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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:31:00 GMT

SOCAR President met with representatives of Honeywell and UOP

/Trend Capital, A.Akhundov/ On Thursday in the main office of SOCAR (State Oil Company Azerbaijan) in Baku the president of the company Rovnag Abdullayev met the head of the department of special materials of Honeywell Andreas Kramvis and the president
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:31:00 GMT

Azerbaijani FM hails adoption of updated Madrid principles by Yerevan

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 19 / Trend News S.Agayeva / Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov welcomed the adoption of the updated version of the Madrid Principles by Yerevan. The principles remain on the negotiations table, Armenian Foreign
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:22:00 GMT

Georgia's Prime-Minister satisfied with EU cooperation

Georgia, Tbilisi, March 19 / Trend News N. Kirtskhalia / Georgia's Prime-Minister Nika Gilauri is satisfied with the level of the EU cooperation. He called it successful summing up his visit to Brussels at today's governmental meeting. 'Some people think
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:20:00 GMT

Exxon Hires Rig for Black Sea Project

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMT

Armenian Parliament Gives Nod To 'Libel' Amendments

An editor from ''Chorrord ishkhanutiun,'' claimed government officials can present any critical report as defamatory. YEREVAN -- Armenia's parliament has given initial approval to a package of amendments that critics fear may be used stifle independent
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:00 GMT

Opposition Leader Urges Armenians To Leave Turkey

YEREVAN -- An Armenian opposition leader has urged Armenian immigrants living in Turkey to return home, claiming a threat by Turkey's prime minister to expel them has put their security at risk, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. Vahan Hovannisian, who
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:00 GMT

Pardoned Azerbaijani Journalist Says 'Deserved' Freedom

Qanimat Zahid after his release from prison in Baku BAKU -- An Azerbaijani opposition journalist released from jail this week has told RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service that he "deserved" to be freed. Qanimat Zahid, the editor in chief of "Azadliq" newspaper,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:00 GMT

Fairmont Baku, Azerbaijan To Open On The Caspian Sea In Early 2011

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts ("Fairmont") and Azinko Development M.M.C. ("Azinko") have announced the signing of their agreement for Fairmont to manage a new 347-guest room luxury hotel property in the sparkling coastal city of Baku, Azerbaijan. "This
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:05:00 GMT

Keppel in JV to build and operate new shipyard in Azerbaijan

has joined hands with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) to develop and manage a new 52-ha shipbuilding and shiprepair facility in Baku, Azerbaijan. The new SOCAR-Keppel Shipyard will be developed
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:53:00 GMT

Armenia’s Vice-Premier visits Kotayk Region

Armenia’s Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration of Armenia Armen Gevorkian, has paid a visit to Kotayk Region, accompanied by region’s governor Kovalenko Shakhgaldian, a spokesperson for Ministry of Territorial Administration said.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:00 GMT

Armenia has managed to stay apart from the crises post-affects

Today during the meeting with the journalists Artak Zakaryan, member of the ARP touched upon the exchange of the expressions of Nerses Yeritsyan, the Minister of Economy and Gagik Tsarukyan, the head of the PAP. Nreses Yeritsyan told that we have
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:00 GMT

Armenian-Slovak Business Forum opens in Yerevan

Armenian-Slovak Business Forum was launched today in Armenian capital city of Yerevan. “Our businessmen are interested in establishing and developing the bilateral cooperation between the two countries,” said Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:00 GMT

WB to provide Armenia with $9 million loan

The World Bank has approved a $9 million loan to Armenia to finance the second project of modernization of social sector. A spokesperson for WB said that the loan’s objective is to contribute to Armenian government in developing and improving the
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:45:00 GMT

Kiev seeks Russia-EU consortium for pipelines - Georgiandaily

(KIEV) - Ukraine's new leadership wants a joint Russian-EU consortium to be set up to help modernise the country's gas pipeline network, a vice prime minister said Friday. The consortium would then operate the pipelines -- through which 80 percent of
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:34:00 GMT

Turkey threatens to chase out Armenian immigrants

Turkey's prime minister has warned that he might deport up to 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey without citizenship, after resolutions were passed by US and Swedish lawmakers defining First World War-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:34:00 GMT

Protest over Turkish PM's Armenian deportation threat

ISTANBUL - More than 100 protestors took to the streets of Istanbul Friday, accusing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of racism over his threat to deport illegal Armenian workers. Between 100-150 demonstrators marched along the Istiklal
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:00 GMT

Azerbaijani Federation in Sweden to hold protest action due to false "Armenian genocide"

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 19 / Trend News M. Aliyev / The Azerbaijani Federation in Sweden will hold a protest action against the decision of the Swedish Parliament in connection with the false "Armenian genocide" at the central Stockholm area Sergeli
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:47:00 GMT

Azeri opposition staunchly opposed to Garabagh vote

The hard-line Azerbaijani opposition has vehemently opposed the proposed determination of the status of Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an Azeri region under Armenian occupation, by holding a vote there, claiming this would be a mechanism aimed at breaking the
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:46:00 GMT

OSCE mediators’ talks with Armenia minister ‘constructive’

The OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh have regarded as constructive their recent talks with Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian. “The talks were held in a constructive spirit,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:46:00 GMT

Azerbaijan not to attend nuclear security summit

Azerbaijan will not participate at the international summit on nuclear security, due in the United States April 12-13, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the press Thursday. According to him, due to the absence of nuclear weapons on Azerbaijani
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:46:00 GMT

Turkish PM: My words about expulsion of Armenians distorted

The statement of the Turkish prime minister regarding the expulsion of 100, 000 Armenians illegally living in Turkey have been distorted by the Turkish press, Prime Minister was quoted as saying by the CNN Turk. 'My words about the deportation of illegal
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:28:00 GMT

Turkish FM not rules out possible resolving of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

If and Serbia were able to restore their relations after a full-scale war, it means that there is a chance to establish peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Hurriyet newspaper reported quoting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The war between
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:27:00 GMT

President Yanukovych: On Victory Day joint naval parade of Ukrainian Naval Force and Russian Black Sea Fleet will be held in Sevastopol

On May 9, the Victory Day, a joint military parade of the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet is to be held in Sevastopol. As Viktor Yanukovych has stated in Crimea today, in the coming days he will sign a Decree on celebration of the 65th
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:24:00 GMT

Kadyrov Refuses Police Units From Regions Beyond Chechnya

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has refused the services of policemen assigned to Chechnya (www.kp.ru, March 14). It is his first truly significant move since the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in Chechnya officially ended on April 16, 2009
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:22:00 GMT

:: 19, Mar 2010 :: SPEECH BY MR GEORGE YEO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY OF THE NEW SOCAR-KEPPEL SHIPYARD, 19 MARCH 2010, 5:28 PM AT BAKU

REMARKS BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, HE GEORGE YEO, AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY OF THE NEW SOCAR-KEPPEL SHIPYARD IN BAKU ON 19 MARCH 2010 Your Excellency President Ilham Aliyev Excellencies Distinguished Guests Ladies
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:16:00 GMT

Keppel seals Azerbaijan shipyard deal

MARINE and property conglomerate Keppel Corp has signed a deal with Azerbaijan's national oil company to develop and run a US$386 million (S$539 million) shipyard.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:04:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Baku Mosque Closures Inconvenience Believers

Among the many construction projects that now seem to define downtown Baku, Azerbaijan's capital city, it's notable that one type of building, the mosque, isn't faring so well. This EurasiaNet photo essay documents the impact of mosque closures in Baku.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:16:00 GMT

Armenia: Slander Case against Copper Mine Protestor Dropped

A criminal case against an environmentalist campaigning against a copper mine in Armenia's virgin Teghut Forest has been dropped after she received an award from the US Embassy in Yerevan. The prosecution of 30-year-old Mariam Sukhudian started in 2009
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:15:00 GMT

Azerbaijan: Baku Says Karabakh Status Referendum Must Include All of Azerbaijan

Baku would accept a proposal to define the status of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave through a referendum, but only if the poll is held on the entire territory of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov announced on March 18,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:15:00 GMT

Georgia: EBRD to Sponsor Tbilisi-Bypass Railway Project

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide $100 million to underwrite plans to remove an arterial railway line from central Tbilisi and to construct a new line that will skirt the Georgian capital. The project aims to divert cargo
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:15:00 GMT