Section: Turan News Agency (Azerbaijan)
Europe introduces visa-free regime for Ukraine and Georgia
Baku / 08.12.16 / Turan: The European Parliament and the European Commission agreed on a mechanism for the introduction of visa-free regime for citizens of Ukraine and Georgia. According to Reuters, now is introduced simplified regime for trips of Ukrainians and Georgians in the EU. A week earlier it was reported that the EU conditionally...
EU Promises Ukraine Visa-free Regime by End of Year
Brussels / 25.11.16 / Turan: The citizens of Ukraine in the near future will be able to travel to EU countries without visas. EU leaders promised to Ukrainian President Poroshenko to resolve the remaining issues before the end of this year. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk...
Campaign in Kiev in Support of Giyas Ibrahimov
Baku / 03.11.16 / Turan: On November 2 a youth group staged a protest at the embassy of Azerbaijan in Kiev, expressing solidarity with the youth activist Giyas Ibrahimov arrested in Baku. Participants of the action wrote graffiti demanding Giyas’s release on the wall of the park named after Heydar Aliyev near the Azerbaijani Embassy....
Pentagon spokesman is received in the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan
Baku/31.10.16/Turan: Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister met with representatives of US Secretary of Defense On October 31, Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, Dr. Michael Carpenter, paying visit to Azerbaijan....
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine inform about the complaints of local Azerbaijanis
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: We support Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders Interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine are multifaceted and constantly exposed to exam by time challenges. Our countries are united by the struggle against separatism in their territories, while at the same...
Armenian Dissident Arrives in Baku
Baku / 09.10.16 / Turan: Late in the evening on October 8 the Armenian dissident writer Vahe Avetyan arrived in Baku from Sweden. As he wrote on his page on Facebook, he was not invited and he came as a peacemaker. However, it is not clear how he was allowed on the plane without a visa. Judging by all, he flew through Kiev with the Ukrainian...
Presentation of the international journalistic competition ADAMI
On Wednesday, Baku hosted a presentation of the new media competition on Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe – ADAMI. The representative of the contest in Azerbaijan Irada Aliyeva said that the competition is open to journalists of Azerbaijan. The competition is open to all media representatives, and they should present their work to the...
Personnel Changes in Leadership of Azerbaijan’s Diplomatic Missions
Baku / 07.09.16 / Turan: President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the appointment of the Ambassadors of Azerbaijan to Ukraine and Argentina. The new heads of the diplomatic missions in Kiev and Buenos Aires are Azer Khudayar Oglu Khuduyev and Rashad Fakhraddin Oglu Aslanov. The President also appointed Aliannaghi Mehdi Oglu Huseynov Consul...
Import of Wheat Decreased by 14.8%
Baku / 17.08.16 / Turan: In the first half of 2016 Azerbaijan purchased abroad 682.7 thousand tons of wheat (including seed wheat), which is 117.7 thousand tons or 14.8% less than in the same period of 2015. Turan was told in the State Statistics Committee. Food, fodder and seed wheat was delivered from Russia – 610.4 thousand tons,...
Customs arrested 141 kilo of heroin
On 14 August 14 in the truck DAF, driven by a citizen of Tajikistan Muhammedin Ismayilov, Azerbaijani customs officers found more than 141 kilo of heroin. The truck arrived at the Astara customs from Iran, during inspection of the vehicle was found a secret place in the bottom of the truck, where were hidden packages with drug, according to the...
