New commander of Iran’s Basij Force appointed
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar as the new commander of Iran’s Basij Force, instead of Brigadier General Mohammad …
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Azerbaijan recalls ambassador to Belarus
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to recall Isfandiyar Vahabzade from the post of the country’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Belarus. …
Tsiskarashvili elected vice-president of UN Human Rights Council
Georgia's Permanent Representative to the UN division and other international organizations in Geneva, Shalva Tsiskarashvili, has been elected Vice President of the UN Human Rights Council in 2017, the …
Zinichev appointed deputy director of FSB
A former Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad territory, Evgeniy Zinichev was appointed the deputy director of the FSB, the official site of the service reports. ‘’A Lieutenant General was appointed the Deputy Director …
France changes its OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
France has changed its OSCE Minsk Group co-chair on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Stéphane Visconti has become the new co-chair, News.am reports with reference to France’s …
Rosneft vice president appointed as Bashneft executive director
Rosneft’s Vice President Andrey Shishkin has been appointed as Bashneft’s Executive Director, the company stated in a press release. Bashneft’s outgoing Executive Director Alexander …
Andrey Serdyukov appointed commander of Russian Airborne Troops
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has presented a standard to new Russian Airborne Troops commander, Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov and introduced him to the personnel. "The minister noted …
Murat Bektanov appointed new commander of Kazakh ground forces
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Murat Bektanov to the post of the Commander in Chief of the country’s ground forces, the presidential press service reports. Bektanov previously …
World Bank reappoints Kim to next term as president
Jim Yong Kim was unanimously appointed by the World Bank’s executive directors to a second five-year term as president, according to a statement released by the bank on Tuesday. Mr. Kim’s reappointment …
World Bank office in Baku names new head
Naveed Hassan Naqvi was appointed the new head of the World Bank’s (WB) office in Azerbaijan. Naqvi started his career at the WB in 2004 and has worked in the South Asia, Europe and Central Asia regions, …
Turkey removes 28 municipal mayors over alleged Kurdish militant links
Turkey has removed local mayors deemed to support Kurdish militants and appointed new administrators in two dozen municipalities mostly in the largely Kurdish southeast, a provincial governor's office said on Sunday. The 24 …
Reshuffle in the Kazakh government: what should the Republic expect?
The change of the Prime Minister, which occurred today in Kazakhstan, in essence is not a resignation of Karim Masimov, who headed the National Security Committee - it is a displacement to the equal-leading position, that was performed in the …
Azerbaijan appoints new ambassadors to Moldova, Germany
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a reshuffle in the Foreign Ministry of the country. The new ambassador to Moldova became the diplomat Qudsi Osmanov, who previously held the post of the Deputy Ambassador of Azerbaijan in …
Putin's reshuffle unrelated to coming september general election
Cadre reshuffle announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday is not election-related, it is a regular rotation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Putin has dismissed several …
Irfan Fidan appointed prosecutor general of Istanbul
Irfan Fidan has been appointed the new prosecutor general of Turkey’s Istanbul city, the Hurriyet newspaper reports. Irfan Fidan has worked in Turkey’s law enforcement agencies for a long time. Reportedly, …
Theresa May appointed UK's second female Prime Minister
Theresa May has been appointed the UK's second female Prime Minister in a private audience with the Queen at which she was invited to form a Government. Mrs May's elevation to the country's most senior …
New deputy chairman of International Bank of Azerbaijan appointed
Elmir Habibullayev was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Management Board of the International Bank of Azerbaijan. Habibullayev has held the position of general director of the bank since 2013. …
Raffi Aslanyan appointed Yerevan prosecutor
By the order of the Prosecutor General of Armenia, justice advisor Raffi Aslanyan has been relieved of his duties as Prosecutor of Shirak Province, and appointed Prosecutor of the City of Yerevan, NEWS.am reports. The …
Mohammad Baqeri appointed new Iran Armed Forces' Chief of Staff
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri …
Ana Dolidze appointed as President’s Parliamentary Secretary
Former Deputy Defense Minister Ana Dolidze has been appointed as President’s Parliamentary Secretary. Dolidze was presented by President Giorgi Margvelashvili to the public today. …
