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In the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee, the discussion over the bill “About defamation” might start from the following week

“It is time for the adoption of the bill “About defamation.” “But our committee has received two bills, it is possible to discuss these bills and get a perfect document ...

Azerbaijan marks Constitution Day today

Azerbaijan celebrates the Constitution Day today. The Constitution was adopted in 1995 – the first such a document for independent Azerbaijan. The first independent Azerbaijan Republic – the Azerbaijani Democratic ...

Azerbaijani MPs look to increase PBC funding

Members of the Azerbaijani parliament support increasing funds allocated from the pubic budget to finance the Public Broadcasting Company (PBC). “The PBC justified all hopes so the funds allocated from ...

Public control over Azerbaijani army must continue: parliamentary committee

“Public control over the Azerbaijani army leads to increased public interest in the military,” Milli Majlis Security and Defense Committee Deputy Chairman Aydin Mirzazade told Trend News today. A public ...

Azerbaijani MP proposed to increase funds allocated from the budget to the Media Development State Support Fund

Azerbaijani MP proposed to increase funds allocated from the budget to the Media Development State Support Fund. “The amount of funds allocated from the state budget-2010 for the Azerbaijani Presidential ...

Candidates from 17 political parties were registered for municipal elections

The process of submitting and filing candidature for the municipal membership goes on. The press service of the Central Election Committee reported that, in accordance with 1718 municipalities, 34 thousands ...

Azerbaijan Press Council prepares the list of the state organizations that did not respond to inquiries

The Press Council runs monitoring to find out how the state bodies and organizations answer the information inquires of journalists. According to the information of Trend News, the chairperson of ...

4,591,923 electors will vote in municipal elections in Azerbaijan

4,591,923 electors will vote in the municipal elections in Azerbaijan on December 23, CEC Secretary Natig Mammadov said at today’s meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC). At this meeting, ...

OSCE trains candidates for becoming judges in Baku

The OSCE Office in Baku launched a project comprising training courses for candidates to be judges today to support the judiciary’s professional development and to develop curricula for a newly ...

Some 2,827,520 sq m. area demined in Azerbaijan in October

Some 2,827,520 sq. m. of area was cleared from mines and unexploded ammunition in October, 2009. The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Actions (ANAMA) revealed and detonated 16,248 unexploded ammunition ...