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Azeri runner claims silver at French tournament

14.02.2013 [20:09]
Azerbaijan`s Hayle Ibrahimov has won silver medal in the men`s 3,000 m race at an international tournament in France. He secured the title after timing 7.39 minutes to refresh his record when he made the distance in 7.41 minutes in Karlsruhe ...

Azeri runner claims silver at French tournament

14.02.2013 [20:07]
Azerbaijan`s Hayle Ibrahimov has won silver medal in the men`s 3,000 m race at an international tournament in France. He secured the title after timing 7.39 minutes to refresh his record when he made the ...

British MP criticises Armenia`s intention to reopen Khojaly airport

14.02.2013 [20:06]
Armenia`s intention to reopen the Khojaly airport will harm the negations on the peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, British MP Chris Heaton-Harris told the European Azerbaijan Society. He noted he knew the impact of tragic event which occurred in Nagorno-Karabakh ...

International boxing tournament kicks off in Astana

14.02.2013 [20:05]
An international boxing tournament has started in Astana. Azerbaijan are facing Kazakhstan in their opener, while Ukraine take on Uzbekistan. The tournament is a preparatory event for Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro ...

Belarus futsal team beat Uzbekistan in Baku tournament

14.02.2013 [20:04]
Belarus have defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in the third round of the 6th Baku International Futsal Tournament. Belarus`s goals came from Nodir Eliboyev and Artur Yunusov, while Uzbekistan`s goals came from Vadim Lushkovsky ...

Romanian MP: Killing of civilians by Armenian armed forces in Azerbaijan` s Khojaly town should be considered crime against humanity

14.02.2013 [19:39]
MP of Romania Lucian Militaru has made a statement entitled the "Nagorno-Karabakh conflict" in the country`s Parliament, which noted that the killing of “civilians by the Armenian armed forces in the town of Khojaly of the Republic of Azerbaijan on grounds of nationalism and ethnic discrimination should be considered ...

Thomson Reuters to cut 2,500 jobs

14.02.2013 [19:26]
News and financial information company Thomson Reuters on Wednesday said it is cutting 2,500 jobs, or about 4 percent of its workforce, this year as it tries to reduce costs and turn around its largest division. CEO Jim Smith told analysts on a conference call Wednesday that the company ...

Standard & Poor`s assigns highest rating to Azerenerji among electric power companies in region

14.02.2013 [19:04]
Standard & Poor`s Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its `BBB-` long-term and `A-3` short-term corporate credit ratings to Azerbaijan-based electric utility Azerenerji JSC. The outlook is stable ...

U.S. Men`s Freestyle Olympians travel to Azerbaijan for Freestyle World Cup

14.02.2013 [19:03]
The U.S. men`s freestyle team has travelled to Baku, Azerbaijan, from February 12 for training to the 2013 Freestyle World Cup to be held on Feb. 21-22 in Tehran, Iran, where top nations in the world will compete. The U.S. national ...

Moore Stephens company to audit Azerbaijan`s annual report on EITI for 2012-14

14.02.2013 [19:01]
The auditor of the annual report of Azerbaijan on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for 2012-14 has been determined. According to the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), the Multi-Stakeholder Group ...

IOC decision draws flak from Greek wrestling federation

14.02.2013 [19:00]
Greece`s wrestling federation on Wednesday slammed a decision by the International Olympic Committee to cut the ancient sport from the Olympics ...

Azerbaijan promotes its tourism in Milan

14.02.2013 [18:59]
Azerbaijan`s tourism opportunities are presented at “BIT-2013” International Tourism Exhibition in Milan, Italy. Azerbaijan`s delegation at the event includes employees of the Culture and Tourism Ministry ...

Azerbaijani opera singer performs in Moscow

14.02.2013 [18:34]
Azerbaijani opera singer Ali Asgarov has played Koncak Khan in the Prince Igor at the New Opera Theatre in Moscow. The opera marked the 140th anniversary of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin ...

Greek Farmers Battle Cops During Protest

14.02.2013 [18:03]
. Protesting Greek farmers, who have placed tractors at key intersections on roads across the country and threatened to block them, clashed with police on the Athens-Lamia national highway in Anthili on Feb. 13, who used tear gas to break up ...

NATO experts to visit Azerbaijan

14.02.2013 [17:41]
A group of NATO experts are scheduled to visit Azerbaijan on February 18-19, the Defense Ministry has said. The visit aims to assist development of military educational institutions in Azerbaijan. The two-day visit will be organized in addition to the Individual Partnership Action Plan ...

President Ilham Aliyev receives deputy Premier, FM of Kuwait

14.02.2013 [17:33]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The President praised the Azerbaijan-Kuwait cooperation, saying it was developing in different areas. ...

Azerbaijan, Kuwait sign documents on cooperation

14.02.2013 [17:09]
Azerbaijan and Kuwait have today signed several documents on cooperation in various areas at the second meeting of the joint cooperation commission in Baku. The documents include “Cooperation agreement between governments of Azerbaijan and ...

The Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania
The Democratic Liberal Party Parliament Group
POLITICAL STATEMENT

14.02.2013 [16:40]
“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” Session dated February 12, 2013 Mr. Chairman, Dear colleagues, I would like to once again draw your attention to a problem that can be solved only ...

Youth organizations of Azerbaijan and Russia ink cooperation agreement

14.02.2013 [16:29]
Azerbaijan`s Ireli Public Union and the Russian Youth Union have signed a long-term cooperation agreement. Speaking to the signing ceremony, chairman of Ireli Public Union Rauf Mardiyev said the agreement would contribute to strengthening the relations between youth organizations of ...

Turkish MP visits Azerbaijan Tourism Institute

14.02.2013 [16:25]
Member of the Turkish-Azerbaijani parliamentary friendship group, MP Sinan Ogan has visited Azerbaijan Tourism Institute to meet its rector Jafar Jafarov. The rector highlighted activities of Institute, as well as its international relations ...

Kuwaiti Deputy PM views model of Kuwait Tower residential complex in Baku

14.02.2013 [15:59]
Kuwait`s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has today viewed a model of Kuwait Tower residential complex which will be built as part of the Baku White City project. Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was told that the 20-storeyed facility will be located at an altitude of 27 ...

Parliamentarians to debate crises in Syria, Mali during OSCE PA Winter Meeting

14.02.2013 [15:53]
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly`s 12th Winter Meeting will take place on February 21-22, 2013 at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna. In a special debate on 22 February the parliamentarians will examine how OSCE countries ...

Istanbul to host next meeting on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project

14.02.2013 [15:52]
The Coordinating Council for construction of the Georgian section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will convene in Istanbul, Turkey, next week, according to Azeri Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov ...

3-D Portraits Created Using Human DNA

14.02.2013 [15:45]
There is some creep factor going on here, starting from “finding” gum, cigarette butts and “wads” of hair around NYC, especially the “wads” part. Is there a new neighborhood – Little Wadaly? Ok, I’ll try not to think about that for ...