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TO TURAN KHANUM JAVID

01.10.2003 [23:48]
Dear Turan khanum,
I congratulate most cordially you, a well-known cultural figure of Azerbaijan on your jubilee.
You are well known in our country as a representative of intelligentsia, having ...

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT CHAIRMEN ROUNDED

01.10.2003 [23:47]
As it was reported, a parliamentary delegation headed by Chairman of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) Murtuz Alasgarov was on official visit to Moscow between September 28 and October 1 to ...

H.E. MR. HU JINTAO CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

01.10.2003 [20:59]
Dear Mr. Chairman,
I congratulate most cordially you and your people on the national day of the People’s Republic of China - The Day of Republic.
I pay a special ...

$18 BILLION TO BE INVESTED TO BP-LED PROJECTS IN AZERBAIJAN

01.10.2003 [18:46]
This was stated by the BP president David Woodward. At his words, this colossal means will be spent for development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and Shahdeniz prospects, as well as the ...

RUSSIA SUSPENDED GRANTING MIGRATION CARDS TO FOREIGNERS

01.10.2003 [18:46]
Granting migration cards to the foreigners temporarily residing in the territory of Russia was suspended since 1 October, the Russian visa and registration departments said. Now, the migration cards will ...

WSIS HELD A CONFERENCE ON AZERBAIJAN

01.10.2003 [18:45]
A conference dedicated to the preparation of Azerbaijan to the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) to be held by UN and International Tele-Communications Union on 10-12 December, was held ...

EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE EXPRESSED REGRET AT BOLNISI INCIDENT

01.10.2003 [18:34]
President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze has expressed his attitude to the collision occurred between supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili’s Nationalist Movement Party and pro-governmental bloc “For New Georgia” in Fakhrali (new ...

SECRETARY GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE OLD

01.10.2003 [18:34]
United Nation’ Baku Office has circulated the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Peace Day, which says:

“Over the next few decades, older persons will form an increasingly ...

INTENSIVE SECURITY MEASURES WILL BE TAKEN IN THE OLYMPIAD IN ATHENS

01.10.2003 [18:33]
Record number – 58 thousand policemen will be attracted for the provision of security in the Olympiad, to be held in Athens in 2004.
Head of Greek police Fotios Nasiakos ...

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OVERFULFILLED 9 MONTHS FORECAST

01.10.2003 [18:33]
Due to the technical and economic measures implemented by the Ministry of Communications, payments to the state budget are carried out in time.
As AzerTAj was informed in the press ...

REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER OPENED

01.10.2003 [18:32]
On the initiative of the World Customs Organization /WCO/ and Azerbaijan State Customs Committee, new regional educational center was opened in Mashtagha settlement of Baku city.
In his opening speech, ...

AZERBAIJANI MUGHAMS DEDICATED

01.10.2003 [18:32]
New monograph of the Secretary of Composers’ Union, Dr of Art, professor Ramiz Zohrab, titled “Theoretical basis of mughams” was published in the publishing house “Mars–Print”.
In his work, Ramiz ...

PEOPLE’S ARTIST RAMIZ GULIYEV TOURING

01.10.2003 [18:27]
On September 29, professor of the Baku Music Academy, People’s Artist, tarist Ramiz Guliyev with his son Eyub Guliyev left for Norway.
The first concert will be given in Bergen ...

FOR UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

01.10.2003 [18:26]
Issues of preparation of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Ukraine for the upcoming presidential elections in Azerbaijan was dedicated the enlarged session held in diplomatic corps in Kiev, on September ...

CHINESE NATIONAL HOLIDAY DEDICATED

01.10.2003 [18:26]
On September 30, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan gave an official reception on the national holiday of his Country - the 54th anniversary of establishment of ...

CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE HELD INT’L SEMINAR IN CHINA

01.10.2003 [18:25]
Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) conducted an international seminar in the city of Urumchi, China, financed by the Asian Development Bank.
The workshop attended by CCC member states, including Azerbaijan, China, ...

OMBUDSMAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH COURTS

01.10.2003 [18:25]
Ombudsman Office of the Azerbaijan Republic held a seminar on the topic “Cooperation of Ombudsman with the courts in the field of protection of human rights”.
As stated, Ombudsman of ...

ARMENIA IS DEPRIVED FROM ITS OWN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01.10.2003 [18:20]
AzerTAj , making reference to Noyan Tapan news agency of Armenia reports that in the near time, Russia will be managing telecommunication field of Armenia. The negotiations on passing 90 ...

PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY DEPENDS ON EVERYONE

01.10.2003 [18:20]
Some 4 thousand 500 kinds of plants and 18 kinds of animals were registered in Azerbaijan. This diversity is connected with geological history and different climatic conditions of the region. ...

PRIME MINISTER OF KAZAKHSTAN DISCUSSED CASPIAN PROGRAM WITH KAZMUNAYGAS

01.10.2003 [18:19]
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Danial Akhmedov discussed the course of implementation of the program of oil field development at the Caspian shelf with leaders of the national oil company KazMunayGas. ...

CONTINUING REFORMS IN ECONOMY BRING GOOD RESULTS

01.10.2003 [18:19]
At the recently held conference in Gulustan Palace in Baku “Azerbaijani statehood on the ways of development. New stage of national revival”, it was pointed out that continuous and effective ...

MEETING OF CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF RUSSIAN COUNCIL OF FEDERATIONS WITH HEAD OF AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT

01.10.2003 [17:15]
According to AzerTAj Moscow-based correspondent, Chairman of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Council of Federations Sergei Mironov met, September 30, with Chairman of the Milli Majlis of ...

AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA EXPANDS ACTIVITY IN TURKEY

01.10.2003 [17:15]
Azerbaijani Diaspora has considerably expanded its activity in various cities and towns of Turkey. According to the State Committee on Working with Azerbaijanis Residing Abroad, its officers have done a ...

V.TRUBNIKOV: PROBLEM OVER NAGORNO-GARABAKH CANNOT BE IGNORE

01.10.2003 [17:14]
First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Vyacheslav Trubnikov who arrived in Hague to meet with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, described the Nagorno-Garabakh problem as ...

PIPES FOR BTC PIPELINE CAST IN JAPAN

01.10.2003 [17:13]
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is being constructed using state-of-the-art technology: the pipes weighing averagely 4-7 thousand tons are cast in Japan and then delivered to Malaysia for being covered with special ...