- 22:32 02/04/2007
- 21:46 02/04/2007
- 21:35 02/04/2007
Ukraine requested the postponement of President Viktor Yushchenko's visit to Moscow, which was due to start April 3, over an escalating political crisis in the ex-Soviet state, the Kremlin press office said Monday.
- 20:50 02/04/2007
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has begun consultations with top lawmakers over the possible dissolution of parliament and early elections to resolve the country's ongoing political crisis, the presidential press office said Monday.
- 20:02 02/04/2007
The U.S. top trade official said Monday a Soviet-era amendment restricting trade with Russia could be lifted to improve bilateral ties.
- 19:17 02/04/2007
Russia's Foreign Ministry urged Monday the leading political forces in Iraq to seek national reconciliation following a recent wave of violence in the country.
- 18:35 02/04/2007
- 18:28 02/04/2007
- 18:22 02/04/2007
The chairman of Ukraine's unicameral 450-seat parliament, Oleksandr Moroz, said Monday at a meeting with EU and G8 diplomats that the president should not interfere with the Supreme Rada's activity.
- 17:34 02/04/2007
- 17:34 02/04/2007
Russia's flagship carrier Aeroflot [RTS: AFLT] said Monday it has applied for a state-controlled stake in Italy's Alitalia.
- 17:31 02/04/2007
- 17:30 02/04/2007
Experts from the international nuclear watchdog have started a follow-up inspection of a nuclear power plant in southern Russia, the plant said in a statement Monday.
- 16:25 02/04/2007
Iranian television will no longer broadcast film of the detained British Navy personnel due to 'positive changes' in Britain's stance on the issue, Iranian state radio said Monday.
- 16:12 02/04/2007
- 15:34 02/04/2007
At least 21 people are dead in the aftermath of two earthquakes and a tsunami in the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, regional mass media agencies said Monday.
- 15:27 02/04/2007
Russia's ban on foreign traders working at retail markets will leave prices unaffected, the top migration official said Monday, on the second day after the law came into effect.
- 15:14 02/04/2007
The leader of the parliamentary faction of the Ukrainian Party of Regions, Raisa Bogatyryova, has called on the opposition to return to the constitutional framework, she told journalists Monday.
- 14:53 02/04/2007
Russia's foreign debt rose 20.4% in 2006, to $309.7 billion, the Central Bank of Russia said Monday.
