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 The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry calls on Caspian states to opt against their industrial sturgeon catch quotas, the ministry's Press Service told Trend news today. Each Caspian country has the right to fully or partially refuse its industrial sturgeon catch quotas. Azerbaijan voluntarily refused to catch thorns 30 years ago. |
 Traffic on streets and avenues in Baku will be stopped in connection with the sixth anniversary of Azerbaijani all-national leader Heydar Aliyev's death, State Traffic Police Department Deputy Chief Alovsat Shamilov told journalist today. He said the traffic police will operate in an intensified regime Dec. 12. |
 The meeting of the Azerbaijani, Iranian and Russian working groups under the North-South railway project is scheduled for Dec.22-23 in Tehran, Azerbaijani State Railway Office Head Nadir Azmammadov said today. Tehran will host the meeting of working groups under the North-South railway project dec.22-23, he added. |
 The Certifying Agency Bureau Veritas has assigned the Gas Export Management of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) three international certificates, SOCAR said. The management received the standards İSO 9001:2008 (Management System), İSO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (health & safety and safety management system). |
 Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday Turkey's goal was to become a full member of EU, and Cyprus could not hinder Turkey's EU accession process, Anadolu reported. President Gul and Albanian President Bamir Topi held a joint press conference in Albanian capital of Tirana. |
 The Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Ministry has not appealed to the Tariff Council to increase fuel prices, Ministry Spokesman Azer Mansimli said today. "Information that the ministry appealed to the council requesting an increase in fuel prices contradicts reality," he added. |
 Japan hopes for an early resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, Japanese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamitsu Oki said today. "The Minsk Group has intensified its efforts and I hope they will bear fruit in the near future," he said at a debate in the Center for Strategic Studies off the Azerbaijani President today. |
 Europe may increase gas imports to 74 percent by 2030, the Eurogas report posted today on the EU's official Web site reads. According to the report, last year 23 percent of gas imports to Europe fell to Russia, 18 percent - to Norway, nine percent - Algeria, three percent - Nigeria, two percent - Libya and 55 percent -domestic production, and 18 percent -Norway . |
 Trend News conducted an exclusive interview with Qatari Ambassador to Azerbaijan Sheikh Mubarak bin Fahad Jassem Al Thani. |
 The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has not yet received any requests from Euronews to prepare a story about Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend News today. Euronews broadcast Nov. 28 Michael Raikhman's report "Nagorno-Karabakh - Wind of Change," which the Azerbaijani diplomatic community deemed a biased portrayal of the Karabakh war. |
 Officials in Minsk are organizing Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Azerbaijan, Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Paskevich said. The visit will be held in the first six months of 2010, the diplomat said. "Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus expanded in many spheres in 2009. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Dec.11 OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, and Ambassador Robert Bradtke of the United States, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk of Poland, the AzerTAj state news agency reported. |
 The Azerbaijani government said all programs and activities implemented by the U.S. government in Nagorno-Karabakh should be coordinated with Baku. "Azerbaijan believes the country should be informed about ongoing U.S. governmental programs and activities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region," Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S. Yashar Aliyev said. "They must be consistent with the Azerbaijani government." |
 Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC) expresses its severe disturbance with the decision of U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday to allocate $8 million in direct aid to the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, says a press-release of the organization. |
 "Based on Article 8.2 of the Azerbaijani Electoral Code, municipal election's day will be a non-working day," Azerbaijani Central Elections Commission Spokesman Azar Sariyev told Trend News. |
 Three million manat was allocated by presidential decree to restore five schools in poor condition. "Three million manat allocated by presidential decree will be spent to restore five schools in poor condition," Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said yesterday. |
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