The world will observe 2009 as the International Year of Reconciliation; In Azerbaijan the year 2009 is proclaimed as the Year of the Child

AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD
ADA Biweekly Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 22
December 15, 2008


INTERNATIONAL MUGHAM CENTER INAUGURATED IN BAKU

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated the International Mugham Center in the seaside National Park in Baku. The Head of State and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva cut the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the Center.

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DOMESTIC POLITICS
  • Nationwide poll on presidential terms due March 18

  • Azeri parliament lifts restriction on presidential terms

  • Azeri opposition politicians criticize constitutional amendment

  • New alternative ruling party being set up in Azerbaijan - opposition daily
    • NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
  • Joint declaration of the Foreign Ministers and Deputy Minister of France, Russia, and the United States on Nagorno-Karabakh

  • Azerbaijan puts forward principles of peaceful settlement of the NK conflict to the OSCE Ministerial Council

  • Statement of Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister to 16th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

  • Russia plays positive role in Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement: First Deputy Foreign Minister

  • Azeri POW makes statement on unwillingness to go home "under pressure"
    • REGIONAL
  • COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURE ON 'INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AS A BASIS FOR PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND ITS NEIGHBORING REGIONS' HELD IN BAKU

  • SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURE

  • PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN RECEIVES COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL

  • RUSSIAN AND AZERBAIJANI EXPERTS ABOUT RESULTS OF YEAR 2008 ON SOUTH CAUCASUS

  • TRACECA project gets boost at major Baku event

  • Regional alliance not invited to CIS summit

  • 60% of paper on Caspian status agreed – Kazakh official

  • IN 2008 FRONTIERS GUARDS DISARMED 10 ORGANIZED GROUPS INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
    • International AND BILATERAL RELATIONS
  • Aliyev congratulates Azeris of solidarity day

  • Azerbaijan, Russia signs military cooperation plan for 2009

  • Russian proposal for joint use of Qabala radar "remains on table" - ministry

  • US may seek locations in Azerbaijan for its missile shield - senator

  • 6th meeting of working group on Azerbaijan’s admission to WTO held in Geneva

  • AT THIS STAGE NATO ASSISTS AZERBAIJAN TO UPGRADE ARMED FORCES AND PROTECT ENERGY OBJECTS OF AZERBAIJAN

  • Baku hosts Azeri-Turkish business forum

  • Iran, Azerbaijan survey grounds for tourism cooperation

  • Czech Republic to open embassy in Azerbaijan

  • New Azeri peacekeepers to leave for Afghanistan

  • Azeri state company buys 22 gas distributors in Georgia
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    ECONOMY
  • IMF expert sees no budget-related challenges in store for Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan to produce air bombs, drones

  • Glassware enterprise commissioned in Baku

  • Aztelekom to cut Internet service tariffs in Azerbaijan since next January

  • Vahid Ahmedov: In 2009 inflation will be not lower than 20%
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    Energy and Environment
  • Major power plant launched in Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan backs OPEC measure, plans to cut oil output

  • Decree of President about the Creation Of Zoology Park

  • BP partly resumes output at Caspian oil platform

  • Undersea oil pipe bursts in Azerbaijan - paper
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    Global crisis
  • Azerbaijan among ex-Soviet states ‘least-affected by global crunch’

  • Azeri agriculture unaffected by global crunch - minister

  • OPEC warns against impact of oil price below $50
    • Human rights and freedoms
  • NATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO COUNCIL TOOK DECISION TO STOP BROADCASTING OF FOREIGN RADIO STATIONS AT LOCAL AIRWAVES

  • AZERBAIJAN'S BAN ON FOREIGN FM RADIO BROADCASTING IS SERIOUS STEP BACKWARDS, SAYS OSCE MEDIA FREEDOM REPRESENTATIVE

  • Radio broadcasts up to Azeri gov’t, Czech minister says

  • HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS LAST YEAR

  • Azeri police thwart opposition protest against constitutional reforms

  • MIKLOSH HARASHTI ABOUT AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO AZERBAIJAN CONSTITUTION

  • Experts comment on presence of radical religious groups in Azerbaijan
    • Miscellaneous
  • Five years since national leader’s demise

  • MOURNING MONTH MAHARRAM BEGINS TODAY

  • Three detained over deadly blast in Baku

  • 2,000 families break up in 2007 over infertility

  • Artificial insemination law sparks heated debate in Azeri parliament

    • December 2008,
    Issue No. 66

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