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 The Parliament of Azerbaijan created conditions better than in Armenia for the activities of the journalists. "The situation in Azerbaijan for the parliamentary journalists is relatively better compared to the situation in Kazakhstan, and even in Estonia," noted on Dec. 18 at an event held at the initiative of the Association of Impartial Journalists with the support of Fund of State Support to Media Development under the Azerbaijani President. |
 From January to November 2009, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Operating Companies (OC) and Joint Ventures (JV) produced more than 49.17mln barrels of oil (6.7mln tons) from onshore and offshore fields of the country. |
 In January-November, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic ( SOCAR) transferred more than 3.9 billion cubic meters of gas to the Azerenergy Joint Stock (the largest electricity producer in Azerbaijan) as fuel compared to over 4,4 billion cubic meters during the same period of 2008, SOCAR reported. |
 The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) intends to cover 80 percent of Georgia's oil market in 2010, the official press reported with reference to SOCAR head Rovnag Abdullayev, who is on a visit to Georgia. |
 Dec.17, the price of AZERI LT CIF Augusta was $73.84 per barrel, or $1.85 per barrel down, 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 work on the organization of the Azerbaijani Diaspora is almost complete and it is time to pass to practical work, State Diaspora Committee Chairman Nazim Ibrahimov said. "We must pass to action and this requires maximum effort from the Diaspora," Ibrahimov said at the news conference on the results of the State Committee's activities in 2009 today. |
 The Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan has publicized its report on the Azerbaijani municipal elections scheduled for Dec.23 at the Trend International Press Center today. ACSDA Elections Staff Head Maharram Zulfugarli said the association plans to observe the election process at 1,600 district election constituencies of 49 constituencies. |
 The Azerbaijan Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry fined legal entities and individuals 1.45 million manat for legal violations over the first 11 months of 2009. A total of 220,000 manat have been paid so far, the ministry told Trend News today. |
 Azerbaijani parliamentary representatives will take part in an Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Parliamentary Union meeting. "Today First Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov and MP Govhar Bakhshaliyeva will leave for the Egyptian capital Cairo to attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States," the MM Press Service told Trend News today. |
 Azerbaijan deported 598 foreigners illegally residing in the country in 2009, Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Department for Combating Illegal Migration head Yasar Agayev said. According to the official, 135 were identified by the State Migration Service, 318 by the Department for Combating Illegal Migration, 28 by the Prison Service, 104 by the the police, 14 by the National Security Ministry and 14 by the other governmental bodies. |
 Azerbaijan loses the credibility in the OSCE Minsk Group mediating in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova said. "The OSCE Minsk Group has stated its position only in separate stages of the negotiations," she said. "However, its representatives have always refrained from expressing an opinion in connection with the actions of members of this group." |
 The main purpose of the Astrakhan delegation's visit to Azerbaijan was the development of cooperation between the parties, Vice-Governor, the Astrakhan government chairman, Konstantin Markelov, said at a press conference dedicated to results of the visit today. |
 Azerbaijani Ambassadir to the U.S. Yashar Aliyev presented an official note of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to the US State Department to protest the U.S. financial assistance to the separatists of Nagorno-Karabakh, ANS TV reported. "This assistance strengthens ethnic separatism in Nagorno-Karabakh and adversely affects the solution of the conflict. |
 The prices for consumer goods and tariffs for services in November increased by 1.3 percent compared with October 2009 and 1.5 percent over 11 months compared to January-November last year, the State Statistics Committee said on Dec. 15. |
 The Central Bank of Azerbaijan prepares to discuss a plan for the mortgage market development, CBA first deputy chairman Alim Guliyev said on Dec. 17. The CBA works on improvement of mortgage mechanism, since we consider it necessary and that there are sufficient possibilities, Guliyev said. |
 Azerbaijani Ambassador to Washington Yashar Aliyev presented the official protest note in connection with the U.S. Congress's decision to allocate $8 million to the Nagorno-Karabakh. The note says that such actions by the United States may adversely affect the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend News. |
 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev conferred honorary title "Distinguished public servant" upon Huseyin Movsumov for his long years fruitful activities in the public service in the Republic of Azerbaijan, AzerTAj state news agency reported. |
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