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19 January 2007 [17:32]
"Next pardon decree may be issued in March," MP Elmira Akhundova told reporters.
19 January 2007 [16:04]
Order of Red Banner of Labour of Soviet Azerbaijan was sold by $18 000 in the auction held in New York.
19 January 2007 [16:02]
The number of passengers from Russia to Azerbaijan has not been increased after the application of the law on Migration in Russia, Azerbaijan Airlines representative Meherrem Seferli informs.
19 January 2007 [15:04]
Unstable weather caused deaths in European countries will not influence on Azerbaijan, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department bureau chief Umayra Tagiyeva stated.
19 January 2007 [14:49]
"I'll work in AFFA if I am offered a job there. But I won’t ask the leadership of the federation for a job," former secretary general of AFFA Chingiz Ismayilov told.
19 January 2007 [14:45]
Great deal of drugs was confiscated as a result of operations carried out by Turkish police in Izmir, APA reports.
19 January 2007 [01:04]
A newspaper article that landed two journalists in jail and provoked Muslim protests underscores rifts over crucial issues -- religion, freedom of speech and foreign influence -- troubling Azerbaijan.
19 January 2007 [00:51]
Monitoring of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Recourses, Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Service and Ministry of Health to prevent bird flu finishes on Friday.
19 January 2007 [00:35]
There was a crash killing two persons in Samakhi.
19 January 2007 [00:26]
19 January 2007 [00:22]
VIII congress of Azerbaijani Composers Union will be held in April.
19 January 2007 [00:14]
"The number of the people came to register their documents in the migration service reached 6000," said Denis Soldatikov, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Migration Service.
19 January 2007 [00:11]
Olympic Sport Complex will be established in Jalilabad in 2008.
19 January 2007 [00:10]
The number of people infected with this virus is 1007.
19 January 2007 [00:05]
Car accidents occurred in Kurdekhanli village of Gabala region on Wednesday.
19 January 2007 [00:00]
Representatives of the Supreme and Constitutional courts will be on visit to Germany from January 28 till February 2.
18 January 2007 [22:10]
Azerbaijan's grandmaster Teymur Rajabov leads at the Corus Chess Tournament 2007 in Wijk aan Zee after defeating David Navara of Czech Republic.
18 January 2007 [21:58]
Azerbaijan Press Council (PC) appealed to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.
18 January 2007 [21:42]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department in the second part of the day.
18 January 2007 [16:21]
Azerbaijan's authorities have formally notified Moscow they will withdraw from the 1995 intergovernmental agreement on the transmission of Russian television broadcasts as of July, Russia's ambassador to the ex-Soviet Caucasus nation said Thursday.
18 January 2007 [16:06]
A reporting conference on overall results of 2006 was held in Baku Main Police Office on Thursday.
18 January 2007 [14:35]
"Roya is a slut. I don't like her." So says a dark-haired Azerbaijani girl nestled on a barstool of the Universal Bar in downtown Baku, a spot where foreign oil workers can meet eligible young women for the right price.
18 January 2007 [14:10]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
18 January 2007 [13:05]
At about 02.10 landslip occurred in Devechi region (on Baku-Samur road).
18 January 2007 [01:34]
International Football Federations Association has published rating list of the countries for January.
18 January 2007 [01:27]
Last year new volcanoes were found in the territories of Shamakhi, Absheron peninsula and South-West Shirvan.
18 January 2007 [01:22]
Media Council is going to appeal to President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday.
18 January 2007 [01:14]
After consideration of the results of the survey, Eurasian Lawyers Association defined the winners of the awards of Lawyer of the year, Human rights defender of the year, Judge of the year, Court of the year, Legal awareness raiser of the year and other nominations.
18 January 2007 [01:10]
The investigation of the criminal case on the death of the former chief of Development of Entrepreneurship Department of Economic Development Ministry Alihuiseyn Shaliyev is about to finish.
18 January 2007 [00:50]
Constitutional Court received 2090 appeals in 2006.
18 January 2007 [00:49]
Justice Ministry considered 16500 municipality acts in 2006.
17 January 2007 [23:00]
The British Opera's troupe will arrive in Azerbaijan February 8.
17 January 2007 [22:47]
17 January 2007 [22:43]
As the result of the operations held by the National Security Ministry criminal cases were launched on the Articles 218 (create criminal grouping), 274 (high treason), 28, 278 (seize and hold power by force), 228 (keeping illegal arms), 204 (making and selling counterfeit money and securities), 234 (illegal drug trafficking) of the Criminal Code.
17 January 2007 [17:12]
"The situation of Azerbaijanis living in Russia is very tense. Saying the truth, not only Azerbaijanis, but also the representatives of other countries faced with difficulties. Unlike Russia Migration Service declared, there are no queues here," said Vugar Musevi, an Azeri living in Russia.
17 January 2007 [17:05]
Press distribution firms made statement on the appeals of some press bodies about reducing the commissions paid for the sale of newspapers and journals, Yayim Association stated.
17 January 2007 [17:01]
The Embassy of Azerbaijan and the Embassy of Lithuania organized an event dedicated to the results of a painting competition held in Azerbaijani schools in Georgia. The exhibition took place at Art-Exhibition Centre Pirosmani on January 16.
17 January 2007 [15:16]
Corazon de la Paz, President of International Social Security Association, has visited to Azerbaijan.
17 January 2007 [14:53]
Court of Grave Crimes continued today the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
17 January 2007 [14:46]
Whether forward of the Azerbaijani National Team and Russia's CSKA Vagif Javadov will continue his career in Turkey will be determined within a week. It will be known if our compatriot will sign a contract with Kaocaelispor.
17 January 2007 [13:54]
The officers of Zagatala Police department held operations in Yukhari Tala and Mosul villages of Zagatala region.
17 January 2007 [11:41]
Teymur Rajabov is on fire! Scoring his 3rd win in 4 rounds, the Azeri GM is in top form in Corus.
17 January 2007 [11:36]
Azerbaijan's famous singer Bulblul's disc is prepared in Moscow.
17 January 2007 [11:33]
Number of police officers has been increased recently in metro stations and crowded places in Baku.
17 January 2007 [11:21]
Azerbaijani culture days will be held in Saudi Arabia in April-May this year.
17 January 2007 [11:20]
Next Azerbaijan boxing championship will start on January 23 in Baku Sport Palace.
17 January 2007 [11:17]
"We aim for the activities of televisions and radios to meet international standards," said Nushirevan Meherremli, National Television and Radio Council chief.
17 January 2007 [11:15]
Moldavian police detained 16 citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan for illegal trade business in Chisinau.
17 January 2007 [11:13]
There was a fire in four-storey Lenkeran Special Turkish Lyceum dormitory.
17 January 2007 [11:12]
On January 14, the resident of Esgerabad village of Bilasuvar region Ilkin Khalil Ibrahimov, 15, left home and did not came back.
17 January 2007 [11:11]
Ministry of Education has monitored Azerbaijan International University on winter session exams.
17 January 2007 [11:09]
17 January 2007 [11:06]
17 January 2007 [10:38]
The editors-in-chief could not reach an agreement on the rise of newspaper prices.
17 January 2007 [10:32]
Yesterday Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
16 January 2007 [18:32]
Mother and her two children were poisoned of tinned aubergine in Ziyadli village, Samukh region.
16 January 2007 [18:29]
Azerbaijani Football Federations Association (AFFA) leadership will meet with their Armenian counterpart in the UEFA Congress to be held on January 25-26 in the city of D?sseldorf in Germany.
16 January 2007 [18:23]
The chief of Azerbaijan Colleague of Lawyers Azer Tagiyev and the representative of Ramil Safarov's family, lawyer Ikram Shirinov met with Ramil Safarov.
16 January 2007 [16:20]
132 man-caused accidents were registered in the country from January 1 to 16.
16 January 2007 [15:59]
An appeals court in Azerbaijan has released the editor of an opposition website who was jailed for campaigning against a sharp rise in energy prices.
16 January 2007 [15:51]
"The foreign citizens who live illegally in Moscow and appealed to federal migration service do not face any problems," said Russian Federal Migration Service Public relations department chief Denis Soldatikov.
16 January 2007 [13:30]
Deputy Director General of Vietnam Airlines Nguyen Thanh Trung has confirmed that a Boeing 777 of the air carrier had to make a landing in Baku airport in Azerbaijan.
16 January 2007 [11:44]
Earthquake of Magnitude 4 occurred in 18km to the west of Yardimli on the night of January 15-16 at 01.07.
16 January 2007 [01:00]
"The memorandum will allow establishing mutual ties in all spheres of higher education system and student exchange between our high schools. The working group to be established will be engaged in solving the problems," said Azeri Education Minister Misir Mardanov after signing the memorandum with Saudi Arabia on cooperation in science and education.
16 January 2007 [00:54]
The 37th session of The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women begins today in UN headquarters in New-York.
16 January 2007 [00:34]
Head coach of the Azerbaijan national football team Shahin Diniyev is in Turkey.
16 January 2007 [00:31]
The chief of Azerbaijan colleague of lawyers Azer Tagiyev and the representative of Ramil Safarov's family, lawyer Ikram Shirinov went to Hungary.
16 January 2007 [00:28]
"The hot line created by Education Ministry has received over 20 complaints since winter session examinations began," said chief of the Higher and Secondary Specialised Education department of the Education Ministry Ilham Mustafayev.
16 January 2007 [00:19]
On January 22, Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes presided over by Nushabe Agayeva will hold the preliminary hearing of Criminal case launched against Nurse Ofeliya Safarova (on the Article 144-1. 2. 3 of the Criminal Code).
16 January 2007 [00:16]
Former police chief of Ganja Natig Efendiyev appealed to the Supreme Court of the judgment of the Appeals Court.
16 January 2007 [00:15]
Former AzTV official Akif Jabbarli was appointed as a new chief of Justice Ministry Human Rights and Public Relations Department press service.
16 January 2007 [00:11]
PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men held a meeting in the capital of France.
16 January 2007 [00:10]
The next meeting of Central Election Commission (CEC) was held on Monday.
16 January 2007 [00:02]
Azeri grandmaster leads at the Corus Chess Tournament 2007 in Wijk aan Zee after defeating Spain's Alexey Shirov.
15 January 2007 [22:37]
The weather is forecasted to be rainy in some territories of Azerbaijan, north and eastern territories, beginning from tomorrow evening to January 17.
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