Russia & CIS

Varvara Karaulova was detained in the city of Kilis while trying to cross the Turkish-Syrian border.

The first European Games to be held in Azerbaijan is a major event for athletes from all over Europe, British gymnast Brinn Bevan said, the British Gymnastics reported.

The content of a misleading letter sent by the Greek ambassador to Azerbaijan to his country’s foreign ministry has been discovered.

Moscow’s absence at the G7 summit in Germany does not mean that Russia is politically isolated in the world. Moreover, it helps the Kremlin to pursue a more independent policy, die Zeit wrote.

Lithuanian news portal etaplius.lt has posted an article on the first European Games Baku-2015, AzerTag reports.

A monitoring was held on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.

A Russian student, who went missing last week and is believed to have been recruited by the Islamic State jihadist group, was detained in Turkey while attempting to cross into Syria, her father said Friday.

“We have expressed our position to Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of administrative building of Azerbaijan Boxing Federation and Qafqaz Baku Sport Hotel, APA reports.

Speaker of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ogtay Asadov has met a delegation of Australian parliamentarians.

Azerbaijan’s ancient city Baku will host almost 6000 athletes from all over Europe for the inaugural European Games – and coverage of this innovative multi-sport event will screen LIVE on SKY Sport for the first time.

There is an increase in the number of tours of Azerbaijani citizens to foreign countries

The first European Games is an important event in Azerbaijan’s history, Azerbaijani president’s aide for public and political affairs, Ali Hasanov said.

The West has launched a new propaganda campaign against Russia, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said in a newspaper article published on Friday.

CEO of "SOCAR TurkeyEnergy" and a member of the board of Petkim Kenan Yavuz visited the Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) and met with members of the Academic Council, AzerTag reports citing the department of Public Relations of BHOS.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova Igor Bodiu as he ends his diplomatic mission in the country.

An Azerbaijani-Egyptian business Meeting organized by the Azerbaijan`s Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) was held in Baku, AzerTag reports.

Vice-president of SOCAR on environmental affairs Rafiga Huseynzade has met the vice-president for midstream operations for BP Craig Wiggs to discuss issues of environmental cooperation.

A credit agreement will be signed soon on the purchase of nearly 50 electric trains produced by French company Alstom Transport.

The official Baku 2015 channels have added biographies of each of the 6,000-strong contingent of athletes taking part in the inaugural European Games.