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CE MISSION TO AZERBAIJAN ENDED

16.09.2003 [22:36]
Press conference of a special committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
/ PACE/ Andreas Gross on the results of a two-day visit to Azerbaijan was held ...

COOPERATION IN FIELD OF SOCIAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE-AZERBAIJAN EXPANDING

16.09.2003 [22:35]
A meeting with the Ukrainian delegation led by Minister of Labor and Social Policy Michael Papiyev was held at the Ministry for Labor and Social Protestion of Population of Azerbaijan. ...

STATE BUDGET TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT

16.09.2003 [22:35]
State budget- 2004 on its growth and transparency will be radically different from previous one, AzerTAj correspondent learnt from Chairman of the standing commission of Mili Majlis for economic ...

MEETING AT AZERBAIJAN TRADE UNIONS CONFEDERATION

16.09.2003 [22:34]
Meeting with the delegation of All Chinese Trade Unions Federation was held in Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.
Chairman of the Confederation, Milli Majlis deputy Sattar Mehbaliyev dwelt on socio-political ...

“ENERGY RESOURCES & FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN”

16.09.2003 [22:33]
International conference “ Energy resources and Future of Azerbaijan” organized by London informational network for conflicts and state building /LINCS/ and Azerbaijan national center for strategic initiatives was held ...

OVER 350 JOURNALISTS FROM 13 COUNTRIES WILL ELUCIDATE THE YALTA CIS SUMMIT

16.09.2003 [22:03]
Press center of the next Summit of the CIS member-states to be held between September 17 and 18 in Yalta has already started its work. According to the Ukrainian Ministry ...

RUSSIA AND AZERBAIJAN ARE STRATEGIC PARTNERS

PRIME-MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVED HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

16.09.2003 [19:41]
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Voloshin now staying for a visit in Azerbaijan.
Welcoming the ...

AZERBAIJAN PAYS A SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO HIGHER LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH USA

PRIME MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVED NEW US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN

16.09.2003 [19:30]
On September 16, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Azerbaijan Renault Harnish. ...

SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL POLICY OF HEYDAR ALIYEV TO BE CONTINUED

PRIME-MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVED MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY OF UKRAINE

16.09.2003 [18:15]
Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev received Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine Mikhail Pipiyev at the Cabinet of Ministers, September 16.

Having cordially welcomed the guest, Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev said: ...

“BLACK MARK” TO BE RELEASED

16.09.2003 [18:14]
The shootings of the two-part film by member of the European Academy of Cinema and Television, filmmaker Vagif Mustafayev “Black Mark” have been completed. The film enlightens the life and ...

NEW BOOK ON HEYDAR ALIYEV CAME OUT IN UKRAINE

16.09.2003 [18:13]
The Embassy of Azerbaijan to Ukraine has published a book “Records of the International Scientific-Practical Conferences”, “Azerbaijan-Ukraine: Prospects of Strategic Partnership Development”.
As was earlier reported, this scientific forum held ...

NINTH AZERBAIJANI HEALTH EXHIBITION OPENS

16.09.2003 [18:13]
On September 16, a press-conference dedicated to opening of the 9th Baku International Health Exhibition BIHE – 2003 to be held on September 17-19 in the Sport Complex on Tbilisi ...

MEETING WITH PACE REPRESENTATIVE AT INTERIOR MINISTRY

16.09.2003 [18:12]
On September 15, Minister of Internal Affairs, colonel-general R. Usubov met with Martinez Kassan, member of the watchdog committee, formed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to ...

“LUKOIL” AND “KAZMUNAYGAS” CLOSE DEAL ON EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBON RESERVES

16.09.2003 [18:12]
President of “Lukoil Overseas Holding Ltd” Andrey Kuzayev and first vice-president of the National Oil Company “KazmunayGas” Timur Kulibayev have signed two optional agreements on exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon ...

85TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAKU’S LIBERATION

16.09.2003 [17:36]
On September 15, an event dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Baku’s liberation by Azerbaijani corps and Caucasus Islamic Army of Turkey took place at the Ataturk Center.
Deputy chairman ...

“ASIAN HOLIDAY” FESTIVAL ENDED

16.09.2003 [17:35]
Traditional international music festival “Asian Holiday” held in the State Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture, CoHoP Modern Music Initiative Center, Embassy ...

EDUCATIONAL TIES DEVELOP BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND JAPAN

16.09.2003 [17:35]
Minister of Education Misir Mardanov told AzerTAj correspondent that educational ties are developing rapidly between Azerbaijan and Japan. Every year, at the expense of the Japanese Government, Azerbaijani teachers pay ...

AZERBAIJAN PREPARES FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

16.09.2003 [17:34]
UN and International Telecommunication Union will hold the World Summit on the Information Society this December 10-12. On September 15, a regular session of the Organizational committee began its work ...

CULTURAL ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED IN ANTALIYA

16.09.2003 [17:34]
Colloquium “Cultural Policies of Transition Countries: Dialogue and Partnership” will be held in Antaliya, Turkey on September 18-20. According to the press service of Milli Majlis, deputy Ali Abbasov is ...

TEACHING STAFF OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TO VOTE FOR STABLE FUTURE

16.09.2003 [17:34]
A meeting in connection with the October 15 presidential elections has been held in the Azerbaijan Technical University. Speakers told in details of the creative work implemented in Azerbaijan during ...

FORESTS AND STEPPES ON FIRE IN EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN

16.09.2003 [17:33]
Agency on Emergencies of Kazakhstan reports fife days have passed since forests and steppes are on fire in Eastern Kazakhstan. Until now, more than 4 thousand hectares turned into ashes. ...

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MARKED ITS 85TH ANNIVERSARY

16.09.2003 [17:33]
A meeting dedicated to the 85th anniversary of this structure’s establishment was held in the Ministry of Communication on September 15. Minister of Communication Nadir Ahmadov, told of the history ...

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 5% IN JANUARY-AUGUST

16.09.2003 [17:32]
The volume of industrial production in the Republic during January-August, 2003 has constituted 15.3755 billion manats that is 5% more as compared with the same period of the last year, ...

TENDERS AT BICEX

16.09.2003 [15:35]
Weighted average exchange prices made up 4912,49 manat for 1 US dollar in Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on September 15.
In the morning, the volume of deals closed by two ...

MEETING WITH SPORTSMEN AT EDUCATION MINISTRY

15.09.2003 [22:59]
A meeting with gold, silver and bronze medallists of the World and European championships of 2003 and their coaches took place in the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan.
Opening the ...