Azerbaijan News

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 20 / Trend E. Kosolapova/ Kazakhstan's Financial Police Agency has detained the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Sayat Shayakhmetov and General Director of 'Management of Education and Science Projects Construction' A. Pak, the press service of the financial police reported.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest.

The Premier was informed that the centre was a cultural complex in Baku, Azerbaijan, named after former President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev.

Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire in Marzili, Yusifjanli, Kengerli villages of Agdam region, Garakhanbayli village of Fizuli region, Tap Garagoyunlu village of Goranboy region on May 19-20. The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire, the Defense Ministry said.

The delegation under the leadership of the head of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, being on a visit to Iran, met with the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, IRNA reported.

The visit to Israel in April 2013 by Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamadyarov, which involved meetings with the president, prime minister, and security officials including the defense minister, again intensified Tehran's concerns over the growing ties between Jerusalem and Baku, both of which view Iran as a threat, albeit to different extents.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowed to return to Azerbaijan after holding talks in Baku on Sunday with the countryA's president Ilham Aliyev.

Georgia received $122.4 million from abroad in the form of money transfers in April 2013.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 20 / Trend A. Taghiyeva /

Azerbaijan's territory will not be used as a base for a military strike on Iran by Israel or the U.S, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev said in an interview with the Egyptian media today.

Bob Dylan's cannabis use and anti-war stance mean he's been deemed 'unworthy' of France's highest honour.

Welsh Eurovision hopeful Bonnie Tyler said she had no regrets after her mission to win the annual song contest ended in failure in Sweden.

Azerbaijan Has Recognized the Independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Not Only De Facto, but Also De Jure May 17 2013 Political scientist Gagik Hambaryan provided us with a few important documents, according to which Azerbaijan's leadership had de jure recognized the independence of the NKR long before.

Azerbaijani analyst: Allahshukur Pashazadeh's Iran visit will be unproductive http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/05/18/v-gulizade/ 15:55 18/05/2013 » ANALYSIS Allahshukur Pashazadeh's Iran visit will be unproductive, Azerbaijani political analyst Vafa Guluzade told Azadliq newspaper in an interview, according to haqyolu.com Persian ... (more)

FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds was described as "the most gagged person in the history of the United States" by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the Irrigation and Water Management JSC to acquire territories for the state needs, according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers published on its website.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 / Trend / President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today opened the Shamakhi Juma Mosque after major overhaul.

The injured servicemen are - Afghan Isgandarov, Fariz Mammadov, Elnur Hasanov, Namig Isayev, Ruslan Musayev and Ismayil Agalizade, Regional TV reported on Saturday.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund under the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic's Long-term foreign currency rating of 'BBB-' and a Long-term local currency rating of 'BBB-'. The Outlooks for the Long-term ratings are Stable, Fitch Ratings said today.

Azerbaijan is one of the priority regions for the VTB Group, director of the department of subsidiaries of Bank VTB OJSC Mikhail Yakunin said on Friday at the opening ceremony of the new head office of VTB Bank in Baku.

Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Deputy Prime Minister Milanka Opacic will visit Baku to attend the 2nd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue.