EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort has arrived in Azerbaijan. The Special Representative will hold meetings with Azerbaijani officials. Development

Libyan and Egyptian officials say some of the six Egyptian diplomats and embassy staff members kidnapped in the capital Tripoli have been released and the rest are to follow soon.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called for an emergency session of parliament to end the country’s political crisis and violent unrest, in a sign he might be ready to soften his hardline stance and strike a compromise.