Politics
14 May 2006 [21:37]
The approval of the Azeri delegation’s mandate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe depends on the reports to be submitted to its June session by the two rapporteurs, says Leo Platvoet, head of the PACE's 20-member mission that monitored Saturday’s repeat elections to the Milli Majlis.
14 May 2006 [21:34]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has insisted that changes be made to the Law On Freedom of Assembly in Azerbaijan.
14 May 2006 [21:32]
Repeat elections to the Milli Majlis held in Azerbaijan on Saturday marked progress compared to last year's poll despite some shortfalls, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said.
14 May 2006 [21:27]
The Azeri electoral body official has said the partial re-run of the parliamentary elections on Saturday was transparent and democratic.
14 May 2006 [21:24]
The heads of the CIS and OSCE missions that monitored Saturday's re-run of the Azeri parliament vote met in Baku on Saturday.
14 May 2006 [21:22]
Observers from Estonia, Sweden, Germany and Latvia have highly assessed Azerbaijan's by-elections to the Milli Majlis (parliament) held on Saturday.
14 May 2006 [21:20]
The CIS observation mission released on Sunday its final assessment of Azerbaijan's Saturday repeat parliamentary elections in ten constituencies.
14 May 2006 [21:18]
Two local NGOs have issued initial assessments of joint observations held during the Saturday repeat elections to the Azeri parliament in ten constituencies.
14 May 2006 [21:16]
An opposition representative has criticized the conduct of Azerbaijan's repeat parliamentary elections held on Saturday.
14 May 2006 [18:59]
The ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party has gained half of mandates in parliamentary by-elections in ten districts.
14 May 2006 [18:57]
CEC Elections Information Center has announced final election results concerning voting.
14 May 2006 [18:50]
International Republicans Institute (IRI) has announced the preliminary results of exit-poll related to re-run elections.
14 May 2006 [10:06]
The White House makes overtures in Asia and Africa.
14 May 2006 [09:56]
Senior officials of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) approved a draft decision that would allow non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to join the OIC as observers.
14 May 2006 [09:43]
An Azeri parliament member has aired discontent over the law the French parliament is planning to enforce that allows prosecuting persons denying the so-called Armenian genocide.
14 May 2006 [09:40]
Most Azeris are against the country’s joining an international coalition against Iran, a recent survey says.
13 May 2006 [21:16]
Repeat parliamentary elections are over.
13 May 2006 [15:34]
Article by Kathy Gannon, Associated Press correspondent.
13 May 2006 [14:39]
The US Charge d’Affaires in Azerbaijan Jason Hyland visited the International Republican Institute (IRI) office in Baku today.
13 May 2006 [08:57]
The US Senate will hold hearing related to appointment of new ambassadors to Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
12 May 2006 [23:16]
US Embassy will observe the partial re-run of the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan scheduled for May 13 in all of the ten constituencies.
12 May 2006 [22:50]
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis has selected his new special representative to be appointed to Azerbaijan.
12 May 2006 [22:46]
Armenia keeps on violating the cease-fire.
12 May 2006 [22:38]
On May 13 Milli Majlis re-election will be conducted in 10 electoral districts.
12 May 2006 [22:34]
A draft law on making amendments to the internal regulations of Milli Majlis was discussed and adopted in the first part of today's session of parliament.
12 May 2006 [22:31]
The Council Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is seriously concerned about delaying of repeat local elections to vacancies in municipal authorities in Azerbaijan.
12 May 2006 [22:27]
Today chairman of Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov held a press conference related to tomorrow’s partial re-run of parliamentary elections.
12 May 2006 [22:25]
"Tomorrow it will be possible to say how democratic the repeat elections were. We are in Azerbaijan to observe these elections and make our assessment in the end," Leo Platvoet, head of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) pre-electoral mission told journalists.
12 May 2006 [21:44]
Azerbaijan's recent admission to the newly-established UN Human Rights Council shows that the UN General Assembly acknowledges that human rights are being protected and the democratic reforms are successfully underway in the country, a parliament member has said.
12 May 2006 [21:36]
The embassy of Azerbaijan will open in Israel shortly, says head of the Azerbaijan-Israel parliamentary friendship group, MP of Jewish decent, Yevda Abramov.
12 May 2006 [17:13]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met with visiting Kuwaiti Deputy Minister of Information Sheikh Faisal Khalifa Al-Malik Al-Sabah.
12 May 2006 [16:55]
The former speaker of the Armenian parliament said Friday he had not quit his post over differences on how to resolve a long-running territorial dispute with Azerbaijan.
12 May 2006 [16:21]
The speaker of Armenian parliament quit his post Friday, and said his party would join the opposition after leaving the ruling parliamentary coalition.
12 May 2006 [15:55]
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the United States again on Friday to enter direct talks with Iran to ease a crisis over Iranian nuclear work after Washington vowed not to be drawn into "endless" dialogue.
12 May 2006 [13:01]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met May 11 with special envoy of the OSCE chairman-in-office Pierre Chevalie to discuss Azerbaijan-OSCE cooperation, negotiations on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict, socio-political reforms, large-scale energy projects and other issues.
12 May 2006 [12:45]
Iran is "ready to engage in dialogue with anybody," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a live interview with Indonesia's Metro television Thursday, in response to a question about a letter he wrote to U.S. President George W. Bush.
12 May 2006 [12:13]
Article by Anatol Lieven for International Herald Tribune.
12 May 2006 [12:06]
The Moldovian authorities practically supported Georgian-Ukrainian initiative on leaving the CIS.
12 May 2006 [11:47]
A parliamentary hearing on the Stability Pact for the South Caucasus will take place on May 12 in Brussels, organized by the Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), CoE reported.
12 May 2006 [10:57]
President Ilham Aliyev sent message of congratulations to Giorgio Napolitano on his election as President of Italian Republic.
12 May 2006 [10:44]
Azerbaijan Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov today received Korean Building and Transport Minister Chu Dyung Jik.
12 May 2006 [08:23]
The High Level Group (HLG) of the Commonwealth of Independent States today is holding its third meeting to boost efficiency of the alliance.
12 May 2006 [08:19]
Leo Platvoet, Head of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Election Observation Mission for partial re-run of the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan has arrived in Baku tonight.
11 May 2006 [22:55]
Azerbaijan, South Korea sign cooperation declaration.
11 May 2006 [21:03]
The first batch of armaments and military hardware from the Russian military base in Georgia's Akhalkalaki has been prepared for the transfer to Russia by rail.
11 May 2006 [20:30]
National Unity Movement (NUM) leader Lala Shovkat has underwent an operation.
11 May 2006 [20:08]
UN former nuclear weapons inspector Scott Ritter stated the US Administration considers strikes upon Iran from the territory of Azerbaijan.
11 May 2006 [13:16]
Those intending to visit Schengen countries will have to pay 60 euros Consular fee from October this year.
11 May 2006 [11:51]
Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov meet South Korean counterpart.
11 May 2006 [11:04]
The autumn Ombudsman Institute will be organized in Azerbaijan for acquisition of Information.
11 May 2006 [10:57]
Tomorrow monitoring is planned to be held near Ashaghi Askipara village of Azerbaijani town of Gazakh, in the contact line of troops in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
11 May 2006 [10:44]
A meeting called Stability Pact for the South Caucasus will be held in Brussels May 12 at the initiative of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Political Affairs Committee.
11 May 2006 [10:06]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will attend the 116th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Foreign Ministers scheduled for 18 and 19 May in Strasbourg.
11 May 2006 [10:01]
"Preparation works in all election constituencies have completed, ballot papers and numbered protocols have been distributed. This processes was implemented very seriously and under control," Central Election Commission (CEC) chairman has told journalists.
10 May 2006 [22:04]
After a failed February attempt to break the deadlock in negotiations between Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, observers thought the Karabakh peace process was dead.
10 May 2006 [21:28]
Georgia will decide whether to quit the Commonwealth of Independent States after consulting allies in the EU and the U.S., a Georgian political analyst said Wednesday.
10 May 2006 [20:13]
Iran's new ambassador to Iraq officially took up his post in Baghdad, the first from the Islamic republic since 1980.
10 May 2006 [20:10]
Iran's Foreign Ministry said it was waiting for a response from US President George W Bush to a surprise letter sent by the Islamic republic's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
10 May 2006 [19:38]
Armenia has failed to win a prestigious seat in a new United Nations body tasked with protecting human rights around the world.
10 May 2006 [18:08]
Chairman of Bulgaria's parliament Georgi Pirinski will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
10 May 2006 [18:06]
"The current situation on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is promising and bears responsibility," said OSCE Minsk Group Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov.
10 May 2006 [17:06]
An alliance of former Soviet republics has contributed to partnership in the region and helped prevent several conflicts since the collapse of the Soviet Union, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
10 May 2006 [16:41]
Members of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Siyavush Novruzov, Asim Mollazade, Mirkazim Kazimov, Arastun Javadov, Fuad Muradov and Zahid Orujov left for German capital, Berlin, to participate in the 5th session of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative.
10 May 2006 [15:53]
The status of Nagorno Karabakh will not be determined at this stage in the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks, a researcher of the Washington-based influential John Hopkins University has said.
10 May 2006 [13:14]
Korea, Azerbaijan hold Summit Thursday
10 May 2006 [12:55]
The IX meeting of World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) will be held in the Swedish capital Stockholm from June 23 to 25 this year.
10 May 2006 [12:51]
The members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Election Observation Mission will arrive in Baku from today to observe the rerun of parliamentary elections scheduled for 13 May in Azerbaijan.
10 May 2006 [10:17]
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Pierre Lelouche's visit to Azerbaijan is postponed till September.
10 May 2006 [09:23]
Cuba, Saudi Arabia, China and Russia won seats on the new U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday despite their poor human rights records, but two rights abusers - Iran and Venezuela - were defeated.
10 May 2006 [09:11]
Article by The Guardian's columnist Simon Tisdall.
09 May 2006 [23:14]
Iran will have acquired nuclear bombs by 2010, the head of Israel's Military Intelligence, Major General Amos Yadlin, told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
09 May 2006 [22:58]
The United Nations elected 44 of the initial 47 members of its new Human Rights Council in a first round of voting on Tuesday, including five nations named by rights groups as among the world's worst abusers.
09 May 2006 [20:36]
Article by Kieran Cooke.
09 May 2006 [19:14]
The United States has dismissed a surprise letter from Iran's hardline leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to US President George W. Bush, saying it offered nothing new, as world powers struggled to deal with Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
09 May 2006 [19:08]
According to Elchin Guliyev, Chief of State Boundary Service (SBS), a number of border stations will be open this year.
Baku and Washington return to crisis-free relations
"European Games" around the Caucasus: Armenia prepares for war
French politics in all its squalor, lies and hypocrisy
Baku-Paris political rifts deepen at COP29 over Macron's colonial allegations
Polish diplomat summoned over President Duda's visit to Armenian-Azerbaijani border region
Kazakhstan intends to increase capacity of TM and North-South transit corridors
Japan, USA & Philippines to discuss joint maritime security