- 20:34 19/03/2009
- 19:38 19/03/2009
- 18:20 19/03/2009
Russia will not back away from its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in order to begin a dialogue on relations with Georgia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 17:55 19/03/2009
Russia's federal budget deficit will reach 3 trillion rubles ($88 billion) in 2009 amid the ongoing financial crisis, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
- 17:53 19/03/2009
The Israeli Attorney General's Office on Thursday charged the country's former president Moshe Katsav with several counts of rape and sexual harassment.
- 17:52 19/03/2009
There is scope for Russia and the United States to reach an agreement on missile defense, the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:48 19/03/2009
Russia will not interfere in the trial of an alleged Russian arms dealer arrested in Thailand, but will provide him with legal assistance, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:41 19/03/2009
A high-security jail in Lower Austria is likely to be home to the country's two most famous criminals, following Thursday's conviction of Joseph Fritzl for murder, rape, incest and slavery.
- 17:08 19/03/2009
Somalia has worked out a set of measures to make the fight against piracy in the region more effective, the Somali ambassador to Russia said on Thursday.
- 17:03 19/03/2009
Fishermen in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang caught on Thursday an unknown fish weighting more than 10 tons, the Sina news service reported.
- 16:12 19/03/2009
Iran's first satellite has successfully completed its scientific mission after more than a month in orbit, an Iranian space research expert announced Thursday on state television.
- 16:03 19/03/2009
- 15:48 19/03/2009
Lawmakers in south Russia's Chechnya have protested against plans voiced by European Parliament members to form a faction to discuss Chechen independence, and branded it a diversionary tactic to avoid addressing EU problems.
- 15:40 19/03/2009
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Demand for Swiss watches has seen a significant decrease in the past two months as the global downturn takes hold and consumer spending on luxury items dries up, the Swiss watch industry federation said on Thursday.
- 13:45 19/03/2009
- 13:30 19/03/2009
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), owned by Russian aluminum giant RusAl (65%) and Norway's Hydro Aluminum (35%), will suspend production from May 15 for at least 12 months, RusAl said on Thursday.
