SCANDINAVIANS LEFT GEORGIA FOR AZERBAIJAN

20.07.2004 [17:54]
Appearance of the Scandinavians on ancient-looking boats in the Kura river, which separates the Georgian capital in two parts, has aroused a intense interest of Tbilisi residents. Historian Irakliy Jordania ...

PREMIER OF TURKEY VISITING FRANCE

20.07.2004 [16:52]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a 3-day official visit to France to promote Turkey's EU membership drive. The Turkish Prime Minister will head Paris on July 19.

The ...

RF SECURITY COUNCIL THRASHES OUT CIS-RELATED ISSUES

20.07.2004 [11:29]
During a sitting of the RF Security Council devoted to Russia’s policy in the CIS area president of Russia Vladimir Putin has set concrete tasks for state bodies regarding the ...

STAFF REARRANGEMENTS IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT BODIES OF RUSSIA

19.07.2004 [15:59]
As correspondent of AzerTAj referring to the press-service of the Kremlin informs, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has made a number of staff personnel rearrangements in law-enforcement bodies of ...

MOLDOVA, DNIESTER REGION TO END TELEPHONE WAR

17.07.2004 [16:10]
Moldova and the Dniester region will resume telephone communication on August 5 to put an end to “the telephone war” that has been on since last September.
The director ...

RUSSIA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DISRUPTION OF RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS IN TURKMENISTAN

16.07.2004 [15:12]
Moscow is concerned over the disruption of Mayak Radio broadcasts in the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry's PR department says in a comment.
As ...

MILK SHEEP TO BE BRED IN AZERBAIJAN

15.07.2004 [21:09]
25 heads of milk sheep were delivered from Turkey to Azerbaijan.
Scientists-selectionists will breed such kinds of sheep for adaptation to the local conditions, AzerTAj correspondent learnt from Republican ...

UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

15.07.2004 [17:05]
In accordance with the Ukraine’s commitments to the OSCE, Foreign minister of Ukraine Konstantin Grischenko has sent official letters to OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis, Director of Office for Democratic ...

GEORGIA TO BY IRANIAN GAS

15.07.2004 [16:22]
Georgia has arranged to start importing natural gas from Iran as early as January-February next year in a bid to guarantee its energy security and to avoid force majeure, Niki ...

CIS ACTING SECRETARY TO MEET WITH PRESDENT AND PREMIER OF GEORGIA

15.07.2004 [15:03]
Acting Secretary of the CIS Vladimir Rushailo, who came to Tbilisi the evening before, is to meet with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania. Mr. Rushailo said ...

CANADA TO ACCEPT 525 AFGHAN REFUGEES

14.07.2004 [22:31]
Canadian Government has agreed to accept 525 Afghan refugees settled in Kirghizstan, BBC reported. The resettling will be completed by late 2004. However, 100 more refugees will remain Kirghizstan. R. ...

TRAFFIC POLICE OF GEORGIA REPLACED BY PATROL FORCE

13.07.2004 [19:34]
As a result of reforms carrying out by the State Traffic Police of Georgia, 8 administrations, including traffic police were liquidated in the Ministry of Interior Affairs; 2200 from 3800 ...

SCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL MINORITIES ENDS IN TBILISI

13.07.2004 [17:33]
The two-day scholastic conference “Education Policy and Minorities” under the aegis of the Council of Europe wrapped up its work at the Black Sea international university in Tbilisi, AzerTAj correspondent ...

MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF JEWS FALLEN VICTIM TO NAZISM TO BE ERECTED IN BERLIN

13.07.2004 [16:48]
A ceremony of laying the first brick of the foundation of the architectural monument to be erected in memory of the Jews who fell victims of Nazism during World War ...

BELGIAN GOVERNMENT EMBARGOS GERMAN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

13.07.2004 [15:41]
The Government of Belgium submitted to the European Commission its recent decision to ban the import or re-issuing of German newspapers and magazines containing tobacco and cigarettes ads, including ...

CIS COUNTRIES TO COORDINATE PROJECTS OF INTERSTATE PROGRAMS IN FIGHTING WITH CRIME, ILLEGAL DRUGS

13.07.2004 [12:51]
As reports AzerTAj with reference to ITAR-TASS, experts from CIS countries are gathering in Minsk later Tuesday to coordinate projects of interstate programs in fighting with crime, illegal drugs, psychotropic ...

WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZTION HOSTS TRANING IN NAKHCHIVAN

13.07.2004 [12:11]
World Tourism Organization has organized training for participants of the courses arranged by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism dealing with “organization of tourism business”.
The World Bank ...

BILL CLINTON’S BOOK PRESENTED IN BERLIN

12.07.2004 [15:56]
Presentation of book of the US ex-President Bill Clinton “My Life” was held in Berlin, on July 11, AzerTAj correspondent reports.
Bill Clinton was greeted by thousands of people in ...

AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN BRUSSELS AIRPORT

12.07.2004 [15:04]
The Belgian frontier guards have arrested two citizens of Sudan in the Brussels airport, AzerTAj correspondent reported referring to the German media. As the police revealed, the identity cards ...