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AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD
ADA Biweekly Newsletter
Vol. 2, No. 4
February 15, 2009


Azerbaijan: Outcry at Commissars' Reburial IWPR, Caucasus Reporting Service, 5 February 2009

By Magerram Zeinalov in Baku, and Gegham Vardanian in Yerevan

The Baku authorities’ removal of a monument commemorating 26 murdered communists, who included Armenians, and the reburial of their remains, has sparked fury in Armenia.

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ECONOMY
  • Azeri leader hails state of economy

  • President speaks at the conference on results of “State Program of socio-economic development of regions of Azerbaijan”

  • Leader set to reduce Azerbaijan's dependence on oil

  • Azerbaijan protected itself from first stage of crisis: WB exec

  • Global crunch to affect Azeri tourism – minister

  • Major bus terminal opens in Baku

  • BILL ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES PASSED IN SECOND READING

  • Azerbaijan remains leader for CIS growth

  • GOLD MINES DEVELOPED SUCCESSFULLY, ECOLOGY MINISTER

  • SOCAR adjourns environmental projects

  • AZERBAIJAN NOT TO DEVALUATE AZN

  • Parliament to revise budget

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    REGIONAL
  • Aliyev calls for Islamic unity

  • The commander of Azerbaijan's air force has been shot dead outside his house in the capital, Baku, officials have said.

  • AZERBAIJAN: AIR FORCE CHIEF ASSASSINATED IN BAKU, SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS ONGOING

  • Azeri papers split over reasons behind air force chief's murder

  • NABUCCO gas exports ‘to begin in 2014’

  • Number of potential NABUCCO participants on the rise

  • Turkey seeks to buy more gas from Azerbaijan

  • Azeri columnist blames West for indifference to democratic values over petrol

  • Turkish leader praises Russia’s role in Garabagh settlement

  • Progress in Caspian talks with Iran, Turkmenistan

  • Columnist warns of religious extremism in Azerbaijan

  • Azeri opposition leader calls for NATO membership

  • Azerbaijan sees no threat in CSTO rapid reaction force

  • WTO Commission for Europe to hold 49th meeting in Baku
    • NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
  • Statement of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

  • Azerbaijani Ambassador to UN – “The co-chairs’ statement is equivocal and illogical”

  • Azeri gov’t responds to Garabagh mediators’ statement

  • Ankara affirms backing of Baku after critical reports

  • Azeri, Turkish foreign ministers discuss Karabakh, ties

  • Azeri Ombudsman urges due assessment to Khojaly genocide

  • Bryza: Set-up of CIS bloc’s military not to affect Garabagh talks

  • Javier Solana: "There is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. After the Georgia crisis, this should be clear to all..."

  • Azerbaijan to take Armenia to the Hague court

  • Azeri opposition concerned over lingering conflict
    • Press freedom and Human rights
  • Azeri radio stations invited to enter US market

  • Azerbaijan to consider proposals by BBC, US broadcasters

  • Anar Mammadkhanov: “Day.az has been closed”

  • Azeri media, experts comment on closure of popular news website

  • New owner of popular Azeri news website named

  • ACCORDING TO FEDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE 66 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN AZERBAIJAN
    • Referendum on Constitutional changes
  • Election body head says int’l observers welcome at March 18 vote

  • Azerbaijan registers two groups opposing constitutional referendum

  • Azeri opposition urges parliament to cancel referendum on constitutional changes

  • Opposition forum unhappy about political situation ahead of Azeri referendum

  • CE body urges to submit constitutional changes for review

    • UN news
  • UN Human Rights Council reviews the national report of Azerbaijan

  • World Bank’s new Director for South Caucasus introduced to Azerbaijani government

  • UNICEF representative in Azerbaijan Mohammad Bendris Alami: “I justify commemoration of historical days as Khojaly tragedy”

  • Walled City to be taken off UNESCO endangered monuments list

  • IFC helps AGBank to improve corporate governance

    • bilateral and multilateral relations
  • AZERBAIJAN AND GREECE SIGNED SEVERAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS

  • Kuwaiti emir, Azeri president discuss ties, regional, international developments

  • AZERBAIJAN, KUWAIT SIGN INTERGOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS

  • Azeri president says trade with Iran to double soon

  • Iranian foreign minister, Azeri president pleased with ties - TV

  • ISRAEL AND AZERBAIJAN: BAKU’S BALANCING ACT

  • Washington seeks to allot $9.5m for Azerbaijan’s military

  • Azeri daily, experts on reasons for Obama's former campaign manager's visit

  • Polish deputy minister meets Azeri colleague

  • Azerbaijan ‘may revisit its relations’ with Council of Europe

  • AZERBAIJAN TO JOIN WTO AS DEVELOPING COUNTRY

  • EBRD TO CONTINUE INVESTMENT IN AZERBAIJANI BANKS’ CAPITAL DESPITE FINANCIAL CRISIS

  • OSCE Office and Azerbaijani Interior Ministry expand community policing project

  • Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation issues annual report

  • Azeri power, gas laws to comply with European standards

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    oil and gas
  • Azeri leader reaffirms readiness to supply energy to Europe

  • Oil, gas output records first drop in over a decade

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    PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
  • President issues decree on actions to improve the activity of the Ministry of Finance

  • President Ilham Aliyev issues order to prepare third periodic report on fulfillment of Azerbaijan’s commitments and to submit it to UN

  • President of Azerbaijan issues decree on implementation of law on combating the money laundering and funding of terrorism

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    Miscellaneous
  • Azerbaijan passes law on money laundering, terrorism financing

  • Azeris going vegetarian

  • Azeri parliament’s spring session opens

  • A public union in Azerbaijan notes decrease in human trafficking

  • Azeri gov’t hikes expatriate fees for work permits

  • Azerbaijan’s Eurovision entry written by Arash

  • 1st International Mugham Festival to be inaugurated in Azerbaijan on March 17

    • February 2009,
    Issue No. 68

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