| January 2009 |
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A new Ukraine-EU summit will take place in the second half of 2009 in Kiev, according to the press service of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Georgia's refusal to allow Russian inspectors access to military installations on its territory will have political consequences. 
Russian gas supplies to Greece via Bulgaria have resumed, the Greek state-run gas company DEPA said on Thursday. 
Italy's Prime Minister said on Thursday that his country is prepared to send troops into the Gaza Strip devastated by Israel's three-week offensive to help tackle arms smuggling in the enclave. 
Georgia has breached no international laws in buying weapons abroad, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in response to a Russian ban on arms sales to its South Caucasus neighbor. 
The gas price of $450 per 1,000 cubic meters with a 20% discount agreed between Moscow and Kiev for 2009 is fair, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday. 
Discussions on Russian nuclear fuel supplies to Ukrainian nuclear power plants in 2009 are nearing completion, Ukraine's deputy fuel and energy minister said on Thursday. 
The trial of Austrian Josef Fritzl, who has been charged with murder, rape, incest, enslavement and false imprisonment, will begin on March 16, a court spokesman in St. Poelten said on Thursday. 
Georgia has refused to allow Russian experts access to military installations on its territory, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. 
The Belarusian parliament will consider recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on April 2, a senior Belarusian lawmaker said on Thursday. 
A decision on the future of a U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan, will be made before the president of the Central Asian country visits Moscow at the start of February, a Kyrgyz OSCE delegate said on Thursday. 
A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death and three others to life behind bars over last year's melamine-tainted milk scandal, the Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. 



