Exports started to rise after the country began commercial natural gas supplies to Europe from the second stage of Shah Deniz project.

TBC Bank is one of the two biggest banks in Georgia and listed on the LSE.

Armenia's Central Bank raised its key refinancing rate for the third time since February to 6.5 percent to bring inflation back to target.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s strident warnings that Moscow would tolerate no talk of membership appears to have again deterred the alliance.

Azerbaijan is expected to produce 610,000 bpd in June and 620,000 bpd in July.