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ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO BE READY FOR WINTER

23.09.2003 [15:35]
Repair team of “Azerenergyxususitamirsalama Ltd”. and Mingachevir electric power station began reconstruction works on Mingachevir and Varvara water electric power stations to prepare electric energy field for the upcoming winter ...

30 AMERICAN TEACHERS ON WAY TO AZERBAIJAN

23.09.2003 [13:04]
Within the next couple of weeks, 30 voluntaries of the American organization “Peace Corps” will arrive in Azerbaijan. They will live and teach in various regions of Azerbaijan, US embassy ...

AT STATE COMMISSION ON POWS, HOSTAGES AND MISSING PERSONS

23.09.2003 [13:04]
Abdulkerimov Alsafa Yusif oglu, 1981, a resident of Barda region, Azerbaijan, taken by the Armenians as a hostage on 13 September, was released on 22 September, with the participation of ...

NEW NATO SECRETARY GENERAL APPOINTED

23.09.2003 [13:04]
Due to the official information received from Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was appointed to the post of NATO Secretary General. On September 22, ...

VOTES FOR BEST CANDIDATE

23.09.2003 [11:41]
A meeting dedicated to presidential elections of October 15 was held at e High Social and Political College.
The orators spoke of the work implemented in Azerbaijan for the last ...

CD VERSION OF THE OPERA “LEYLI AND MEJNUN” RELEASED

23.09.2003 [11:29]
Recently the ”Raks” Company of Baku with sponsorship of the Space TV channel released compact disc of Uzeyir Hajibayov’s opera “Leyli and Mejnun”. This CD was dedicated to the 95th ...

STATEMENT BY INTERNAL MINISTRY AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL

23.09.2003 [11:28]
Internal Ministry and Prosecutor General of the Republic intensively continue preventing, operational-research and investigation actions in the field on combat against criminality and its dangerous types, realization of control over ...

PM OF AZERBAIJAN ARRIVED IN NEW YORK

23.09.2003 [11:27]
22 September, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in New York, US, to take part at the debates of the 58th session of the UN General ...

AZERBAIJAN REPRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ULAN-BATOR

23.09.2003 [00:26]
Under the UN aegis, the fifth International conference “New or restored democracies” has taken place in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s address was voiced at the conference, attended ...

KIEV TO BE MEETING PLACE OF CULTURE MINISTERS OF CIS COUNTRIES

23.09.2003 [00:26]
On September 22, deputy Culture and Arts Minister of Ukraine Timofey Kokh met with Culture Minister of Azerbaijan Polad Bulbul oglu, Culture Minister of Georgia Sesil Gogeberidze, first deputy Culture ...

SERIAL “WHITE LIFE” AWARDED GRAND PRIX

23.09.2003 [00:25]
Serial “White Life”, directed by an Azerbaijani filmmaker Rahim Sadigbeyli was awarded with Grand Prix of the sixth International Festival of television and feature films in Yalta.
According to the ...

MEETING IN SHAMAKHI REGION

22.09.2003 [22:45]
A Secretariat of Poverty Reduction and Economic Development Program, working under the Ministry of Economic Development, held a meeting of the working group of different ministries, immediately responsible for the ...

NAGORNO KARABAKH IS AS WELL THE PROBLEM OF RUSSIANS LIVING IN AZERBAIJAN - READS THE LETTER OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNITY OF SHAMKIR REGION TO SPOUSE OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT LUDMILA PUTINA

22.09.2003 [22:37]
Representatives of the Russian community of Shamkir region sent a letter to the spouse of the President of the Russian Federation Ludmila Putina, paying a visit to Baku on September ...

TENDERS AT BICEX

22.09.2003 [22:36]
Weighted average exchange prices made up 4911,75 manat for 1 US dollar in Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on September 22.
In the morning, the volume of deals closed by two ...

ENERGY ENGINEERS GEAR UP FOR WINTERTIME

22.09.2003 [22:36]
Within the program on preparation for the winter season 2003/2004, brigades of Baku, Sumgait, Ganja and Alibaramli electric networks in association with “Azerenergykhususitamirsazlama” are reconstructing high-voltage Power Transmission Lines and ...

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM IN KIEV

22.09.2003 [22:36]
According to AzerTAj’s Ukraine-based correspondent, on September 21, a delegation of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism of Azerbaijan led by deputy Minister Intigam Babayev arrived in Kiev to ...

SUMGAIT SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM SHEHID’S FAMILIES GRANTED MATERIAL AID

22.09.2003 [22:35]
At the beginning of a new academic year, head of the Sumgait executive asuthorities Vagif Aliyev met with shehid’s families with children of school age.
The participants kept silence in ...

AGRARIAN REFORMS PAVED WAY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

22.09.2003 [22:35]
Privatization of land, supplying farmers with machinery and property have paved the way for an increase in production of agricultural products in Beylagan province of Azerbaijan.
According to Executive authorities ...

SUMGAIT EXPANDS ITS TIES WITH WORLD CITIES

22.09.2003 [22:35]
Taking into account the importance of integration processes for the city’s development, ties with many world countries are being established and maintained.
Thus, friendly relations with a twin city ...

NEW JOBS OPENING

22.09.2003 [22:34]
Output enhancement works are being implemented in the private company “Elnur-83”. This enterprise is specialized in production of cellophane packing materials. Packets for loose material and liquid materials, sacks, ...

UNITED STATES KEEN ON PROTECTION OF AZERBAIJAN’S FRONTIERS

22.09.2003 [22:34]
For the last period of 2003, U.S. Administration has assigned about $12,5 million to Azerbaijan law-enforcement bodies for security purposes and maritime borders protection.
U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish ...

TIES BETWEEN PENITENTIARY SYSTEMS OF AZERBAIJAN AND IRAN EXPANDING

22.09.2003 [22:34]
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Major-General Aydin Gasimov met with deputy head of the Main Board of Imprisonment bodies of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed ...

HEADS OF CIS INTERIOR MINISTRIES TO GATHER IN DUSHANBE

22.09.2003 [19:20]
Heads of Interior Affairs Ministries of the CIS member countries will discuss the founding anti-drug center during upcoming September 22-23 session in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, “News” agency reports.
According to Russian ...

WINNERS OF “YOUTH & PEACE” CONTEST AWARDED

22.09.2003 [19:20]
An awarding ceremony dedicated to the UN’s World Peace Day announced winners of the competition for one-minute films and articles on the subject “Youth & Peace” has been held in ...

WORLD PEACE DAY MARKED IN REFUGEE CAMP

22.09.2003 [19:19]
Representatives of the UNIFEM project “Women for Prevention of Conflicts and Peace Building in Southern Caucasus” jointly with women-refugees marked World Peace Day in Galagay refugee camp of Sabirabad region ...