Text of report in English by Azerbaijani Trend news agency on 22 September The Azerbaijani National Broadcasting Council (NBC) plans to establish a TV channel to be broadcast in the Caucasus countries.

Rebroadcasts of Radio France Internationale (RFI) in Azerbaijan will be halted, Trend news agency reported on 22 November.Baku had repeatedly asked the French "to submit the licence", the agency quoted Azeri broadcasting council head Nushirevan Maharramli as saying.

Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend The ban imposed on broadcasting of films in foreign languages by the National Council on TV and Radio Broadcasting will be touched upon films in the Turkish language.

Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend Baku, 28 August: The policy of seizure of the state [power] is not the policy of Azerbaijani believers, the head of the Board of Muslims of the Caucasus, Sheikh ul-Islam Haci Allahsukur Pasazada, told journalists today.

Corruption is the main obstacle to the development of businesses in Azerbaijan, the Turan news agency quoted Deputy US Secretary of Commerce David Sampson as saying in Baku on 4 June. He suggested that Azerbaijan should take systematic measures to fight corruption.