Russia & CIS

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.

Iranian entrepreneurs and business owners gathered in Berlin Thursday for a three-day startup conference to explore opportunities in Iran’s hi-tech sector.

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with 72 times on various parts of the frontline within a day, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

Russia has more interest in other formats.

Azerbaijani Minister of Education Mikayil Jabbarov has met Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Janusz Piechocinski to discuss prospects for cooperation in the field of education, AzerTag reports.

Among the countries participating in the upcoming Baku 2015- the first ever European Games, delegation and journalists from Spain, Britain, Israel and Sweden arrived in Azerbaijan, APA reports.

Turkish Minister Taner Yıldız said it is not possible for Turkey to cancel the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant as the project has been made upon an intergovernmental agreement between Turkey and Russia, in contrary to the opposition parties’ claims.

The memorial library to honor the legacy of the US professor of Russian history and culture Richard Stites has opened in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russia's Federation Council Speaker has been invited to attend the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York.

Such statement was made by Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. He also stressed that the implementation of the Minsk agreement is a key priority to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.

The absence of Russia at the G7 summit, which is set to start on Sunday in Germany, "is a loss,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.