BAKU (Reuters) - Azeri state energy firm SOCAR plans to borrow more than $20 billion over the next five years to finance energy projects to help boost gas exports to Europe, a challenge to plans by neighboring Russia. Full story
BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with the European Union over human rights and with NATO over security. Now another longstanding European institution is causing anger in the Kremlin and tension between Russia and Azerbaijan: the Eurovision Song Contest. Full story
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - VTB <VTBR.MM> attracted a new class of sovereign investor into Russia with a $3.3 billion share sale, whose proceeds the state-controlled bank pledged to invest in expanding its share of the domestic market. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest bank VTB <VTBR.MM> <VTBRq.L> said investors have subscribed for the entirity of its 102.5 billion rouble ($3.3 billion) share offering, with bids from sovereign wealth funds in Norway, Qatar and Azerbaijan. Full story
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Armenians protested in Yerevan on Tuesday against the inauguration of President Serzh Sarksyan for a second term, saying that his re-election had been fixed. Full story
American citizens in Azerbaijan, Lebanon and other countries were warned to stay away from protests and demonstrations today, reports CNBC's Seema Mody.
International Boxing Federation President Wu Ching-Kuo attends a news conference in Baku, in this file picture taken September 24, 2011. C.K. Wu has decided to run for the post of the president of the International Olympic Committee as the race for one of the world's top sports jobs heats up, a so
Farid Mammadov of Azerbaijan performs the song "Hold me"" during the dress rehearsal for the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena Hall, May 17, 2013. The final of the 2013 Eurovision song contest will be held on May 18. REUTERS/Jessica Gow/Scanpix - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) TH
