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REGISTRATION OF MAJORITY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION COMPLETED

24.09.2003 [20:51]
According to the Central Election Commission of Georgia, registration of majority candidates for parliamentary elections to be held on November 2 has been completed in Georgia. The registration process for ...

HEAVY SHOWERS IN SOUTHWEST OF FRANCE

24.09.2003 [20:50]
On September 23, it was showering until dawn in the southwest of France. The water level in the streets of Lunel rose up to 1 meter and the ground floors ...

OLDEST BAKU SUBSTATION “MASHTAGA” REFURBISHING

24.09.2003 [20:50]
Within the program on preparation for wintertime 2003-2004, staff of the Baku high-voltage Power Grid and “Azerenergyhususitamirsazlalma” are reconstructing 110-kw substation “Mashtaga”.
Currently, the substation’s 31,5-Mba transformer is being repaired, ...

PROTECTION OF MEDICINAL HERBS NECESSARY

24.09.2003 [20:50]
Various oils, juices, pastes, taken after boiling, are made of 150 medicinal herbs growing in Azerbaijan.
According to the information provided by the Institute of Genetic Resources of the National ...

AT PACE SESSION

24.09.2003 [20:25]
The fall session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is due in Strasbourg from September 25 to October 2.
The agenda of session includes issues of abolishment ...

AMBASSADOR TAKES INTO COURT ‘YENI MUSAVAT’ NEWSPAPER

24.09.2003 [20:25]
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Turkey Mammad Aliyev brought an action against the newspaper ‘Yeni Musavat’ claiming on slander and insult made by this edition in his address. To this end, ...

NEW ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF BAVARIA HELD

24.09.2003 [19:14]
Prime Minister of Bavaria, DC Party leader Edmund Schtoiber at the recently held parliament elections garnered 61,2 percent of the votes. On preliminary calculations and prognoses, in the history of ...

INT’L PEACE DAY MARKED AT THE AZERBAIJAN OMBUDSMAN OFFICE

24.09.2003 [19:14]
A ceremony dedicated to the UN ‘Peace Day’ was held at the Azerbaijan Ombudsman Office I n Baku.
Ombudsman of Azerbaijan Ms. Elmira Suleymanova gave a high assessment to the ...

FRENCH TV AIRED DOCUMENTARY ON AZERBAIJANI REFUGEES

24.09.2003 [19:13]
On 23 September, French TV aired a documentary on the Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs. The French producer Niles Tavernye has shot many films on the world hot spots where the ...

AZERBAIJANI RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE WRITERS AROUSED KEEN INTEREST AMONG PARTICIPANTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN CULTURE

24.09.2003 [18:33]
The Tenth International Conference “European Russistics and the Present” has been held at the Institute of Russian Philology named after Adam Mitskevich in the Polish city of Poznan. This time, ...

WORLD RELIGIONS CONGRESS UNDERWAY IN ASTANA

24.09.2003 [18:33]
The Congress of the World Religions and Traditional Religions started its work in Astana, Kazakhstan on September 23.
Over 250 delegations representing all the World religions were welcomed by President ...

STATE CARE FOR DIABETICS TO BE IMPROVED

24.09.2003 [18:33]
Members of the Milli Majlis standing Committee for Social Policy Affairs have discussed the draft law “On State Care for Diabetics”.
According to Chairman of the Commission Hadi Rajabli, some ...

SOCAR TO PRODUCE 8,8 MLN TON OIL IN 2004

24.09.2003 [18:32]
According to the prognoses of 2004, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic will produce 8,8 million tons oil, SOCAR offciial told AzerTAj correspondent.
At his words, the Company has ...

AZERBAIJANI CARDIOLOGISTS RETURNED HOME

24.09.2003 [18:32]
Azerbaijani cardiologists took part at the international congress, hosted by the European Association of Cardiologists (EAC) in Vienna.
At the Congress were discussed latest conclusions of researches connected with modern ...

PRESS CONFERENCE RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION EXHIBITION HELD

24.09.2003 [17:30]
Press conference dedicated to the opening of 9th Azerbaijan International Construction Exhibition “BakuBuild-2003” was held in the Europe Hotel on September 23.
Chief of information and foreign relations department of ...

BP TO ALLOCATE 500 MLN DOLLARS FOR BTC MEP CONSTRUCTION

24.09.2003 [17:30]
BP Company decided to allocate $500 mln for construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Pipeline, AzerTAj correspondent was told at Azerbaijan BP office.
Document on allocation of the credit ...

JUDO TORUNAMENT IN HAZI ASLANOV’S MEMORY TO BE HELD IN BAKU

24.09.2003 [17:29]
Traditionally international judo tournament in memory of twice hero of the Soviet Union, General Hazi Aslanov is due in Baku Indoor Games palace, September 27.
Over 100 sportsmen from 10 ...

ELTACH SAFARLI - WINNER OF EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

24.09.2003 [17:29]
Azerbaijan chess-players under 10-18, successfully participated at the European Chess Championship held in Budva (Serbia & Montenegro).
Eltach Safarli garnered 7,5 points in 9 matches and became winner among 12 ...

SAUDI ARABIA’S NATIONAL HOLIDAY DEDICATED

24.09.2003 [17:28]
Embassy of Saudi Arabia to Azerbaijan gave an official reception in honor of the Kingdom Declaration Day in “Gulustan” Palace, September 23.
In his speech, Ambassador Ali Hasan Ahmed Jafar ...

30 AMERICAN TEACHERS TO ARRIVE IN AZERBAIJAN

24.09.2003 [17:28]
30 volunteers- teachers of US “Peace bridge” organization will arrive in Azerbaijan shortly, US Embassy to Azerbaijan reported.
Aim of the visit is to teach English language. Teachers will live ...

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BAKU

24.09.2003 [17:11]
International scientific conference on the subject Mathematic modeling and monitoring of environment pollution and its consequences continues its work in the Odlar Yurdu University.
The rector of the university, Prof ...

AZERBAIJAN STRIVES FOR COOPERATION WITH GREECE IN ALL SPHERES

24.09.2003 [16:22]
This statement was made by Azerbaijan Minister of Defense, General-Colonel Safar Abiyev during his meeting with Ambassador of Greece to Azerbaijan Merkurios Karafotias and military Attachй Colonel Ioannis Solias, September ...

SESSION OF CIS INTERIOR MINISTERS COUNCIL

24.09.2003 [16:20]
At the 25th session of the CIS Council of Minister of Internal Affairs to be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan will be represented by a delegation led by Deputy Minister ...

PRIME MINISTER OF ROMANIA WILL VISIT AZERBAIJAN

24.09.2003 [16:19]
After the Presidential elections on October 15, 2003, Prime Minister of Romania Adrian Nestase will arrive in Azerbaijan on a two-day official visits, Ambassador of Romania to Azerbaijan Tasin Jamil ...

WORKING VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER ILHAM ALIYEV TO NEW YORK

PRIME MINISTER ILHAM ALIYEV TAKES PART IN THE 58TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

24.09.2003 [15:40]
On September 23, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, paying an official visit to New York, made a speech at the opening of general debates of the 58th session of ...