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Vilayat Eyvazov chairs meeting on killing of foreign exchange office employee in Sumgayit
Meeting was held in connection with the armed incident killing one and injuring the other in Sumgayit on February 20.
23.02.10 Deputy Interior Minister, Lieutenant-General Vilayat Eyvazov chaired the meeting. The meeting was devoted to the measures taken to solve the grave crime committed in Sumgayit on February 20, as a result of which the employee of foreign exchange office Vugar Balayev was killed, his father Ismayil Balayev was injured. Deputy Minister gave necessary instructions for solving the crime.
Fatal road accident in Gakh region of Azerbaijan
Two people were killed and two seriously injured in a road accident in Gakh region of Azerbaijan on Sunday.
22.02.10
Azerbaijani parliament speaker meets with Iran’s president, foreign minister and other top officials
Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov met with the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad within his visit to Iran.
22.02.10 They discussed the development of relations between the two countries, APA reports quoting AzerTac news agency. Peace talks over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh conflict, ways of the development of economic relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, extension of cultural and humanitarian relations and other issues were also in the focus of attention.
Yulia Tymoshenko drops legal challenge against Yanukovich over Ukraine’s elections
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she has dropped her legal challenge against Victor Yanukovich’s victory in Ukraine’s presidential election.
22.02.10
Road accident on Baku – Airport highway, truck burns down
Road accident happened on Baku – Airport highway. Surakhany district police office told APA that truck QAZel collided with a Mercedes. In the aftermath of the accident the truck turned over and burnt.
20.02.10
Bus accident in Russia
20.02.10
Landslide in Azerbaijan’s Astara region causes emergent evacuation of residents
A landslide caused emergency situation in Astara region of Azerbaijan, APA reports quoting the official website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan.
20.02.10
Iranian MP: “Nagorno Karabakh is a historical and indigenous territory of Azerbaijan”
“Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov’s visit to Iran assumes great importance”, Deputy of Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Dr. Muhammad Hussein Farhangi said.
20.02.10
Ogtay Shiraliyev: “No complications in anti-A/H1N1 vaccination in Azerbaijan”
“A/H1N1 infection cases were identified in 211 countries, overseas territories or communities and more than 15 000 people died as result of infection.
19.02.10
Scuffle between pupils in Baku
Scuffle took place between secondary school pupils. Nizami District Police Department #25 told APA.
19.02.10
Under US Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns starts visit to Azerbaijan
Under US Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns started his visit to Azerbaijan on Friday.
19.02.10
Karabakh Liberation Organization issues statement on violation of ceasefire killing three Azerbaijani soldiers
Karabakh Liberation Organization issued a statement on the violation of ceasefire killing three Azerbaijani soldiers, the organization’s press service told APA. The statement says this fact once more proves that Armenia will not release the territories peacefully.
19.02.10
Azerbaijan buries soldier killed in ceasefire violation
The Azerbaijan Army lost its soldiers
19.02.10 Azerbaijani soldier Royal Tashar Farajov, who was killed as a result of ceasefire violation by the Armenian Armed Forces on February 18, was buried in Hasanli village of Azerbaijan’s Masalli region, representative of Masalli region Executive Power Yusif Huseynov told APA’s south bureau. To him, a group of officers, chiefs of local executive structures and law-enforcement bodies, as well as residents of the region attended the funeral ceremony.
