AMUDARIA RIVER TO RUN AGAIN INTO THE CASPIAN

05.04.2004 [22:30]
The region’s biggest Disneyland “World of Turkmen tales” will soon be launched in the southern part of Turkmen capital Ashkhabad, AzerTAj correspondent reports. The project will include construction of mini ...

PARK AFTER HEYDAR ALIYEV TO BE LAID NEAR ANKARA

03.04.2004 [21:41]
A park named after Heydar Aliyev will be laid near Turkish capital, AzerTAj correspondent learnt from Embassy of Azerbaijan to Ankara. The letter of Minister of Environment and Forestry Protection ...

AMBASSADOR OF UZBEKISTAN RECEIVES MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COUNCIL

02.04.2004 [18:53]
Leaders of the political parties represented at the Advisory Council have gathered at Embassy of Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan for meeting with Ambassador Abdugafur Abdurahmanov to express sympathy on human losses ...

CONFERENCE ON EURASIAN UNION IN ASTANA

02.04.2004 [13:21]
"The Eurasian Union idea sooner or later will become reality in some form on the whole Eurasian continent", said Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan at international scientific conference "Eurasianism: ...

8 TERRORISTS KILLED IN TASHKENT

31.03.2004 [21:21]
An explosion has taken place at the police post 15 km from Tashkent at 9.00 a.m., and a group of terrorists attacked police officers, March 30, AzerTAj correspondent reports. The ...

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES CONSOLIDATE THEIR BORDERS WITH UZBEKISTAN

31.03.2004 [15:51]
By official estimation, the terrorist acts committed in Tashkent killed 19 people and wounded 26. 6 killed and 11 wounded are police officers.
In his TV address to the people ...

OSCE IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA

30.03.2004 [22:36]
The OSCE’s Secretariat has spread a statement that assesses parliamentary elections in Georgia as more progressive than previous ones.
The Georgian leadership did not miss the chance to conduct democratic ...

TERRORIST ATTACKS IN TASHKENT

30.03.2004 [18:51]
On March 29, at 8.30 a.m., explosion was occurred in the center of Tashkent, before the department store "Children's World" on “Chorsu” market territory, AzerTAj correspondent reports.
At least, two ...

EARTHQUAKE HITS TURKEY

30.03.2004 [18:51]
Richter magnitude 5.3 earthquake, epicenter in Ashgala, hit Turkey’s province of Erzurum at 6.10 p.m. local time, March 28, Ataturk University’s seismological center reported. According to Erzurum Governor Mustafa Malay, ...

TEMBLOR SHAKES TURKEY

27.03.2004 [14:07]
An earthquake hit the Erzurum province, Turkey at night 25-26 March. The epicenter was in Chat region. The tremor measured 5,1 on Richter scale, Kandili seismological center in Istanbul reports. ...

US PRESIDENT TO VISIT FRANCE

26.03.2004 [21:49]
The 60th anniversary of opening of the second front on June 6, 1944 during the World War II and landing of the allied troops in Normandy, France will be marked ...

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM OF UZBEKISTAN TO BE REFORMED

23.03.2004 [17:30]
A new system of public administration is being set up in Uzbekistan. It will result in laying off of over 40 thousand people, AzerTAj correspondent learnt from the press-service of ...

SOUTH KOREA TO TAKE PART IN CASPIAN PROJECT

23.03.2004 [14:25]
The South Korea is going to take part in the development of oil fields of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.
Following the meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan ...

FULL HOUSE IN FRENCH JAILS

19.03.2004 [19:00]
Due to police special operations, the number of prisoners in France has increased by 6 percent. The fact that 61032 instead of 48603 prisoners are now kept in jails causes ...

LANDSLIDE KILLS 28 IN KAZAKHSTAN

16.03.2004 [18:43]
Death toll because of the landslide in Taldibulak settlement of Almati region of Kazakhstan reached 28. Out of them 13 were women and 4 children. 9 people are Korean citizens. ...

PARTICIPANTS AT U.N.-OSCE MEETING SUPPORT STRENGTHENING COMMON DEFENSES

16.03.2004 [13:11]
Participants in an international conference held in Vienna, Austria, March 11 and 12 issued a declaration calling for greater cooperation among international, regional, and sub-regional organizations to counter terrorism.
The ...

SPANISH MILITARY CONTINGENT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM IRAQ

16.03.2004 [13:04]
Should the situation in Iraq remains the same, Spanish military contingent will quit the country on June 30, AzerTAj learnt from Novosti agency, it was announced by Prime Minister of ...

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN

12.03.2004 [18:34]
At the sitting of senate of the parliament of Kazakhstan held on March 10, Nurtay Abikayev was elected by secret voting as the new Chairman of the senate. His candidacy ...

COUNTER-TERRORIST CONFERENCE IN VIENNA

12.03.2004 [16:23]
A joint UN and OSCE counter-terrorist conference has began in Austrian capital with a minute of silence as a token of sorrow at those killed by terrorist attacks in Spain. ...