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A cruise service on the Caspian Sea to be launched
News A cruise service on the Caspian Sea to be launched

In spring 2009, the Russian side intends, for the first time in history, to launch a cruise service on the Caspian Sea.This was announced by Gennady Pilipenko, head of the department for the…

S sazan 18.06.2008 8 846
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology: "In the Araz River on the border with Armenia the main water pollutants exceed the norm 2-3 times"
News Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology: "In the Araz River on the border with Armenia the main water pollutants exceed the norm 2-3 times"

Staff of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources have carried out another round of monitoring of the situation on transboundary rivers.Day.Az was informed of this by the Ministry of…

S sazan 18.06.2008 8 869
Azerbaijan's roads to be brought up to international standards within the next 10 years
News Azerbaijan's roads to be brought up to international standards within the next 10 years

The process of bringing Azerbaijan's roads up to international standards will be completed in 2018-2020.This was reported to APA by Javid Gurbanov, chairman of CJSC "Azeryolservis".According to him,…

S sazan 18.06.2008 8 843
Zagatala State Nature Reserve to be merged with Georgia's Lagodekhi Reserve
News Zagatala State Nature Reserve to be merged with Georgia's Lagodekhi Reserve

The Zagatala State Nature Reserve (SNR) will be merged with Georgia's Lagodekhi Reserve. This was announced by the head of the SNR, Haji Chakhiyev. According to him, a great deal of work has already…

S sazan 14.06.2008 9 078
Hailstones 3-4 cm in diameter fell in Gədəbəy
News Hailstones 3-4 cm in diameter fell in Gədəbəy

Hailstones 3-4 cm in diameter fell in the Gədəbəy district. As deputy head of the local executive authority Gudrat Pashayev reported, the hail began yesterday at 15:00 and lasted 20 minutes. As a…

S sazan 14.06.2008 8 978
Swimming banned at the beaches of Shuvalan, Mardakan, Shikhov, Garadagh district and the Sumgayit coast
News Swimming banned at the beaches of Shuvalan, Mardakan, Shikhov, Garadagh district and the Sumgayit coast

This year swimming is banned at the capital's beaches of Shuvalan, Mardakan, Shikhov and Sahil (Garadagh district), and on the stretch of beach from Jorat to the settlement of Haji Zeynalabdin…

S sazan 14.06.2008 8 873
Ilham Aliyev issues order on additional measures to protect the Caspian Sea from pollution
News Ilham Aliyev issues order on additional measures to protect the Caspian Sea from pollution

The order of the President of Azerbaijan states the following:In order to improve the environmental situation in the coastal zone of the Caspian Sea, and to continue the work set out in Order of the…

S sazan 14.06.2008 8 201
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Article Monsters of the Seas

Monsters of the Ocean Depths In the Hollywood horror blockbusters "The Beast" and "Tentacles" I and II, audiences went cold with terror at the sight of utterly gigantic squid and octopuses that…

V Vadim 12.06.2008 9 672
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Article Man-Eating Catfish

MAN-EATING CATFISH: LEGENDS AND REALITYEvery year, swimmers mysteriously vanished in one of China's reservoirs. But now the mystery of their disappearance appears to have been solved. Not long ago, a…

V Vadim 11.06.2008 11 909
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News Azerbaijan ready to support a moratorium on sturgeon fishing

Azerbaijan is ready to support Russia's proposal to introduce a moratorium on sturgeon fishing, Tariel Mamedli, adviser to the Department for the Protection and Reproduction of Aquatic Bioresources…

V Vadim 07.06.2008 10 042