Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur

Azerbaijan's ruling party won an outright majority Nov. 1 in parliamentary polls that were boycotted by the mainstream opposition, near-complete results showed, cementing strongman President Ilham Aliyev's grip on power.

President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party is poised to sweep the board in a parliamentary election in Azerbaijan on Nov. 1, a vote the mainstream opposition and international monitors are shunning. 

IMPORTANT MEETING Putin and Vucic in Moscow

Addressing reporters ahead of his meeting with a Serbian delegation in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin talked the most about economic topics.

He stressed that he was aware that the global economy is in bad shape, but that regardless, economic cooperation with Serbia was good.

Addressing reporters ahead of his meeting with a Serbian delegation in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin talked the most about economic topics.

He stressed that he was aware that the global economy is in bad shape, but that regardless, economic cooperation with Serbia was good.

Mr. Hollande arrived at the Greek Parliament accompanied by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, while President of the Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis and President of Hellenic Republic welcomed him.

The President of Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis expressed its condolences on behalf of the Parliament for the tragic accident occurred in France causing the death of 42 people.

Locals in the western Serbian town of Uzice are confident that - more than two decades after it was removed - a statue of former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, will be returned to where it once stood.

Economic cooperation and investments are expected to be among the top themes of discussion during the official visit of French President Francois Hollande in Greece 22-23 October, who will be accompanied by many businessmen.

The economic and political forum entitled 'Sociological and economic aspects of the refugee crisis in Serbia' will take place in Belgrade on Friday.

The forum is organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Business Info Group, and it will feature speeches by many stakeholders in the field.

The dialogue in the title is a shadow show, but the origins of the shadows are real. The situation is like this: The president spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Syria. Again, the president negotiated the refugee crisis with the European Union. When Russian natural gas company?s executives came, he sat at the table alone. 

Council of Europe has withdrawn from a joint group on human rights issues in Azerbaijan, according to a written statement released Sept. 7, by the spokesperson of the organization's secretary general.