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 The Azerbaijani parliament approved the draft forecasts on 2010 public budget, the consolidated budget and socio-economic concept for 2010 and subsequent three year by 101 votes in favor and 8 against. Under the law "On 2010 public budget", in 2010 forecasts on the public budget revenues will amount to 10.015 billion manat (31.5 percent of GDP), including centralized income - 9.552 billion manat and local revenue - 462.98 million manat, and expenses - 11.264 billion manat (35.4 percent of GDP), including centralized expenditures - 10.069 billion manat and local expenditures - 1.194 billion manat. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the decree to call up for active service from Jan. 1 to 30 and to transfer military men of urgent active service to the reserve, the AzerTaj state news agency said. All Azerbaijani citizens born from 1975 to 1991 and aged under 35 years, without a right for draft deferment in the armed forces and other armed units envisaged by the legislation are called up for active service from Jan. 1 to 30, 2009 upon the decree in accordance with the law 'Foundations of call-up for military service in the Azerbaijani Republic' to recruit armed forces and other armed units envisaged by the legislation. |
 No Azerbaijani pilgrims have been injured due to the heavy rains in Saudi Arabia this week. "The Azerbaijani pilgrims have not suffered from the heavy rains and floods. Azerbaijani pilgrims traveling to Mecca have not had any health problems," Akhund of the Taza Pir Mosque Haji Faiz Nagizade told Trend News today over the telephone. |
 The A/H1N1 virus killed 40 people and the number of the swine flu victims reached 140 in Iran, Member of the Iranian National Committee on Infection Deceases Masoud Mardani reported. The number of swine flu cases has risen from 3,128 to 3,672. |
 BP Azerbaijan, as the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) fields, will issue a report assessing the environmental and social impacts of the project, the company reported. The project will be discussed Dec. 2 from 2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Hyatt in Shusha. |
 Azerbaijani delegation deputy head in PACE accuses OSCE Minsk Group of imitating talks to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "Minsk Group has been operating for 15 years. It has failed to contribute in solving the conflict within this period. It was busy with making tourist visits to the region. By exerting constant pressure on Azerbaijan, the international community insists on the need to solve the conflict within Minsk Group. |
 Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Nov.25, after a mandate by the special envoy of the OSCE chairman. The monitoring near the Yusifjanli village in Azerbaijan's Agdam region region proceeded without incident on Nov.25, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported. |
 The roundtable regarding to the project on “Anticorruption enlightenment and legislative assistance in regions” was carried out in Gabala by the Foundation on the Fight against Corruption with the financial support of Council of State Support to NGOs under the President of the Azerbaijan Republic. |
 According to the Committee on State and Cartography, 16 auctions and 60 competitions were conducted since April till today over the republic. 406 soil areas of different measure were put on the market and about 400 of them were sold. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived to Ulyanovsk today. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met the head of state at the airport, RIA Novosti reported. Both presidents will hold a short round of talks in Ulyanovsk and discuss urgent issues of mutual cooperation, as well as international problems, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The presidents will also lay a wreath on a monument to Azerbaijani ex-President Heydar Aliyev in a city square of the same name. |
 Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan carried out its next seminar in Lankaran city for the observers to conduct the monitoring of the municipality elections. First of all, the seminar participants were informed on local and international experience in the sphere of local self-governing and the work of ACSDA done on the municipality elections. |
 On Nov. 23 the price of AZERI LT CIF Augusta was $79.76 per barrel or $2.26 per barrel up, compared to the previous day's price, according to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), which has produced Light Oil since 1997. Azeri Light oil is produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli offshore fields, which is developed under BP's operations. It is directly delivered to the Turkish port of Ceyhan via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline, to the Georgian port of Supsa via the Baku-Supsa pipeline and to the Georgian port of Batumi by railway. |
 The Swiss international organization Crans Montana Forum will organize the Nabucco & South Stream: new prospects for European energy security forum in Vienna on Dec.10-12. Trend News agency is the media partner of the event. |
 Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Yusifjanli village in Azerbaijan's Agdam region on Nov. 125. The monitoring will be held under a mandate of the OSCE chairman special envoy, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported. |
 Azerbaijan Free Speech Foundation (AFSF) will carry out a roundtable within the project on “Mass Media and press services: analyze of the current situation and strategic developments in this direction” at 12:00 in the conference hall of Caspian Plaza Business Center on November 25, 2009. |
 A delegation headed by the head of the Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration is participating in the 26th session of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Administration said today. The meeting will be held in London from Nov.23 to Dec.4. |
 The average gas supply of Bakgaz (distribution and sale of gas to Baku), under the Azerigas Production Unity (PU), to the Baku gas supply system hits 8.5 million cubic meters compared to 6.55 as for Nov.18, the company said. Earlier, Azerigas JSC was attached to the structure of SOCAR (Sate Oil Company of the Azerbaijan) as PU. |
 The British government pays special attention to developing partner and economic relations between Azerbaijan and the UK, British Ambassador to Azerbaijan Carolyn Browne said today during the second visit of UK business circles. |
 Official Ankara must understand that weakening Azerbaijan means weakening Turkey. Opening the border with Armenia can seriously damage Azerbaijan's position on the international arena, as well as Turkey's role in regional and world politics, State Committee for Diaspora Activities Chairman Nazim Ibrahimov said at a joint session of the European Azerbaijani Congress and Azerbaijani-Turkish Diaspora Organization Coordinating Council. |
 A summit of the European Azerbaijani Congress and Azerbaijani-Turkish Diaspora Organization Coordination Council adopted an appeal today to the Azerbaijani and Turkish presidents and parliaments, the Azerbaijani State Committee for the Diaspora said. |
 The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan during the sixth meeting in this year, held on Sunday a detailed discussion of solutions to the most important issues, said in the OSCE Minsk Group statement. |
 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today wrapped up his working visit to Germany, and returned home, Azertaj State News Agency reported. |
 On Nov. 20, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops from the Vosgepar village in the Armenian Noyanberyan region to the Ashagi Asgipara village in the Gazakh region at 10:30-10:45, as well as from areas and the positions near the Tapgaragoyunlu village in the Goranboy region at 15.45-16:00. Further the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops from areas and the positions near the Marzili and Sarijali villages in the Agdam region at 19:00-19:10 and at 01:05 -01:10 on Nov.21, and from areas and the positions near the Garakhanbayli village in the Fizuli region at 21:00-21:15 on Nov.20, as well as from the positions near the Gizil Oba village in the Tartar region at 01:35-02:00 on Nov.21. |
 The only swine flu patient still receiving treatment at the Azerbaijani Lung Diseases Research Institute may be discharged today, Chief Physician Khayyam Mammadov said today. "The patient was completely cured of the A/H1N1 virus, but continues to receive treatment for bilateral pneumonia and other complications," he added. |
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