Russia & CIS

Finnish dairy company Valio is to close its plant in Finland's southern city of Tampere due to the impact of Russia's food embargo. Fifty people are to lose their jobs as a result of the closure.

Many Russians dream to have their own business and believe in the "lucky star". However, only three percent of Russians can boast of their business success. Therefore, Russia is too premature a country to fall into the arms of the "all-powerful liberal market," forgetting about the role of the state

SOCAR is implementing a program for stabilizing and increasing the oil production.

Armenian FM and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are scheduled to meet in Paris on June 2.

The goods worth $368 million were exported to Italy in January-March 2016, that is, 20.67 percent of a total volume of Azerbaijani export.

Turkish president shares concerns with Angela Merkel over upcoming German parliament vote on 'genocide' resolution.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan says Armenia will carry out works towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The Russian foreign minister said earlier that "Turkey is obliged to apologize" for downing a Russian warplane.

June 15 and June 26 have been declared as non-working days.

Traffic will be fully restricted till morning.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced the manat rate for tomorrow.

"We’ve never said we are extending an olive branch of peace to Turkey. Why should we?"

Azerbaijani gymnasts competed at the 32nd European Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern, Switzerland.

"The 2015 state budget was executed under difficult economic conditions."

Elmar Mammadyarov made the remarks at the North Atlantic Council as part of the Azerbaijan-NATO meeting at NATO headquarters on May 31.

A vegan cafe in Tbilisi has appealed for public solidarity after being invaded by alleged ultra-nationalists wielding grilled meat and sausages.

Gazprom will hold talks with Azerbaijani side on gas transportation in June.

Decline in oil price affected Azerbaijan, as well as other countries in the region.

Three pilots of the Azerbaijani Air Force are taking part in international exercise "Anatolian Eagle-2016".

Iran and Russia are holding final discussions on transportation of electric power, head of export Committee of Iran’s Iranian Electricity Industry Union Payam Bagiri told APA’s Tehran bureau.