President attends World Food Azerbaijan 2013 and Agrihort Azerbaijan 2013

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended two Baku-host exhibitions. The 19th Azerbaijan International food exhibition WorldFood Azerbaijan 2013 and 7th Azerbaijan international agricultural exhibition Agrihort Azerbaijan 2013 opened at the Baku Expo Center on 22 May.1news.az reports with reference to the official website for the President of Azerbaijan that President of Azerbaijan ...

Azerbaijan - Repressive draft bill threatens Azeri civil society

IFEX - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is deeply concerned by reports that some members of Azerbaijan's parliament, the Milli Mejlis, have prepared draft legislation that would serve as yet another blow to local civil society.Prepared and presented to the Parliament by MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, who is loyal to the authorities, the draft law "On the occupied ...

China defeats Kazakhstan in mens volleyball tourney

New Kerala - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Luhoe (China), May 22 : Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament ...

UPDATE 1-Turkmenistan has high hopes as giant gas field nears output

Reuters - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Wed May 22, 2013 11:15am EDT (Adds Turkmen, Chinese, U.S. officials, details, background) * Turkmenistan, EU tout routes to ease dependence on Russia * Russia opposes EU-bound pipeline, security fears sour TAPI * China only winner so far as Galkynysh nears production * Hurry up, or you may lose to LNG producers, U.S. says By Michel Rose and Marat Gurt PARIS/ASHGABAT, May 22 (Reuters) - ...

Al Tayer heads UAE delegation at 38th Annual Meeting of IDB Board of Governors in Tajikistan

WAM - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WAM DUSHANBE, 22 May, 2013 -- Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, is leading a UAE delegation to the 38th annual meeting of Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Tajikistan. In his speech, Al Tayer emphasised the importance of promoting economic growth in order to improve the quality of lives in Islamic countries, pointing out the challenges ...

China to Get Gas From Turkmenistan’s Giant Field

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ASHGABAT, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday. The Galkynysh field, the world’s second largest by gas reserves, will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas per ...

Uzbek national facing terror charges to remain jailed in Idaho

Fox News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

BOISE, Idaho – An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U.S. District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Kurbanov is a refugee from Uzbekistan ...

‘Establishment of agrarian bank in Azerbaijan would be expedient’

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

'I support the establishment of specialized agrarian bank in Azerbaijan', said Minister of Agriculture Ismat Abbasov, APA-Economics reports. To him, today there are a lot of banks that may allocate loan to agrarian sphere in Azerbaijan: ‘Besides, the funds allotted by the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund under the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan are also ...

Romania to further support Azerbaijans cooperation with NATO

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Bucharest has a significant role in enhancing the relations between Azerbaijan and NATO, and it is aimed at further development of this trend. "Romania will continue to support development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO," Romanian ambassador in Baku Cristian Ciobanu said. Addressing the conference "Emerging Challenges: Improving Energy Security in XXI Century" ...

Russia ‘outraged’ over Azerbaijan Eurovision vote blunder

RT - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Russia Russia is outraged over how Eurovision votes for its entrant, Dina Garipova, disappeared during a voting mishap in Azerbaijan, the Foreign Minister said. Azerbaijan gave Russia no points, despite the fact its song came second in a phone poll. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed the "outrageous" incident at a press conference in Moscow with his Azerbaijani counterpart, ...

Azerbaijan to support Afghanistan after 2014

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Azerbaijan will continue support to Afghanistan even after 2014. The statement came from head of the Azerbaijani office in NATO Khazar Ibrahim. "Azerbaijan is among the eight partner countries that will stay in Afghanistan after 2014", he said. Ibrahim said that peacekeeping troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan after 2014 and all military as tasks will be laid, mainly, on ...

Azerbaijan is reliable US energy partner – envoy

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Azerbaijan is a reliable energy partner of the United States. The statement came from the US ambassador to Baku Richard Morningstar in an interview with ...

Azerbaijan probes reports on Spanish singer concert in Karabakh

News.Az - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has launched a probe over the recent reports by the Armenian media claiming that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caball will give a concert in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. The statement came from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elman Abdullayev in an interview ...

Asia Markets Japan stocks rally after central-bank meet

Market Watch - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks stayed on course for a fresh multiyear high Wednesday after the country's central bank raised its economic outlook, even as it left other elements of the monetary policy ...