The European Union supports realization of the Nabucco gas pipeline project, and considers funding it, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso told journalists, following the talks, he held with members of the Russian government ...

Kazakh diplomat Vyacheslav Gizzatov has been appointed Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims. He will provide an expert advice to the chairperson on observance of the rights of ...

Moldova`s Deputy Minister of Economy Tydor Kopach said his country intends to join the Nabucco gas pipeline which will bypass Russia. According to him, Moldova currently depends on Russian gas, and the country intends to diversify its energy sources. He also added the ...

The United States and Georgia Friday signed a bilateral charter on strategic partnership aimed at increasing cooperation in defense, trade, energy and other areas. The agreement provides a road map for cooperation between the two countries across ...

The new US Embassy was officially opened in Baghdad, on January 5. The compound is one of the biggest and most expensive embassies the US has ever built, and was opened amid heavy security in the Iraqi ...

Russian President`s special envoy on international cultural co-operation Mikhail Shvydkoy who attended CoE Conference of Ministers responsible for Culture said Azerbaijan had always been a bridge between Europe and East. Shvydkoy stressed ...

Turkish city of Istanbul will host the 37th meeting of European Olympic Committees dedicated to the centenary of the founding of the Turkish Olympic Committee on November 20-21, AzerTAc`s Ankara based correspondent said ...

In the first day of their meeting, NATO Defense Ministers reviewed progress on NATO`s operations and looked at the challenges for the months ahead. Defense Ministers discussed the ISAF operation in Afghanistan and looked at current progress in ...

The most voluminous E-book including 160 novels has been published in the Great Britain. The edition weighs an ordinary book, but costs very expensive. It costs 200 pound sterling (290 AZM). The book also includes works by Turkish ...

The United States and Poland have signed a deal to deploy American missile defense system on Polish soil. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ...

Less than two weeks before the 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today joined the General Assembly in calling on all those who are at war to observe the traditional two-week Olympic Truce. “Let them lay down their weapons, if only temporarily ...

Iran earns about $300 million in oil export per day, the country`s Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein told hournalists. Iran is the second-largest oil producing country in OPEC after Saudi Arabia. The country has produced 3.85 mln barrels of oil this June ...

European Union`s High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana has arrived in Tbilisi. He will hold talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze and opposition leaders, as well as officials of the ...

The 11th Eurasian Economic Summit has completed in Istanbul, Turkey. The three-day high-level event brought together representatives from 34 countries, including Said Yazıcıoglu, a Turkish State Minister; Ali Bardakoglu, the head of Turkey`s directorate ...

The second round of elections to the Majlis of Iran (Iranian Parliament) started Friday, AzerTAc`s Iran based correspondent said. The polls will close at 8 PM in the election conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to a Ministry statement, 500 ...

The First Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on Drug Control Matters of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) today has begun in Teheran. Deputy head of the main department for fighting drugs of Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal ...

Pope Benedict XVI gave Easter address in Rome on Sunday as Christians around the world are marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thousands of people crowded for the Pope`s address and traditional "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing ...

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will make a trip to Israel on Tuesday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas In an interview to journalists in Brussels, Rice ...

A 5-magnitude quake hit Greece Thursday at 06.54 local time. Tremors were felt 250 km south-west of the capital Athens. No damages or injures were reported ...