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Telman Ismailov top built new hotel in Sochi
The Azerbaijani billionaire in Russia Telman Ismailov will built a new hotel with 4-5 000 rooms for Olympiad 2014 in Sochi.
5.04.10
Landslide in Guba region of Azerbaijan
A landslide took place in Gulezi village of Azerbaijan’s Guba region, covering two-hectare area. A house was completely destroyed as a result of landslide and five were seriously damaged.
5.04.10
Person wanted for 15 years killed his brother in Azerbaijan
A man killed his brother in Absheron region of Azerbaijan.
5.04.10
OSCE, European Union and Council of Europe to assist Azerbaijan in organizing parliamentary elections
The OSCE Office in Baku, the Council of Europe Office in Azerbaijan and the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan will jointly present their plans for assisting the country to prepare for the 7 November parliamentary elections.
5.04.10 The aim of the projects is to support the efforts of the Government and other relevant actors to improve the electoral process and bring the conduct of elections into line with Azerbaijan’s OSCE and CoE commitments and other standards for democratic elections.
Chairman of the Public Union “Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh” Bayram Safarov: “Armenians have been plundering the natural resources of Kalbajar for 17 years”
“Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh” Public Union and the residents of the Kalbajar region visited the Alley of Martyrs in connection with the 17th anniversary of the occupation of Kalbajar.
3.04.10
Spring session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Almaty, May
Spring session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 13-17, member of Azerbaijani delegation to OSCE PA Eldar Ibrahimov said.
3.04.10
One of two Azerbaijani soldiers captured by Armenia expected to be returned to Azerbaijan on April 7
One of the two Azerbaijani soldiers captured by Armenia is expected to be returned to Azerbaijan on April 7, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons Shahin Sayilov said.
3.04.10
Svante Cornell: Ankara doubts whether Moscow really wanted either of the processes of Turkish-Armenian normalization and Nagorno Karabakh settlement to see progress
“De-linking Turkish-Armenian ties from the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was impossible in the Turkish domestic context”
2.04.10 “What lessons does the failure of the Turkish-Armenian normalization process hold for the future?” - Svante E. Cornell, Research Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute in Washington DC has raised such question in his last report concerning the current situation in the Caucasus.
According to APA’s Washington correspondent, Mr. Cornell believes that, the failure of the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process has helped reiterate one useful conclusion. “Should Western leaders truthfully seek to stabilize the region, they should know the place to start: A serious and long-term engagement to resolve rather than to freeze the region’s conflicts”.
According to the analyst, “Western and in particular American leaders cannot expect to ignore regional realities and strong-arm local leaders into compliance with their agendas without taking a long-term and serious interest in the deeper problems of the region”.
ANAMA Director General: “126 million square meters territory was cleared from mine and unexploded ordnance in Azerbaijan in the past ten years”
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) held a briefing for the diplomatic missions and government officials in the Guzdek settlement of Gardagh district of Baku about the work done in the mine-clearing field.
2.04.10
Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova submits annual report to parliament
Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova submitted her annual report to the parliament on Friday.
2.04.10
President Ilham Aliyev: “Salaries and pensions will be increased in Azerbaijan this year again”
“Our country has all opportunities for future development. Today, Azerbaijan is developing day-by-day. We carry out all tasks successfully”, Ilham Aliyev said while addressing the people in Shirvan.
2.04.10 The head of state noted that Azerbaijan was pursuing an independent policy in all spheres, as well as in the solution of economic, political and social issues.
“We should try in order to develop our country in future, at all times, to solve all the problems of our country”, he said.
Ilham Aliyev noted that first part of the State Program on Social-Economic Development of the Regions has been completed successfully.
“Now the second program is underway. There are good achievements in the implementation of this program, too. But we must finish all the work in time and carry out all tasks in the program in connection with the completion of the second program. If it is so, main economic, infrastructural and social issues will be solved by 2013. In any case, we have enough political will, strong economic potential, professional personnel to do it. I am sure that existing infrastructure and technical opportunities will help us to achieve this goal,” he said.
Ogtay Asadov: “We hope this will be the last commemoration of the day of Kalbajar’s occupation”
Today’s sitting of Azerbaijani parliament began with the commemoration of the occupation of Kalbajar. Speaker of the parliament Ogtay Asadov said after the occupation of Kalbajar the UN for the first time adopted resolution #822.
2.04.10
Intensive rainfall expected in regions and snowfall in mountainous areas of Azerbaijan
The rainless weather conditions will dominate in Baku and Absheron peninsula on April 2.
2.04.10
