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 Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica will discuss bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Italy in Baku on March 2-3 as part of a tour to the South Caucasus, the Italian Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend News on March 2. |
 Adjara Autonomous Republic head Levan Varshalomidze will discuss cooperation with Azerbaijan in Baku today and tomorrow. During the visit, Varshalomidze will meet with Azerbaijani officials to discuss bilateral cooperation... |
 The Azerbaijani opposition Muasir Musavat Party (MMP) intends to hold demonstrations on the same day with the radical opposition agitation groups on referendum. The MMP applied to the Baku City Administration (BCA) to hold a demonstration on March 9. |
 The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) will punish referendum campaign groups who will make major violations at tele-debates during a free airtime. "The referendum groups have been recommended to ask only referendum-related questions at tele-debates. |
 OSCE Chairman-in-Office Special Envoy Andzey Kasprzyk does not consider number of ceasefire violations increased in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. OSCE Chairman-in-Office Special Envoy Andzey Kasprzyk who visited Khankandi together with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs ... |
 OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Yuriy Merzylakov (Russia) and Matthew Bryza (U.S.) visited Khankandi. The co-chairs told journalists that they are a unified team, ArmInfo reported. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Barda region on March 2, AzerTag News Agency reported. The President visited National Leader Heydar Aliyev's monument Barda. The President and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva laid flowers at the monument. |
 Latvian President Valdis Zatlers will discuss enhancing bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Latvia in Baku, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Latvia Tofig Zulfugarov told Trend News on March 2. |
 Georgia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine will present several joint projects at the GUAM meeting in Prague on May 5, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a briefing. The GUAM states held a meeting in Kiev several days ago. Concrete projects were reviewed at the meeting. |
 Georgian State Minister for Diaspora Yulon Gagoshidze will get familiar with the situation of the Georgian diaspora in Azerbaijan during his visit to Azerbaijan on March 4-7, the Georgian embassy told Trend News. |
 On March 2, the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission decided to provide 500 polling stations with Web cams in referendum vote. There are 5,000 polling stations in Azerbaijan. About 10 percent of polling stations will be provided with Web cams. |
 A total of 966 observers will monitor the referendum vote nationwide and 17, 795 observers will monitor the vote in constituencies, Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) chairman Mazahir Panahov said at the CEC meeting on March 2. |
 “I was informed from Washington and Prague that local radio broadcasts of international media will continue to operate. There is not any opinion on discontinuing and canceling the radio broadcasts”, Public Affairs Officer of the US Embassy Terry Davidson said, APA reports. |
 122 924 new jobs, including 89 557 permanent jobs were created in Azerbaijan last year, said the State Statistical Committee. According to the official data, 766 277 jobs, including 547 573 permanent jobs were created from October 1, 2003 to January 1, 2009 as part of the State program for Socioeconomic Development of Regions. |
 In the second half of March, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Protection plans to launch the implementation of the World bank-supported Social Protection Development Project, which aims at improving delivery of labor market and social protection interventions through strengthened institutions and improved targeting of social safety net programs. |
 Nakhchivan State University has been affiliated with Asian Universities Association. AUA Secretary General professor-doctor Ruben Umalyu informed the university management about it in his letter, APA reports quoting the NSU press service chief Mehriban Sultan |
 A new international television channels will be opened in Azerbaijan soon, Chairman of the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) Nushiravan Maharramli told APA exclusively. He said “Azerbaijan International” will broadcast programs in the English, Russian, Persian, Turkish and Armenian languages. |
 The events on the “Role of current sides with elections” will be held in connection with the referendum on March 18, CEC Press Service told APA that the event would be organized by CEC, President’s Office and OSCE. The first event will be held in Baku tomorrow. |
 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin met with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Bernard Fassier (French), Matthew Bryza (USA) and Yuriy Merzlyakov (Russia) in Baku. They discussed the current situation and prospects of the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, APA reports quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry. |
 “It is absolutely technical issue to rename the standing commissions of Milli Majlis to the committees”, First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov told APA. He said analogical institutions in the Council of Europe, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, as well as in the parliaments of many countries were named the committees |
 Preparations are held to establish the Association of Polish Azerbaijanis. The Association's aim is to increase organizational level of the Azerbaijanis living in Poland and to coordinate work of diaspora organizations operating in this country from the united center. |
 Armenian soldiers who knowingly crossed the Azerbaijani border said while being questioned that soldiers are tortured in the Armenian army, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told Trend News. Armenian soldiers crossed the border into Azerbaijan in Evjiduzu in Agdam at noon on Feb. 28. They asked Khojali IDP Zumrud Aliyeva to give them food in Russian. |
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