasion of national holiday of France - the Bastille Day, on July 14, the embassy of France in Baku has arranged a formal reception.
15 July 2006 [14:15]
Permanent representatives of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia to the United Nations Organization - Baki Ilkin, Yashar Aliyev and Revaz Adamia have held in New York a news conference on the occasion of official opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Pipeline after Heydar Aliyev.
15 July 2006 [14:13]
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Indonesia Ibrahim Hajiyev met July 14 this country's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono to discuss prospects of further boosting the bilateral ties and present to him the draft agreement for cooperation between the Defence Ministries of the two countries.
15 July 2006 [10:33]
Elmar Mammadyarov has said there is a need for further efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen mediating settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh dispute and the intermediaries should not estrange themselves from the peace process.
15 July 2006 [10:29]
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Pierre Lelouche has prepared new proposals concerning settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
15 July 2006 [10:25]
The US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh dispute has called on the two countries' presidents to "prepare their people for compromises".
15 July 2006 [10:23]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will hold hearings on Azerbaijan’s commitments before the CE late in 2006-early 2007, an Azeri MP has said.
15 July 2006 [10:22]
The OSCE Office in Baku has criticized the sentence issued by the Azeri Grave Crimes Court on Wednesday to the members of an opposition youth movement charged with attempting to topple the government with the aid of the Armenian secret service.
15 July 2006 [10:09]
Azeri MPs have submitted evidence concerning the arsons committed by Armenians across the occupied territories of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
15 July 2006 [09:23]
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Ms. Akino Yamanaka held press conference on the visit in Azerbaijan.
15 July 2006 [09:09]
Yesterday Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has received a delegation led by Akiko Yamanaka, Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
15 July 2006 [09:04]
"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will meet again in Paris early next month," said Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
15 July 2006 [08:49]
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers discussed the report drawn up by the AGO Monitoring Group on the latest visit in the South Caucasus states.
15 July 2006 [08:30]
38 members of the pro-opposition Azerbaijan Democratic Party branches in Ganja, Khanlar and Dashkasan regions released statement on their resigning from the party membership.
15 July 2006 [08:05]
The Azerbaijan National NGOs Forum (NNGOF) today held a meeting related to the Armenian Armed Forces torching and committing ecological terror in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
14 July 2006 [22:37]
Next week Baku will host the third round of talks between Azerbaijan and the European Union on the Individual Cooperation Plan in the frames of the European New Neighborhood Policy.
14 July 2006 [22:27]
Head of the AGO Monitoring Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, German Ambassador Roland Wegener's diplomatic mission in Strasbourg has expired.
14 July 2006 [22:10]
The European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby is expected to visit Baku in the end of July.
14 July 2006 [22:01]
Saleh Kamrani, Azerbaijani lawyer imprisoned in Iran, is facing charges of action against the state.
14 July 2006 [21:54]
Azerbaijani Emergency Minister, Colonel General Kamaladdin Heydarov today received Laurie Bristow, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Azerbaijan.
14 July 2006 [16:01]
Some activity in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement is expected in the second half of 2006, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told reporters in Yerevan today.
14 July 2006 [14:49]
"Turkey is connected to the peoples of Caucasus with deep historical roots, and I cordially hope that peace, stability, and prosperity will soon become symbols of the South Caucasus. I believe that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (BTC) as a model of cooperation of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia will become a warranty of prosperity for the whole region," President of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer stated at the BTC completion ceremony July 13.
14 July 2006 [13:12]
In an interview to Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said no compromise is possible concerning the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
14 July 2006 [10:13]
President Aliyev's speach at the officiak inauguration of the Heydar Aliyev Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline.
14 July 2006 [01:37]
The US Embassy in Azerbaijan has announced attitude to Yeni Fikir youth group's trial.
14 July 2006 [01:30]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent congratulation letter to Jacque Chirac on national holiday of France - Bastille Day.
14 July 2006 [01:23]
Deputy foreign minister of Japan, Akino Yamanaka arrived in Baku on Thursday.
13 July 2006 [21:13]
On Thursday Turkey-Azerbaijan Friendship Park was opened in Ceyhan, Adana of Turkey.
13 July 2006 [19:51]
Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey on July 13, President Saakashvili called for development of more regional economic projects and stressed on importance of Baku-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway link.
13 July 2006 [18:40]
Iran's president said Thursday that Tehran is ready to hold talks with European negotiators but the United States should refrain from raising tensions around the country's controversial nuclear program.
13 July 2006 [15:22]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Deputy PM, FM Abdullah Gul.
13 July 2006 [12:09]
Ministers tell Tehran it must halt uranium enrichment. They plan to seek U.N.
13 July 2006 [12:02]
Israel widens Lebanon reprisals, 36 civilians die.
13 July 2006 [10:50]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev visiting Turkey on Wednesday sent a strongly-worded message to Armenia.
13 July 2006 [10:39]
A German expert says Azerbaijan and Armenia should refrain from military action to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the only solution is peace talks.
13 July 2006 [10:34]
The Council of Europe Ministerial Committee's Ago group in charge of monitoring the commitments of South Caucasus states before the CE on Wednesday issued a report on the outcomes of a recent visit by its representatives to the region.
13 July 2006 [10:29]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd and Andres Herkel are due to arrive in Baku in fall to conduct monitoring of the country’s commitments before the organization.
13 July 2006 [10:16]
Italy is one of the largest trade partners of Azerbaijan and its companies aspire to do business in the country, the Azeri ambassador Emil Karimov said in a recent meeting with Italian Under-secretary of the State for Foreign Affairs Famiano Crucianelli.
13 July 2006 [01:12]
Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Jordan Kingdom Elman Arasli has presented the copy of his credentials to Foreign Ministry Secretary general Nabih Shogma.
13 July 2006 [01:07]
"OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are looking forward to initiative of the conflicting sides," said OSCE MG American co-chair Matthew Bryza.
13 July 2006 [00:50]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday that the inauguration of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Oil Pipeline would further boost Turkish-Azerbaijani relations.
13 July 2006 [00:48]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who has left for Turkey to participate in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Oil Pipeline official opening ceremony, on Wednesday received delegation headed by the US deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Clay Sell in Istanbul.
13 July 2006 [00:23]
On Wednesday Musavat Party chairman Isa Gambar appointed his deputies.
13 July 2006 [00:16]
The delegation headed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is already in Turkey.
12 July 2006 [16:28]
July 13 marks the official inauguration of the $4 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline at the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
12 July 2006 [15:56]
Fire by Armenians on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on Tuesday night covered Nagorno Karabakh.
12 July 2006 [15:32]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Turkey to participate in the opening ceremony of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main export Oil Pipeline will hold series of meetings there.
12 July 2006 [15:25]
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to pay a visit to all cities of his country where Azerbaijanis live.
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