Official: Azerbaijani has no anti-Semitism
Source: Jerusalum Post
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-24 13:57:35 -0700 | political-news
Azerbaijan has a zero anti-Semitism rate, boasted Elshad Iskandarov, the chairman of the Muslim nation's State Committee for Religious Organizations, during a speech in Kiev on Tuesday. According to the US State Department's 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights, released...
South Caucasus in State of Denial on US Human Rights Report
Source: Eurasianet
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-23 06:13:26 -0700 | political-news
The adjectives biased, spurious and slanderous provide the essence of Baku's response to the US State Department's latest report on the global state of human rights , including alleged malpractices in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Once again, Azerbaijan ,...
Azeri FM makes country's highest-level visit here
Source: Jerusalem Post
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-22 05:31:14 -0700 | political-news
Reuters Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov the country's highest-ranking official to visit Israel arrived on Sunday to discuss security and bilateral issues. His homeland is halfway through its two-year term as a rotating member of the United Nations Security Council....
China, Azerbaijan record rapid growth of trade
Source: China News
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-18 12:37:15 -0700 | business-news
Trade between China and Azerbaijan increased by 17.6 percent in 2012 year-on-year to hit $1.2 billion, a Chinese official said here Thursday. Azerbaijan-China business forum that trade between the two countries has potentials to grow bigger...China cooperation and more than...
Azerbaijan and Georgia: Part of the Supply Route to Syria?
Source: Eurasianet
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-17 12:54:34 -0700 | political-news
Recent media and human-rights activist reports claim that the South Caucasus countries of Georgia and Azerbaijan are playing an indirect role in supplying diesel fuel, weapons and cash to the embattled government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Government employees deny...
Azerbaijan: You Are What You Eat, Says French Actor Gerard Depardieu
Source: Eurasianet
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-16 14:29:13 -0700 | political-news
Once you try Azerbaijani food, you know that Azerbaijan is a smart country. Take it from French cinema legend and gastronome Gerard Depardieu , who's got a growing hankering for ex-Soviet countries that like their policies on the tough side....
Airmiles Andy is back at the despot's table dinner table... even though trade role was axed two ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-13 17:18:14 -0700 | political-news
The Duke gave a short speech in which he claimed to be 'representing Britain's at the World Economic Forum's meeting In a short speech after the dinner, Andrew told guests: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, while you enjoy your evening,...
Muffled Call for Peace Rises in the Caucasus
Source: Inter Press Service
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-12 01:39:26 -0700 | political-news
Sixty-year-old Irina Grigoryan's voice is drowned out by the merry noise of 230 children waiting for their lunch. Director of kindergarten N3, located in Stepanakert, capital of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Region (NKR) deep in the Caucasus, Grigoryan smiles tolerantly at...
Azerbaijan & Iran: A Soft-Power Struggle?
Source: Eurasianet
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-10 09:10:39 -0700 | political-news
There's a coffee shop in an out-of-the-way part of Baku where the walls are covered with illustrations from an early 20th century satirical magazine called Molla Nasreddin. The magazine represents a bygone era, when Azerbaijan was a font of new...
Statoil gains strength offshore Azerbaijan
Source: United Press International
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-09 09:52:26 -0700 | green-news
Norwegian energy company Statoil announced it signed a memorandum of understanding to explore for additional reserves offshore Azerbaijan. Statoil signed a memorandum of understanding in Baku to develop the Zafar-Mashal in the Caspian Sea alongside the State Oil Co. of...
Audit Bureau to participate in the 4th Arab-EU Forum
Source: Qatar English Daily
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-09 03:33:40 -0700 | political-news
The Audit Bureau will take part in the 4th Arab-EU Forum in Azerbaijan next Tuesday. The Bureau delegation, headed by its acting president Ibrahim bin Hashem al-Sada, will present a working paper on the importance of regulating the limits and...
WEF hosts dialogue on South Caucasus & Central Asia
Source: NewKerala
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-09 08:25:12 -0700 | business-news
Hosted by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Government of Azerbaijan, the meeting marked the launch of the Forum's new initiative on Scenarios for the South Caucasus and Central Asia. "No country in the region can achieve its...
"Azerbaijan can search oil and natural gas in our waters"
Source: Turkish Press
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-08 20:05:51 -0700 | business-news
Rovnag Abdullayev After their tete-a-tete meeting, Yildiz and Abdullayev headed to the forum and replied the questions of reporters, assessed fulfilled projects of both countries in the energy field. Minister Yildiz stated, they may hold joint projects with Azerbaijan or...
Russian Dissident & Chess Champion Wins Human Rights Award
Source: Canadian Free Press
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-08 07:50:20 -0700 | political-news
Abram Human Rights Award to Garry Kasparov for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in Russia, said executive director Hillel Neuer. Mr. Kasparov is not only one of the world's smartest men, he is also among its...
Iran Hard-Line Tehran Daily Says Azerbaijan Should Hold Referendum On Joining Iran
Source: Eurasianet
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-04-05 13:48:44 -0700 | political-news
Iran's ultra-hard-line "Kayhan" daily, which is said to reflect the views of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for a public referendum in Azerbaijan to decide whether the country should join the Islamic republic. The call is the latest...
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