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21 April 2009 [11:06]
20 April 2009 [13:52]
The 2nd Conference of the National Library Directors of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries was started in Baku on Monday within the “Baku – Islamic Culture Capital 2009”, APA reports.
20 April 2009 [13:43]
20 April 2009 [13:14]
The Russian Sarmat-1 ship which was earlier arrested by the Caspian Sea Oil Fleet (CSOF) near the Azerbaijani shores was released and left the Baku port, Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration Deputy Head Namig Agamaliyev said on April 20.
20 April 2009 [11:23]
The Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia (AYOR) merits attention and will be useful for other nations' youth organizations in Russia, Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Oleg Rozhnov believes.
20 April 2009 [09:44]
18 April 2009 [12:28]
18 April 2009 [11:05]
National Seismological Service has informed that tremor measured 3 on Richter scale.
18 April 2009 [10:34]
About 500 kilograms of sprats have been discovered in one of the ships.
15 April 2009 [11:52]
14 April 2009 [11:03]
Public Committee on the Justice Ministry Penitentiary Service Control held its regular meeting.
14 April 2009 [08:55]
The Azerbaijani Internal Ministry urged citizens to be careful of cybercriminals.
11 April 2009 [11:57]
The International Telecommunication Union has allocated three orbital positions on the property rights to Azerbaijan, according to Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov, Novosti-Azerbaijan reports.
11 April 2009 [10:51]
A petrol station in Barda region was attacked on the night of April 11.
11 April 2009 [09:17]
The presentation of the feature film "The lost reality" was held at the Azerbaijan Cinematographers Union on April 10. The film is about Karabakh issue.
10 April 2009 [13:58]
10 April 2009 [13:14]
A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, headed with coordinator on Azerbaijan Andrei Chubov, will arrive in Baku April 14, according to AzerTac.
10 April 2009 [09:15]
09 April 2009 [17:28]
A documentary about Armenian terror has been posted in a video format at Lithuanian website www.spaltai.lt, according to the press service for the State Committee of Azerbaijan for work with diaspora.
09 April 2009 [16:28]
Chairman of Council for State Support to NGOs under the President of Azerbaijan considers that the critics and proposals of the organizations, which could not obtain grant in 2009 financial competition, must be grounded.
09 April 2009 [10:53]
Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Mirza Sakit held in correctional facility No 10 has been released, according to defender Isakhan Ashurov.
09 April 2009 [10:00]
Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania Vygaudas Usackas and his accompanying delegation today have visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in Baku.
08 April 2009 [09:41]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has today received members and coaches of the country`s national wrestling team.
07 April 2009 [16:57]
07 April 2009 [16:37]
OIC head coordinator on intercultural dialogue of the youth forum for dialogue and cooperation Leyla Aliyev met with ISESCO general director Abdulaziz bin Osman al-Tuveirji, according to AzerTac.
07 April 2009 [11:47]
The Azerbaijani SOCAR Georgia sponsors the Georgian Chess Federation. The agreement was signed between the SOCAR Georgia General Director Mahir Mammadov and Chess Federation President Gia Giorgadze.
07 April 2009 [11:04]
Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev speaks with Trend Capital in an exclusive interview.
07 April 2009 [09:31]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano over the human loss caused by the earthquake.
07 April 2009 [09:00]
A book by Azerbaijanis in Georgia was presented.
06 April 2009 [17:27]
The notion of “surrogate mother” has been removed from the bill on “Protection of reproductive health and family planning”, MP Malahat Ibrahimgizi, who prepared the bill, told APA.
06 April 2009 [16:27]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev familiarized with the profoundly repaired underground passage in the capital city, according to the official website for the president of Azerbaijan.
06 April 2009 [16:03]
730,818 square meteres of Azerbaijani lands were checked and cleaned of mines and unexploded ammunitions in March of 2009.
06 April 2009 [14:50]
06 April 2009 [14:37]
President of Azerbaijan attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Center of Transport Operations Intellectual Regulation, according to the official website of the President of Azerbaijan.
06 April 2009 [14:15]
Azerbaijani government says the State Fund for the Media Development Assistance aims to promote free media in the country.
06 April 2009 [09:31]
04 April 2009 [12:03]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan approved the rules of biometric data services, improvement and regulation, the Cabinet sources told APA.
04 April 2009 [10:05]
Under Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's decree, the Media Development State Support Fund was created at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, the AzerTaj state news agency reported.
04 April 2009 [09:26]
International scientific-practical conference and photo exhibition "Germans in Azerbaijan" will take place on 6-7 April at Baku Slavic University. The event is dedicated to 190th anniversary of settling of Germans in Azerbaijan.
03 April 2009 [16:38]
The majority of Milli Medjlis deputies voted today for the draft law on amendments and alterations to the law "On television and radio broadcasting" of Azerbaijan.
03 April 2009 [14:42]
A draft law restricting smoking is being preparing in the standing commission on social policy of Milli Medjlis, said deputy Musa Guliyev at today's session of Milli Medjlis.
03 April 2009 [09:29]
The memorandum on youth policy was signed between Azerbaijan and Dagestan on April 2.
03 April 2009 [09:20]
The demonstration of short films, produced in the framework of the project "Workshop on the crossroads" of the Internews public organization was held at the Moscow House yesterday.
03 April 2009 [08:40]
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02 April 2009 [17:23]
Participation of Azerbaijani free wrestlers at the European championship in the capital of Lithuania Vilnius can be called nothing but fantastic.
02 April 2009 [13:34]
New UN representative on refugees Thailand citizen Aron Sala-Ngarm will start his activity in mid April, reports the press service for the UNHCR Baku office, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
02 April 2009 [08:51]
A week of Azerbaijani culture will be held in the Islamic Republic of Iran later on April 21-25, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism told APA.
01 April 2009 [13:14]
The Prophet Muhammad Mosque which is alleged to be constructed illegal is being razed in Baku.
01 April 2009 [12:36]
The Israeli embassy to Azerbaijan in cooperation with the UNDP office is holding a seminar on water reserves management and fight with desertion in Baku.
01 April 2009 [11:16]
A two day seminar organized by the OSCE Baku office for Azerbaijani and Turkish frontier men and customs officials kicked off, according to the press service for the OSCE Baku office.
01 April 2009 [09:53]
The presentation of the Association of Latin American Azerbaijanis was held in the National Museum of history of Mexico in the ancient castle Chapultepec, according to AzerTac.
01 April 2009 [09:06]
International Cartoon Contest “Molla Nasraddin –Azerbaijan 2009” dedicated to 140th anniversary of founder of “Molla Nasraddin” journal Jalil Mammadguluzadeh was finalized, Azerbaijan Cartoonist Union told APA.
31 March 2009 [16:10]
The Institute of History of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences will publicize the results of its researches on 26 Baku Commissars in middle of April, director of the institute Yagub Mahmudov told APA.
31 March 2009 [15:52]
The logo of the international scientific Olympic games to be held in Baku in December has been made public, according to the press service for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan.
31 March 2009 [14:56]
Member of the Azerbaijani parliament Ganira Pashayeva said the informational campaign informing the world about the genocide committed by Armenians in 1918 in Guba must continue.
31 March 2009 [11:50]
The action "Youth against terror" on the March genocide of Azerbaijanis, started in Baku Tuesday.
30 March 2009 [17:39]
The "Never-ending Fall of the Leaves" poem book by Azerbaijani poetess Khazangul Huseynova was presented by the Eurasian Union of Writers and Turkish National Library in Ankara.
30 March 2009 [15:19]
The rules of conscription have changed in Azerbaijan.
30 March 2009 [14:56]
"This year will be successful for ties between Azerbaijan and Korea and the global financial crisis will not have any influence on the economies of our countries", said Korean ambassador to Azerbaijan Lu Kwang Chul, according to AzerTac.
30 March 2009 [13:41]
An internet action "Youth against terror" on genocide, committed by Armenians in Baku in 1918 will start on March 31, according to the press service for the Ministry of youth and sports of Azerbaijan.
29 March 2009 [17:34]
The Azerbaijani Ombudsman has sent a statement on March 31 - Azerbaijani Genocide Day to international organizations.
29 March 2009 [17:31]
An exhibition on facts of genocide committed by Armenians against the Azerbaijani people will open at the exhibition hall of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the press service for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
29 March 2009 [16:27]
Activist of the movement for rights of South Azerbaijanis Amir Abbas Benai Kazimi was arrested in Iranian city of Tebriz, according to the Congress of World Azerbaijanis.
29 March 2009 [15:55]
A book collection was sent to Azerbaijani embassy to Hungary for spreading information about Azerbaijan, close familiarization of European countries with our country, according to the press service for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
29 March 2009 [14:58]
There is a need to allocate a place on the city suburb, about 20-25 kilometers away from the center, to bury street and home animals in Baku, said Azer Garayev, head of the Azerbaijani association of animal protection.
29 March 2009 [14:37]
29 March 2009 [12:05]
New York-based Radio Turkum started to broadcast programs in Azeri at 11.00-13.00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
29 March 2009 [11:44]
One of the world’s oldest men lives in Kurdmashi village of Ismayilli region.
29 March 2009 [11:24]
A week of German culture is held in Goygol region.
29 March 2009 [09:39]
Windows Vista is now being translated into Azerbaijani.
19 March 2009 [18:21]
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse congratulated Azerbaijani people on Novruz holiday.
17 March 2009 [18:34]
Azerbaijan hosted a presentation of the Azerbaijani translated version of the book entitled "Towering in Canakkale" on March 17.
17 March 2009 [17:33]
The act of amnesty will release 12% of prisoners in Azerbaijan, said chairman of standing parliament commission on legal policy and state construction Ali Huseynov at the next plenary session of Milli Medjlis Tuesday.
17 March 2009 [17:08]
Religious communities in Azerbaijan said the struggle against extremist groups must strengthen.
17 March 2009 [14:48]
Snow of 50 cm thickness fell in the north-western regions of Azerbaijan. According to APA local bureau, intensive rainfalls have started in the north-western regions of the country since March 15 and it was replaced by slush and snow on March 16.