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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Sheki, Azerbaijan comments on the history of Baku and says that museums and concert halls are being renovated while contemporary artists are supported more and more. Seasonal exhibitions have also been well received by the public, while Joe's Trippin' posts photos of the snow in Baku's old town.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Nearly 70 million tons of crude oil have been transported via Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline from June 2006 to the end of 2008, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. The BTC Pipeline project, which is described as the "energy project of the century", has carried about 70 million tons of Caspian oil to world markets through Turkey, said the report, quoting officials from Turkish...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Thoughts On The Road returns to Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and recounts a conversation with a local taxi driver on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The blog reflects on the effect war has on the human consciousness.
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Looking back at 2008 it has been a tremendous success for Magnus chesswise. Climbing to # 4 on the rating list (Oct 1 2008 and Jan 1 2009) and even enjoying 5 days as the unofficial # 1 during Bilbao, winning Corus (shared), Baku (shared) and Foros, and taking second place in Linares and Bilbao, he has every reason to be happy and proud of his achievements. Having continuously adjusted his ambitions...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Foreign radio broadcasts can no longer be offered on local frequencies in Azerbaijan, the communication ministry said Thursday. RIA Novosti said the decision to ban the presence of foreign radio services on local frequencies was made by the National Television and Radio Council in Azerbaijan Tuesday. The ban, which went into effect at the start of the new year Thursday,...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
IN MUTATIONE FORTITUDO writes on the inauguration of a redesigned metro station in downtown Baku and decries the fact that the modern design does not sit well with the historical buildings in its vicinity. In a second post, the same blog posts photographs of derelict buildings that will either be torn down or demolished rather [...]
VOT3R (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
IN MUTATIONE FORTITUDO writes on the inauguration of a redesigned metro station in downtown Baku and decries the fact that the modern design does not sit well with the historical buildings in its vicinity. In a second entry, the same blog posts photographs of derelict buildings that will either be torn...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Azerbaijani broadcasting licenses for Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the BBC will not be renewed, a government official said Tuesday. Nushirevan Meherremli, the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting chairman, said the decision, which takes effect Thursday, had nothing to do with politics, Today.az reported. We strive to bring the practice in...
World (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Authorities in Baku have banned international radio stations from broadcasting on national frequencies. Beginning January 1, broadcasts by RFE/RL, the BBC, and Voice of America will be terminated in Azerbaijan, where radio remains one of the primary sources of information.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
A road accident occurred in Baku-Rostov motorway yesterday, informs ANS PRESS. According to eye-witnesses, Ikarus bus carrying Russian pilgrims collided with Kamaz truck in orbital road which temporar...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
BAKU, December 30 (RIA Novosti) - Law enforcement officers in Azerbaijan have seized around 231 kilograms (510 lbs) of hashish believed to have been produced in Iran, a spokesman for the Ministry of N...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
BAKU, December 30 (RIA Novosti) - A bus carrying Russian pilgrims from the Islamic holy city of Mecca crashed near Azerbaijan's capital overnight, injuring five people, local TV reported on Tuesda...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Azerbaijani chess player wins Grand Prix 29.12.08 11:15 Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 29/ Trend News , R. Ergun/ Azerbaijani chess player Teymur Rajabov won FIDE Grand Prix held in Elista city of Russia. In the final round of the tournament, Rajabov met with the Russian Aleksandr Grishuk and draw the game. Grishuk and Russian Dmitri Yakovenko, who had same number of scores with Azerbaijani chess player (8...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
Grand Prix Standings after 3 events http://elista2008.fide.com/ Sunday, 28 December 2008 Player Baku 08 Sochi 08 Elista 08 Total Played Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 60 150 153,33 363,33 3 Wang Yue (CHN) 153,33 120 80 353,33 3 Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 153,33 65 110 328,33 3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 105 45 153,33 303,33 3 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 90 153,33 243,33 2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 105 80 185,00 2 Levon...
http://maps.grida.no/go/feedrandom (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
Apart from two large urban areas – Baku-Sumgait and Makhachkala-Kaspiisk – and the Iranian coast on the southern shore, a very densely populated coastal strip where one agglomeration leads into the next, most of the population living on the shores of the Caspian is rural, with strong religious and family traditions actively maintained.
