KAZAKHSTAN ELABORATES SPACE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

21.02.2004 [19:40]
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Danial Ahmadov charged the Government to organize a working group and elaborate a draft space industry development program within a month, AzerTAj correspondent learned from the ...

PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA APPROVED NEW CABINET OF MINISTERS

21.02.2004 [15:03]
The 165 members of Georgian parliament voted “Yea” and 5 “Nay” to the new staff of the Cabinet of Ministers and approved it. The Cabinet of Ministers was reorganized and ...

SNOWFALL DISRUPTS TRAFFIC IN ISTANBUL

20.02.2004 [21:47]
The severe winter, blizzard and snowfall disrupted the traffic in Istanbul. Deputy secretary general of the Beyukshehir municipality of Istanbul Mesud Pektash said that actions are not satisfactory. Using of ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WORLD CHAMPION

19.02.2004 [15:47]
Some European media reported on sudden death of famous athlete, world cycle race champion, 34-year-old Marco Pantani nicknamed “Pirate” who died on February 14 in the small Italian town of ...

OSCE ALLOCATED € 1 MLN FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA

18.02.2004 [16:17]
Agreement on allocation of €1 mln to the government of Georgia by the OSCE for organization of the upcoming Parliamentary elections was signed in Tbilisi, on February 17.
Agreement ...

STRAINED SITUATION IN NARIN-SIRDARINSK RESERVOIRS DISCUSSED

18.02.2004 [14:44]
Strained situation in the Narin-Sirdarinsk reservoirs was discussed at the sitting of the Deputies Prime Ministers of Kirgizistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, AzerTAj correspondent reports.
Deputy Prime Minister of ...

GEORGIA: UN CHAIRS MEETING AIMED AT ADVANCING PEACE PROCESS

18.02.2004 [12:55]
A two-day meeting aimed at addressing the conflict in Georgia opened today in Geneva under United Nations auspices.
The closed meeting, chaired by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie ...

NEW AMBASSADOR OF TURKEY TO KAZAKHSTAN TO DO ALL POSSIBLE FOR AKTAU-BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PROJECT

18.02.2004 [10:50]
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev received credentials of the new Ambassador of Turkey Hakki Tanir Seben, AzerTAj correspondent reported.
After the meeting, the Ambassador said to the journalists that he ...

GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

17.02.2004 [19:34]
Georgian parliamentarians have voted “Yea” to the amendments to the bill “On amendments to the Constitution” in the third reading. The amendments imply the changes as follows: the government transforms ...

COUNTERFEIT EURO FOUND IN EUROPE

17.02.2004 [13:56]
The counterfeit euro currency is increasingly circulated day by day in the European Union area.
Financial organizations of EU countries, big international banks, commercial organizations and police have found 311.925 ...

MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI MOVED TO EDUARD SHEVARNADZE’S OFFICE

17.02.2004 [13:20]
President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili moved to the office of the ex-President Eduard Shevardnadze, on February 13, AzerTAj correspondent reports. He will work here for six months, and then move ...

PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA PREPARES REGULATIONS

17.02.2004 [13:19]
Parliament of Georgia will take up the duties after proportional elections to be held on March 28, AzerTAj correspondent reports from Tbilisi. The current Parliament prepares regulations for the new ...

AZERBAIJANI MUSICIANS PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

10.02.2004 [16:42]
An International Hajir Festival attended by world’s famous musical bands started February 6 in Teheran, Iran. Azerbaijan will be represented at the festival by the Azerbaijan State orchestra of ...

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DISCUSSES SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST

09.02.2004 [22:24]
The 40th international conference on security policy focused on the last day of its work on the situation in the Middle East and its future, ITAR-TASS reports. The King of ...

CHANGES TO KIRGHIZ GOVERNMENT

09.02.2004 [22:16]
As a result of the restructuring of the Government, President of Kirghizstan Aska Akayev has announced the names of its newly appointed members: Kubanichbey Zhumaliyev has been appointed as first ...

GASSING IN BURSA

09.02.2004 [22:16]
AzerTAj personal correspondent reports from Bursa, Turkey that the strong wind caused on February 7 entry of the carbon dioxide from gas furnace to the apartments. 54 city residents applied ...

EDUARD SHEVARNADZE’S RELATIVE RESIGNES

07.02.2004 [20:05]
Guram Akhvlediani, President of Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Georgia, father of the daughter-in-law of ex-President of Georgia Eduard Shevarnadzeh sent in his resignation.
In this connection, Mr. Akhvlediani ...

CHECHEN MEDIA SEES “ARMENIAN TRACE” IN MOSCOW METRO EXPLOSION

07.02.2004 [19:42]
MIGnews agency reports that Chechen newspaper “Respublika” published February 7 an article dealing with the terrorist act committed the day before in Moscow metro. Author reminds the first terrorist act ...

EBRD MISSION VISITING UZBEKISTAN

07.02.2004 [15:50]
The monitoring group of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is visiting Uzbekistan. The group is led by the EBRD director general Johnny Akerholm.

EBRD ...