Russia & CIS

Moscow has handed a list of officials banned from entering Russian territory to the embassies of EU countries, the Russian online newspaper Kommersant reported.

The first of six new patrol ships designed to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa under the Russian Navy's project will enter into service by the end of 2016, according to Captain Ι Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov.

The Orphan Sky – the debut novel by the renowned Hollywood composer, singer, pianist and Baku native Ella Leya – was launched on 27 May at Waterstone’s flagship store in Piccadilly, London.

Deputy Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Director of the Administration’s Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov commented on the FIFA presidential election held on Friday.

Anar Mammadov has been appointed the honorary consul of Macedonia in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met newly-appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Azerbaijan Juan Rodrigo Labardini Flores, AzerTag reports.

About 150 children completed free training in basic skills of golf.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will insist on the principles it has already announced in negotiations with the P5+1 countries over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said the presidential post was currently empty as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used the word “we” to refer to the deputy candidates of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a rally he held on May 28.

The Ministry of Defense has released a report.

Gold sales to Switzerland have once again helped Turkey narrow its trade gap, this time dramatically to $4.96 billion in April from $7.3 billion for the same month the previous year, according to figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on May 29.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated President of Nepal Ram Baran Jadavu on the Republic Day.

As TASS reported earlier Belarus is not fully meeting its commitments on oil products supplies to the Russian market due to unfavorable pricing environment

ISB has released information.

Azerbaijan is an important regional partner of the UK, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow said on the eve of his visit to Baku.

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says good progress has been made on the issue of the removal of the anti-Iran sanctions during nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1, Press TV reports.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in Azerbaijan Vitseslav Pivonka visited the Ministry of Energy.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on May 31 – June 1, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan told APA.

French President François Hollande has sent a letter of congratulations to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of May 28 – Republic Day, APA reports.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today signed an order on conscription of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan into the active military service and transfer of the servicemen from active military service to reserve units on July 1-30, 2015, APA reports.