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No organized opposition has yet emerged to the idea that the time is right for a woman to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, Mike Brunker and Alex Lazar write in an article carried by NBC News.

The authors make an overview of the complex process of selecting a nominee who would be acceptable to majority of the U.N.'s 193 General Assembly members.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has paid a visit to Ankara in a rare gesture of diplomacy, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's scheduled visit to Baku was canceled in the aftermath of a deadly car bomb attack in the Turkish capital on March 13. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic on a "well-deserved" prize he has been presented in Moscow.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has told Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev that his country has advanced in the construction of gas links with neighboring states.

Plevneliev informed his counterpart that the Bulgaria is poised to complete the construction of the gas link with Romania and is to start building the interconnection with Greece.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic on a "well-deserved" prize he has been presented in Moscow.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow on March 9.

Serbian Ambassador to Russia Slavenko Terzic announced this on Friday.

A wax effigy of Vladimir Putin will go on show in the Wax Museum in Jagodina in early March, standing next to sports star Novak Djokovic, the scientist Nikola Tesla and late Yugoslav strongman, Josip Broz Tito.

Dragan Markovic, president of the local assembly of Jagodina, told BIRN that Putin's wax figure was ready and he hoped Russian diplomats would come and see it unveiled.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is the recipient of this year's award given by the International Fund of Unity of Orthodox (Christian) Peoples.

Nikolic will receive the award in a ceremony in Moscow on March 9, when he should also meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was announced on Wednesday.

In a meeting with members of the European Jewish Congress (ECJ), Vladimir Putin suggested that European Jews should immigrate to Russia.

The Russian leader made the statement after ECJ President Vyacheslav Kantor complained about the rising anti-Semitism across Europe, saying that European Jewry is facing the biggest discrimination since the end of the World War II, RT reported.

Greece considers Russia’s contribution to dealing with the huge challenges worldwide of high importance, stated President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos during his meeting on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential mansion at the outskirts of Moscow.