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17.03.2009, 22:22
The ambitious Nabucco pipeline project intended to pump Central Asian natural gas to Europe bypassing Russia has been excluded from EU’s priority projects, a source in the EU’s Council of Ministers said on Tuesday.
11.02.2009, 17:40
A high-ranking military official has been shot dead in the capital Baku. It was the first murder of its kind in Azerbaijan.
15.10.2008, 16:04
Voting in the Presidential election in Azerbaijan has finished. Exit polls suggest the incumbent president, Ilkham Aliev, has won more than 80 per cent of the vote. He was up against six other candidates. Some opposition leaders are boycotting the electi
06.06.2008, 11:30
Azerbaidjan will host a trip by Medvedev in July. The gas exporting country has ‘strong partnership relations’ with Russia as President Aliev stressed today and both men's main task will be to preserve them.
18.01.2007, 15:30
In Azerbaijan, 16 people have been detained on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Four have been remanded in custody while they await trial.
11.10.2010, 08:28
The ballots are in for Kyrgyzstan's historic parliamentary poll, which international observers have praised as being fair and free.
17.04.2009, 21:36
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According to the Central Election Commission, the Moldovan Communist Party did win the parliamentary election with nearly 50% of the vote.
25.06.2009, 21:09
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Even if Mir Hossein Mousavi had won the election in Iran the situation in the country would not have changed dramatically, said Middle East expert Mohsen Saleh.
07.12.2009, 15:44
Moldova’s parliament has failed to elect a president after the opposition refused to support the sole presidential candidate Marian Lupu. Thus, the political crisis in the eastern European country is going to continue.
15.06.2010, 14:17
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Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been granted the title of the Leader of the Nation, which provides him with lifelong immunity from prosecution, as well as other significant benefits.
Published: 18 March, 2009, 22:23
The oil-rich former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, has passed all the amendments in a referendum which proposed to remove a presidential term limit. This could allow President Ilham Aliyev to remain in power for life.
Wait a minute! Medvedev proposes an amendment to the constitution to extend the presidential term limit and Chavez proposes the same thing as the Azeri president yet they get chastised by the international media.