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New tankers named "Koroglu" and "Dede Gorgud"

01 February 2006 [22:45]

2 more ships to be added to Azeri merchant fleet.

?zerbaijan is among five countries, issuers of Visa cards in CIS

01 February 2006 [21:46]

"Plastic cards development" workship took place in Baku

Work at Astara module station under completion

01 February 2006 [17:03]

First stage of construction is over.

Chairman of the Tariff Council: "500 AZM (10 kopeck) fee is completely normal price in passenger carrying transport means"

01 February 2006 [11:23]

"No need to raise fees in passenger carrying transport means," said Heidar Babaev, Chairman of the Tariff Council.

Azercell and GanjSim awarded with "Ughur-2005" prize

01 February 2006 [03:36]

The Joint Venture (JE) Azercell-Telecom was awarded with the "Ughur-2005" prize on two nominations.

$15 million of loan agreement to be signed between International Bank of Azerbaijan and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in Baku

01 February 2006 [03:01]

A ceremony of signing an agreement between the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) on lending credit in amount of $15 million to IBA will be held in Baku today.

Georgia-Iran-Azerbaijan negotiations on gas delivery held in Tehran

01 February 2006 [02:24]

Representatives of the Azerigas Close Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) together with their Georgian counterparts are participating in the trilateral negotiations in Tehran concerning delivery of Iranian gas to Georgia through the territory of Azerbaijan.

Kharkov State Aviation Production Enterprise: "The air crash in Baku didn't prevent us to sign new contracts"

01 February 2006 [02:17]

Kharkov State Aviation Production Enterprise (KSAPE) which produced the plane AN-140-100 will give no comment until the commission investigating the causes of the plane crash happened in Baku on 23 December gives its opinion.

Deficit amounting to 0.2% of GDP occurred in implementation of state budget

01 February 2006 [02:10]

Receipts and expenditures of the state budget totaled AZN 1844.9 million and AZN 1867.7 million respectively in January-November of the past year and AZN 22.8 million of deficit (0.2% of GDP) occurred in implementation of the budget.

Country's population income increased by 27% in 2005

01 February 2006 [02:06]

Country's population income increased by 27% during 2005 in comparison with 2004 and reached AZN 7792.3 million and volume of per capita income increased by 25.7% to AZN 942.

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