Baku, 15 December,(AzerTAj)Azerbaijani grand master Vugar Hashimov secured a win
over the Ukrainian rival Pavel Eljanov in the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix

Baku, 14 December,(AzerTAj)Abdullah Shaig Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater has been
invited to participate in the international festival of puppet theaters in January

Baku, 14 December,(AzerTAj)Azerbaijan is planning to build a nuclear research
reactor in 2011, director of the Institute of Radiation Problems Adil Garibov told
AzerTAc.

Baku, 14 December,(AzerTAj)A regional conference on prevention of maritime pollution
will be held in Baku on December 15-17.

Baku, 14 December,(AzerTAj)The State Social Protection Fund will receive AZN
1,660,000,000 for pensions from the state budget. Of this sum, 1,210,000,000 will be

Baku, 14 December,(AzerTAj) Azerbaijan and Israel are set to sign the agreement on
information and communication technology cooperation.

Baku, 13 December,(AzerTAj)Vice President of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Director of the Institute of Geology Akif Alizadeh left today for Moscow to attend Annual Report Meeting

Baku, 13 December,(AzerTAj)Finland is interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy sector, Finland`s ambassador in Azerbaijan Petri Salo told journalists.

Baku, 13 December,(AzerTAj)In accordance with the mandate of special envoy of OSCE Acting Chairman, on December 16, monitoring on the troops contact line is to be held near Veysalli village of Khoj

Baku, 13 December,(AzerTAj)Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Agriculture Aslan Aslanov attended the meeting of the CIS Intergovernmental Council for the Agrarian and Industrial Complex held in Chisina