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AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD
ADA Biweekly Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 16
September 15, 2008



Doing Business 2009


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Recent IMF publications on Azerbaijan


Alim Qasimov & Kronos Quartet/The Kamkars

Nuru-Pasha

Liberation of Baku: 90th anniversary


Azerbaijan marks the 90th anniversary of the arrival of Turkish general Nuru-Pasha in Baku on September 15. The present article presents a historian's point of view.

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ECONOMY

  • Azerbaijan: the year’s top reformer

  • AZERBAIJAN LEAPS FORWARD IN MAKING ITS ECONOMY ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESS

  • TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: CORRUPTION IN AZERBAIJAN INCREASES

  • Miklos Marschall: “CPI score on Azerbaijan this year contradicts to my own professional opinion about the situation in Azerbaijan”

  • BP-Azerbaijan and Ministry of Economic Development ink memo of understanding

  • Economic Research Center says annual inflation hits 29.2% in Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan Re-enters IT Competitiveness Rating



  • REGIONAL

  • Caucasus: No Easy Courtship

  • Medvedev and Aliyev Discuss Georgia

  • Cheney Fails to Garner Azeri Support on Nabucco Pipeline The Moscow Times.com, 8 September 2008

  • Armenian president favours better ties with Turkey

  • Turkey, Armenia decides to improve diplomatic ties after match- report

  • Turkish daily urges Ankara to back Armenia's EU bid

  • Coastal states moot Caspian status convention in Baku



  • NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

  • Official Baku Analyzes Results of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New York

  • Co-chairs of the Minsk Group make a statement

  • Sergei Lavrov: "There are no parallels between the situation around South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh conflict"

  • Bernard Fassier disagrees to Matthew Bryza



  • BILATERAL and multilateral RELATIONS

  • Azeri leader, US vice-president discuss Karabakh, regional situation

  • Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan sign several cooperation accords

  • FOURTH INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT STARTS IN BAKU

  • Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Conference kicks off in Baku

  • Austria Plans to Open its Embassy in Baku

  • Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister addresses UN GA session



  • OIL AND GAS

  • Energy: Brussels told to pursue Azerbaijan pipe dream

  • Brown to press for more funding to NABUCCO pipeline

  • Ilham Aliyev is in no hurry to support the Nabucco project

  • Azerbaijan diverts EU oil to Russia and Iran

  • Natig Aliyev: "Azerbaijan has not refused Nabucco project"

  • Kazakhstan to join BTC in 2011



  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

  • AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF

  • Azerbaijanis ponder: to vote or not to vote?

  • Azerbaijan: Guide to presidential election 15 Oct 2008

  • Azeri opposition signs election boycott statement

  • OSCE prepares observation of presidential poll

  • European expert laments lack of competition in Azeri election

  • OBSERVERS FROM CIS COUNTRIES HAPPY WITH ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN AZERBAIJAN



  • UN NEWS

  • Azerbaijan, Armenia express views on Nagorno-Karabakh at UN debate

  • UNICEF NOTES PROGRESS IN REDUCING CHILDHOOD MORTALITY IN AZERBAIJAN

  • WB allots $25m for Azeri education reform



  • HUMAN RIGHTS

  • Azeri women hold third congress

  • International Religious Freedom Report 2008 launched

  • Azerbaijan's first religious radio station launched - daily



  • domestic security

  • Ring leader who staged mosque blast killed in Russia

  • Army troops, Muslim rebels fighting in northern Azerbaijan - Chechen rebel site



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    Issue No. 63

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