Society
13 February 2007 [02:09]
The fate of ANS Television and Radio, Azerbaijan's sole independent broadcaster, is again hanging in the balance, following the decision to postpone a tender for its broadcast frequencies. The announcement comes amid growing concerns by international organizations and human rights watchdogs about media rights in the country.
13 February 2007 [01:48]
Presidential library has set up 2 online editions connected with the third year of the State Program on socio-economic development of the regions.
13 February 2007 [01:20]
It is a very sensitive time in Iran's history. It is not clear what is in store for Iran. In as much as there are plans to possibly use bunker buster atomic devices to get at nuclear sites in Iran, there are also plans to use ethnic tensions as internal atomic bombs in democracy operations in Iran.
12 February 2007 [17:25]
Supreme Court held a conference on overall results of 2006.
12 February 2007 [17:22]
They are APA-Economics, APA-Sport and APA-Photo agencies.
12 February 2007 [14:23]
Over 20 Azerbaijanis working in "Gizil Fil" cafe in Nizhni Novgorod were beaten.
12 February 2007 [13:58]
Preschool education of 5-year-old children will be compulsory in Azerbaijan, Education Ministry stated.
12 February 2007 [12:46]
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources released results of the monitoring conducted in large reservoirs.
12 February 2007 [12:34]
Azeri judo wrestler Nijat Shikhelizade (60 kg) has won gold medal in Super World Cup tournament in Paris.
12 February 2007 [11:56]
Fatal car accident occurred in Hajigabul region of Azerbaijan on Sunday at about 10.00 AM.
12 February 2007 [11:00]
International Wrestling Federation (FILA) will not allow the countries, have not participated in continental official tournaments to the world championship.
12 February 2007 [10:41]
Azerbaijan's State Committee on Securities monitors securities market to control the compliance with the demands of normative-legal acts.
12 February 2007 [10:39]
"Winter sessions have finished in high schools. The Education Ministry analyses it. Generally, we are satisfied with attendance in high schools," Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists.
10 February 2007 [16:25]
Five unknown men threatened Turkan settlement resident Akif Anvari with knife in Nasimi district Tbilisi Avenue and attempted to hijack his car.
10 February 2007 [16:23]
A skirmish occurred in Military Unit in Gadabey in the evening hours on February 9.
10 February 2007 [16:21]
Professional holiday of taxes officers was celebrated on occasion of the seventh anniversary of Taxes Ministry.
10 February 2007 [15:24]
Three children tested negative for bird flu amid an outbreak of the disease in a Turkish village, while a fourth child was still undergoing tests, the Health Ministry said.
10 February 2007 [15:17]
Conference and training on "Democratic management of security sector: defense" will be held by the support of Azerbaijan National and International Studies Center (ANIRC) and Netherlands's Center of European Security Studies (CESS).
10 February 2007 [15:13]
Over 2,000 teachers have been sent to remote regions of Azerbaijan, Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
10 February 2007 [15:12]
The State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry has announced the results of bird flu monitoring held by the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, Hunters Society and NGOs on January 29 - February 3.
10 February 2007 [13:37]
The indicator of phenols is 3 times and copper compounds 7 times more than sanitary norm in most polluted river in Azerbaijan, Goshgarchay.
10 February 2007 [13:34]
10 February 2007 [13:34]
The ensigns and officers of Azerbaijani Interior Troops will be provided with service apartments in Ganja, Shaki and Guba by the end of February.
10 February 2007 [13:29]
Azerbaijan Jewish Society and Azerbaijan Society of America will organize a concert on works by Azerbaijani composers Uzeyir Hajibayov and Gara Garayev by the support of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad in Manhattan on March 20.
10 February 2007 [02:25]
Turkey's Agriculture Ministry confirmed Friday that the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus caused the deaths of 170 fowl in a village in southeastern Turkey.
10 February 2007 [01:32]
Hidayet Orujov, chief of the State Committee on Work with Religious Organizations is visiting north-western regions of Azerbaijan.
10 February 2007 [01:29]
Azerbaijan's Constitutional Court received 172 appeals last month.
10 February 2007 [01:26]
Guba offices of National Security Ministry and Interior Ministry confiscated a great deal of weapons in the house of resident of Azerbaijani region Guba Geybulla Mammadov.
10 February 2007 [01:22]
Central Election Commission (CEC) will end inspections in elections constituencies by the end of February.
09 February 2007 [22:34]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today issued an executive order to declare 2007 as "Youth Year."
09 February 2007 [17:59]
National Television and Radio Council cancelled the results of the tender on ANS TV and ANS ChM frequency.
09 February 2007 [17:50]
Preparatory meeting of the trial on case of Asif Huseynov, brother of the former Prime Minister Suret Huseynov was held at the Grievous Crimes Court presided over by Tofig Pashayev.
09 February 2007 [15:51]
Azerbaijan women's volleyball champions Azerrail were beaten by hosts Italian Foppapedretti 0-3 in the play-off round of the European Volleyball Champions League Wednesday.
09 February 2007 [15:43]
New FC Karabakh coach Rasim Kara has abandoned the club's hopes of winning the Azeri title in a quest to develop a new generation of national team players.
09 February 2007 [15:30]
A group of residents of Azerbaijan's region of Barda held a protest action. About 140 families joined the action.
09 February 2007 [13:59]
Sumgayit-Baku traffic has been blocked in the crossroad of Pashayev Street and Tbilisi Avenue for 10 days in connection with the tunnel construction in 6th kilometer.
09 February 2007 [11:35]
A group of civic organizations submitted suggestions Thursday for rewording a section of the Turkish penal code under which noted intellectuals and writers have been charged with the crime of insulting the Turkish identity and state.
09 February 2007 [11:26]
Authorities Thursday hospitalized three children who reportedly had contact with sick fowl in a southeastern village where 170 birds died of bird flu, the private Dogan news agency reported.
09 February 2007 [11:15]
Azerbaijani chess player Teymour Radjabov will participate in the international festival with total price ?450 thousand to take place in Corsica, France, this May.
09 February 2007 [11:14]
"State Border Service strongly controls borderline territories over bird flu," State Border Service chief Elchin Guliyev told journalists.
09 February 2007 [11:13]
Azeri women lawn hockey team is leaving for China to join trainings there. National team is also going to play 3 or 4 test games against Asian champion China.
09 February 2007 [11:12]
A moderate earthquake shook southeastern Turkey on Friday, injuring more than two dozen people who fled their homes in panic, the local governor said.
09 February 2007 [10:19]
Republic Military Prosecutor's Office confirmed the arrest fact of soldier of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Eldeniz Nuriyev who was captured by Armenians on December 31 last year.
09 February 2007 [02:31]
Azadliq newspaper reporter Sakit Zahidov a.k.a Mirza Sakit wants to meet with Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova and human rights defender Elchin Behbudov.
09 February 2007 [01:17]
The trial of Abbas Mustafayev, President of the private Independent Azerbaijan University, book-keeper Esmira Eyvazova and cashier Shirin Asgerova has been postponed.
08 February 2007 [22:52]
Military unit #N soldier Ruslan Mayilov received verdict at the Grievous Crimes Court presided over by Mursel Alitev.
08 February 2007 [22:50]
Warm weather is forecasted at weekend in Azerbaijani territory, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department Forecasting bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva informs.
08 February 2007 [17:24]
The next meeting of the Working Group composed of representatives of government and NGO leaders will be held in late February or early March.
08 February 2007 [17:13]
The Armenian side passed Azeri soldier Samir Mammadov's message to ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), which asks to let him settle in a third country.
08 February 2007 [16:56]
The World Health Organization will announce the results of the tests of samples from Azerbaijani resident suspected of contracting bird flu in two days, Health Minister Ogtay Shireliyev told journalists.
08 February 2007 [15:31]
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry has launched a criminal case against the editor-in-chief of newspaper "Jamiyyat and ganun" (Society and law) Gabil Shaldiyev and the newspaper's correspondent Famil Hasanov.
08 February 2007 [14:51]
"It is nearly a year that we have annulled Diamed medical center's license. When we closed Diamed everyone also media exerted pressure on us," said Azerbaijan's Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev.
08 February 2007 [12:17]
Freedom of expression - a basic human right and precondition for any healthy democracy - is one of the most important elements in Azerbaijan's process of democratization.
08 February 2007 [10:47]
Two soldiers have been arrested related to the incident happened in a military unit in Azerbaijani Ganja region.
08 February 2007 [10:41]
Works is being done toward implementation of Customs Service Development Program (2007-11) approved by Azerbaijani President.
08 February 2007 [10:27]
Health Ministry have banned 44 drugstores so far and is conducting inspections in other drugstores.
08 February 2007 [10:08]
The opening of the new office of Azerbaijan Football Federations Association (AFFA) in Nobel Avenue will be held on March 27 or March 28.
08 February 2007 [10:05]
Chief of the Committee for Fight against Torture Elchin Behbudov monitored Penitentiary service detention place #9.
08 February 2007 [10:03]
1,681,0644sq.m areas of Azerbaijani territory were cleared from mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) and 7520 UXO have been rendered harmless in January.
07 February 2007 [22:44]
Public health experts warned Wednesday that an exclusive H5N1 vaccine deal Indonesia has struck with a pharmaceutical company may jeopardize the world's access to a pandemic vaccine, if the country becomes the epicentre of a global outbreak.
07 February 2007 [22:11]
Azerbaijan's Health Ministry suspended the license of Diamed private medical institution due to the institution's failing to comply with the terms of the license.
07 February 2007 [21:51]
If Azerbaijan will be excluded from UEFA and FIFA, it will never be affiliated again, stated Fuad Musayev, former chief of Azerbaijan Football Federations Association (AFFA).
07 February 2007 [21:31]
Armenian wrestlers refuse to participate in world championship to be held in Baku.
07 February 2007 [17:00]
The samples from resident of Azerbaijani region of Neftchala Zamina Zeynalova, who was suspected of contracting bird flu, have been sent to the World Health Organization reference laboratory.
07 February 2007 [16:40]
The Kazakh president's son-in-law denied allegations of kidnapping two former senior managers of a bank under his control, a report said Wednesday.
07 February 2007 [13:18]
Emergencies Ministry has already begun to bring fire engines to the country, Emergencies Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov said.
07 February 2007 [13:11]
The opening of the new office of Azerbaijan Football Federations Association (AFFA) in Nobel Avenue will be held March 27 or March 28.
07 February 2007 [10:05]
Former assistant commander of Defense Ministry lieutenant colonel Rasim Muradov is going to start continuous hunger strike soon.
07 February 2007 [09:40]
Anatoliy Banishevskiy played for the USSR national football team, winning 51 caps and scoring 19 goals for the USSR. He played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
07 February 2007 [09:30]
The best Azeri chess player by FIDE's ranking Shahriyar Mammadyarov leaves for France tomorrow. 22-year-old grandmaster is going to join French championship in Paris.
07 February 2007 [09:15]
American Biographical Institute has selected former chief of Azerbaijani Health Ministry's international relations department Prof. Aleksandr Umnyashkin with Gold Medal for Azerbaijan.
07 February 2007 [09:05]
US Center for Defense Journalism has released a report on freedom of media in the world countries in 2006.
07 February 2007 [08:55]
Conference of countries that have signed up to an international convention against doping has started in Paris.
07 February 2007 [08:50]
Azerbaijan intends to host World Military Boxing Championship to be held in 2008, head of Central Army Sporting Club Natig Aliyev stated.
07 February 2007 [08:05]
The book stock of Centralized Library System in the region of Samukh was enriched by means of new books last year.
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