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53 min ago | EurasiaNet

Azerbaijan: Baku Building Free Apartments for Country's "Free Press"

Is a new plan by the Azeri central government to provide free housing to some journalists a ploy to buy their loyalty? Maybe, but for many editors, reporters' living standards take precedence over ethics as many struggle on an average monthly wage equaling $380. When it comes to dealing with independent-minded journalists, authorities in Azerbaijan ... (more)

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1 hr ago | Groong

BAKU: Baku Restates Commitment To Regaining Karabakh

He blamed what he described as the non-constructive position of Armenia and the lack of serious pressure on Yerevan from the OSCE Minsk Group of mediators for the failure to resolve the conflict, Gun.Az reported.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Iran files a lawsuit against Israel to International court

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran has filed a lawsuit on Israel over the assassination of country's nuclear scientists, Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said, Fars reported.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Russian world-famous university awards Azerbaijan’s First Lady with Honorary Professor title

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend S.Agayeva /

President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, MP Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded a title of Honorary Professor of the world famous I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Top official: Iranian side’s statements unfounded

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend M. Aliyev /

Azerbaijan has no connection with any terrorist organization or organizations which oppose humanity. The statements, made by the Iranian side, have no real reason. It is unknown why it accuses Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov told media today.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Israeli diplomat hurt in car explosion in New Delhi

An Israeli diplomat was injured Monday after an explosion hit his car in the Indian capital New Delhi, according to reports dpa reported

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

IRGC commander says Iran entered new phase of outside imposed threats

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S. Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran has entered a new phase of the outside imposed threats, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Jafari said, Fars reported.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine: No problems with vessels in Azov Sea

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E.Mehdiyev /

No "SOS" signal has been received from vessels stuck in ice in the Azov Sea, which confirms that there are no problems there, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine said on Monday.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Police official detained for accepting bribe in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /

A Sabunchu District Police Department employee has been detained while accepting a bribe.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Petkim, Dutch company APM Terminals sign agreement

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /

Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim and Dutch company APM Terminals signed an agreement to build a container port with capacity of 1.5 million TEU in the Aliaga complex on Monday, Petkim said.

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5 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

UK suspect in Iran missile plot to be sent to U.S.

A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran will be extradited to the United States, his lawyer Karen Todner said Monday, AP reported.

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6 hrs ago | Today.Az

Armenia continues violating ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces from posts located at Yusifjanli and Shikhlar villages of Agdam region and Kurapatkino village of Khojavand region subjected to machine gunfire the opposite positions of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan at different hours on February 12 and 13, press service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said.

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6 hrs ago | Today.Az

French - Echanges internationaux' magazine issues special edition on Azerbaijan - PHOTOS

The French 'Echanges internationaux' magazine devoted its January edition to Azerbaijan.A The edition is entitled 'Azerbaijan: the economy in rapid evolution'. 'Echanges internationaux' is a publication of the French National Committee`s International Chamber of Commerce.A The magazine`s January edition features France`s strategies and achievements ... (more)

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9 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Azerbaijani FM calls Iranian accusations ‘slander’

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S.Aghayeva /

Azerbaijan considers the note of the Iranian Foreign Ministry as a response to the note previously presented to the Iranian side by official Baku, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told Trend on Monday.

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9 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

IDB group’s portfolio in Azerbaijan exceeds $1.2 billion

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend N. Ismayilova /

The Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB), establish in 1975, has invested more than $1.2 billion in Azerbaijan, IDB representative in Azerbaijan Tamerlan Tagiyev told media today.

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9 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

French ‘Echanges internationaux’ magazine issues special edition on Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend /

The French 'Echanges internationaux' (International exchanges) magazine devoted its January edition (January 2012, N 93) to Azerbaijan.

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10 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Serbia interested in participating in project of Azerbaijani gas transportation to Europe

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend S.Agayeva /

Serbia at the highest level expressed a desire to participate in the project AGRI (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector), which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani liquefied gas to European countries, Serbian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Zoran Vayovich told journalists in Baku on Monday.

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10 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

flydubai opens flight to Bishkek

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E. Ismayilov /

flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low-cost airline, has cemented its position as the world's fastest growing start-up airline ever with the start of flights to its 50th destination in less than three years, the company said today.

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10 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Sanctions tighten as some companies refuse to ship Iranian crude

Sanctions on Iran are tightening after Overseas Shipholding Group, Frontline Ltd. and owners controlling more than 100 supertankers said they would stop loading cargoes from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' second-largest producer, Bloomberg reported.

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10 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Operator to replace broken-down water meters in Azerbaijan free of charge

Azerbaijan Baku, Feb 13 / Trend A. Akhundov /

Azersu state company, a water supply operator of Azerbaijan, plans to replace the water meters that broke down as a result of frost to the new ones at their own expense, the company told Trend on Monday.

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