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 State Students Admission Commission jointly with the Tax Ministry will hold test exams on November 9 for the candidates wishing to be employed in tax bodies. 858 candidates applied for vacancies in tax bodies, APA-Economics reports quoting the Commission. |
 The results of Azerbaijan’s presidential election will be examined at the meeting of a Special Bureau and Standing Committee of the Council of Europe (CE) in Madrid by the end of November. “The development of a report on results of the election is in final stage and I will present it in Madrid meeting,” Andreas Herkel, PACE co-reporter on Azerbaijan said to TrendNews by telephone from Tallinn. |
 On Wednesday President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on conferring personal pension to Dilber Akhundzade and Movlud Balakishiyev for great services in development of mass media in the country. The Cabinet of Ministers is charged with settling all the issues proceeding from the decree. On Wednesday President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on awarding 8 persons with the honorary title of Honoured journalist for the services in the development of television in the country. |
 On November 5, from the Esenboga airport in Ankara, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev headed to Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The President visited Ataturk’s grave to show his great respect to the Turkish national leader. A wreath was placed at the great Ataturk`s tomb on behalf of the Azerbaijani leader. The memory of a great sun of Turkic world was honored by a minute of silence. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the newly elected U.S. President Barack Obama. “I hope the relations between Azerbaijan and the United States will be rapidly developing,” President Aliyev said in Ankara on 5 October during his official visit to Turkey. Democrat Barack Obama won the presidential election in the United States. For the first time in the history of the United States of America, African-American candidate became leader in the presidential elections. His basic motto is the word “changes”. |
 Interviewing to fill 198 vacancies at 14 state offices in Azerbaijan is over. A total of 47 candidates successfully passed the interviewing, Azerbaijani Presidential Office’s State Service Commission said on 5 November. So, 16 people aspire to the vacancies at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, nine to those at the Ministry of Economic Development and eight to those at the Real Estate Register State Service. |
 Maksim Shevchenko, member of Public Chamber of Russia and presenter of First Channel, especially for Trend News. During election campaign Barack Obama put very little stress on international policy. Unlike John McCain, he did not advance any global international ideas. The political situation in America has also changed. Only one party – Democrats will control the White House, Congress and Senate for the first time after a long term which means that any law can now pass through all instances without any obstacles. In fact, one-party system took a lead in America where Republicans are now opposition and their voice only is of advisory character. |
 Democrat Barack Obama won the presidential election in the United States. What changes in the United States’ foreign policy for Azerbaijan are expected? May the United States’ approach towards settling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict change? |
 The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) is prepared to dialogue with opposition without any conditions. “A dialogue cannot be held under any conditions. If any party wants to hold dialogue with the NAP under definite conditions, our dialogue with them will not take place,” MP Siyavush Novruzov, the deputy executive secretary of the NAP, told TrendNews. Several meetings amongst opposition, the authorities and pro-government parties took place on the eve of the parliamentary elections of 2005 through mediation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Baku Office. |
 Several members of oppositional Muasir Musavat Party of Azerbaijan have quitted the party. The proposals to make changes to political line of the party advanced by several members western Azerbaijani by origin were discussed at the meeting of the Political Council of the party on 5 November. “Several members of party proposed to make changes in the position of party and cooperate with radical opposition as a sign of a protest Hafiz Hajiyev ranking last in presidential election results while he enjoyed support of large number of people. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev takes the Moscow Declaration of the Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders as the basis for a peace agreement. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia’s Serzh Sargsyan and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev signed a declaration at the end of their meeting in Mein Dorf castle near Moscow on 2 November. Presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan decided to make joint efforts to normalize the situation in Caucasus and requested Foreign Ministers to make efforts to solve the [Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. |
 OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will hold their next meeting in Vienna on Thursday, US co-chair Matthew Bryza told APA. He said the co-chairs would visit Vienna for the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council and would discuss the next steps toward the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and coordination of the visit to the region. |
 Russia will further make efforts on elimination of tensions in neighboring regions, as well as settlement of Transdniestr and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, Medvedev said in his statement addressed to the Federal Assembly, APA reports. “We will continue our cooperation with all interested parties for achievement of an agreement and assist to the settlement of Transdniestr and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, respecting current formats”, stressed Medvedev. “Russia will not give up the role in Caucasus,” Medvedev said in his statement addressed to the Federal Assembly, APA reports quoting Russian news agencies. |
 519 religious communities have been registered in Azerbaijan so far, said Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov, APA reports. He said more than 10 religious communities had been registered over the past ten months. One of the communities registered this year is Judaist and others Islamic. “Recently we did not reject request of any community, but registration of 7 communities registered earlier was annulled”. |
 Turkish Festival was held in Houston in November. Press Service of State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad told APA that Houston-Baku Sister Cities Association and US Azeris Network represented Azerbaijan in the festival. CDs and DVDs about our country, souvenirs and paintings were demonstrated in the corner belonging to Azerbaijani representatives. |
 A number of Azerbaijan’s friends saved their seats at the US Congress. Senator Mark Warner (Virginia), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), Senator Kay Hagan (North Carolina), Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina), Senator John Cornin (Texas) and activists of Azerbaijan working group at the House of Representatives Solomon Ortiz and Bill Shuster are among them. US-Azerbaijani Network (USAN) congratulated Barack Obama and Vice-President nominee Joseph Biden for their victory in the elections. Several pro-Armenian congressmen lost the elections to US Congress – House of Representatives and Senate. |
 Azerbaijan’s national currency manat (AZN) fell 0.11% against the US dollar in October, said Baku Interbank Currency Exchange. The dollar exchange rate rose to AZN 0.8092 from AZN 0.8083. The manat-dollar average weighted rate stood at AZN 0.8094 in October, compared to AZN 0.8118/USD 1 in September. The manat average weighted rate strengthened 4.25% since early this year. |
 “Several orders have been drafted regarding implementation of new financing model of health system in Azerbaijan”, Shirvan bureau of APA reports quoting Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev. The Minister stated that financing of health system has been regulated by the norms being in force in USSR period so far. |
 Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AzPromo) and the Nobel Heritage Fund will hold a business forum in Baku on November 19, bringing together businesspeople from Sweden and Azerbaijan. AzPromo said the business forum will be held in the frame of Swedish Minister of Employment Sven Otto Littorin’s visit to Azerbaijan. The forum will be attended by representatives of 12 Swedish companies operating in the field of energy, transport, agriculture, health and other sectors. |
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