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Toyota to Recall 6.5 Million Vehicles Globally

22.10.2015 [11:32]
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 6.5 million vehicles world-wide over power-window switches at risk of fire, the auto maker said Wednesday, the latest in a series of similar recalls involving around 14 million cars, according to the The Wall Street Journal ...

Event highlighting multiculturalism environment in Azerbaijan held in Italy

22.10.2015 [11:02]
An event titled "Prospects of Azerbaijan and Italy in Multiculturalism" has been held at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. The event arranged with joint cooperation of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and Ca' Foscari University brought together ...

Azerbaijan appeals to Swiss Prosecutor General’s Office for criminal charges against Vartan Sirmakes

22.10.2015 [10:28]
The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has appealed to the Swiss Prosecutor General's Office to criminally prosecute Swiss citizen Vartan Sirmakes, who is a co-founder and CEO of Franck Muller Group, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office said ...

Armenians violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 89 times throughout the day

22.10.2015 [10:18]
The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 89 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said. The ceasefire was violated in nameless hills in Talish, Tap Garagoyunlu, ...

FC Qabala boss: We are proud to bring such high class and professional teams to Azerbaijan"

21.10.2015 [23:01]
"We are proud to bring such high class and professional teams to Azerbaijan. We will do our best to beat Borussia Dortmund," said FC Qabala boss Roman Grigorcuk at a press conference ahead the two clubs` encounter in the UEFA Europa League group stage match in Baku ...

Slovenian MPs confirm amendments allowing army deployment at border

21.10.2015 [22:47]
The measure could take effect in a week at the earliest and will be used if necessary, according to Slovenian Press Agency, STA. The amendments to the defence act received cross-partisan support, with only the opposition United Left (ZL) voting against after ...

Azerbaijan`s FM meets outgoing French Ambassador

21.10.2015 [22:42]
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met French Ambassador to the country Pascal Meunier as he is completing his diplomatic mission. Ambassador Meunier applauded the Azerbaijani government`s supporting him during his diplomatic tenure in the country. ...

Chief of Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights visits International Eurasia Press Fund

21.10.2015 [22:39]
Head of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights Nur Kholis has visited International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) to meet its chairman Umud Mirzayev in Baku. Mr. Mirzayev highlighted the activity of IEPF, its bilateral cooperation with local and international ...

SSL to provide satellite for Azercosmos, Intelsat Partnership at 45 Degrees East

21.10.2015 [22:15]
Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, is selected to provide a communications satellite to Azercosmos, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan. Under the strategic agreement with Intelsat (NYSE: I), the world's ...

Chief of Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights to author book about Khojaly genocide

21.10.2015 [21:57]
“Committing such a terrible tragedy like the Khojaly genocide in the 20th century is unacceptable. I will write a book on the Khojaly genocide based on information that I have collected,” said head of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights ...

Azerbaijan sets up Transit Shipping Coordination Council

21.10.2015 [21:51]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an executive order establishing Transit Shipping Coordination Council. ...

Apple pulls 250 privacy-infringing apps from store

21.10.2015 [21:41]
Apple has removed 250 apps from its store after discovering a widely-used advertising network was siphoning off private information such as email addresses in breach of the company’s policies, according to the Guardian. The apps, which are largely from Chinese-based developers, ...

Bakcell lauches Wi-Fi service in local taxi service cars

21.10.2015 [21:39]
Mobile operator and mobile Internet provider Bakcell has launched a new project jointly with one of its biggest corporate customers “Bizim Taksi” LLC (189 taxi service). From now on, the passengers who use 189 taxi service will benefit from free high-speed Wi-Fi service offered by Bakcell. ...

Azercell, BSU sign cooperation memorandum

21.10.2015 [21:25]
Barama Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center of Azercell Telecom, the country's leading mobile communication provider, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Baku State University (BSU). Azercell Telecom President Vahid Mursaliyev stated in the ceremony that ...

Oscar-winning Russian film director: “I am grateful to Ilham Aliyev for recognizing my work’

21.10.2015 [21:20]
“I am very grateful to Ilham Aliyev for such a high recognition of my work’, Russian News Agency TASS quoted Oscar-winning Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov as saying. Mikhalkov said he has a long-standing cultural ties with Azerbaijan. "I filmed one of the key scenes of ...

CIS Council of Permanent representatives convene in Minsk

21.10.2015 [21:13]
CIS Executive Committee has held a regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of CIS member states of the statutory and other bodies of the organization. Chairman of the Executive Committee and CIS Executive Secretary ...

Energy demand to rise 50 pct by 2030, UN official says

21.10.2015 [21:08]
More fertile lands will be needed as the global demand for food, water and energy will increase with population growth, a senior official of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has said, according to Anadolu Agency. ...

Azerbaijan's Azeryol sign Canadian Kyla Richey

21.10.2015 [21:07]
Azerbaijani women`s volleyball club Azeryol have signed Canadian outsider hitter Kyla Richey. Richey has previously played for German, Italian and Turkish clubs. She play her first match for Azeryol on October 28 against ...

FC Qarabag players arrive in France

21.10.2015 [21:05]
Players of Azerbaijan's FC Qarabag have arrived in France as the club will face Monaco in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. ...

The National" publishes article on Azerbaijani-UAE relations

21.10.2015 [19:44]
UAE-based "The Naitonal" newspaper has published an article highlighting Azerbaijani-UAE relations. Written by Frank Kane, the article says: "Simultaneously, with Azerbaijan's strategic push into international sports marketing and the ...

Giorgio Armani to dress FC Bayern Munich

21.10.2015 [19:29]
The Italian designer has created sharp new tailoring for one of the slickest sides in the world of football. Giorgio Armani has created a new formal wardrobe for FC Bayern Munich, according to Yahoo Sports. The 2013 Champions League ...

Azerbaijani deputy FM meets chief of CIS election observation mission

21.10.2015 [19:21]
Azerbaijani deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov has met head of the election observation mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), first deputy CIS Executive Secretary, Vladimir Gorkun and HQ Head Yevgeny Sloboda. ...

EBRD to support small and medium entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan

21.10.2015 [18:42]
First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Phil Bennett, has said EBRD would support small and medium entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan as he met the country`s Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev. ...

President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the new roads and parks, the reconstructed streets and avenues in Baku VIDEO

21.10.2015 [18:22]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening the newly-built roads around Nariman Narimanov statue, Huseyn Javid and Parliament avenues, and the reconstructed streets and avenues in this area. ...

Azerbaijan, Costa Rica to jointly train diplomats

21.10.2015 [17:47]
Azerbaijan and Costa Rica will cooperate in training diplomats as ADA University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Costa Rica`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). ...