Russia & CIS

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that ensuring Russian currency’s stability is one of the government’s priorities.

Rescue workers in St. Petersburg safely evacuated nearly 1,200 passengers from a commuter train on its way to Luga after one of its railcars caught fire, the St. Peterburg central press office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will decide on lifting food embargo, which bans imports from countries that imposed sanctions on Moscow, taking into account both the European Union's actions and Russia's national interests.

Russia's new national payment card has been given a logo and a name – 'Mir', a word translating into English as both 'Peace', and 'World'. The word is also associated in many Russians' hearts with the Mir space station, our planet's first modular space station, which was assembled in orbit between 1986 and 1996 and operated until 2001.

Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov will visit Russia on May 24, APA reports.

"I'm happy."

APA reports that the Letter of Intent was signed on April 25, 2015.

The reconstruction work in the fire-affected building in Baku will be completed within 5 months.

OSCE has held a monitoring on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.

The next presidential order has approved the Construction Project Demolition Rules.

Political party organizations and citizens in Anatolia are apathetic towards pre-election campaigns, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

AZPROMO has disseminated an information.

Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire 71times in various directions of the frontline within a day.

For effective work in the health sector.

The third edition of the recently introduced Winter World Military Games, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM), will be held in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi in 2017, a Russian military sports official said on Friday.

Azerbaijan refused to participate in a workshop of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries have held another day of nuclear talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna with the representatives of the two sides working intensively to narrow down remaining differences and pave the way for a possible deal between the two sides.

43 fire protection vehicles with personnel are guarding continuously these buildings across the country, APA reports.

General Director of the Food and Agricultural Organization Jose Graciano is to pay a visit to Azerbaijan on 24-25 May.

An international conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Judicial and Legal Council has been held in Baku, AzerTag reports.