- 21:23 13/04/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry officially confirmed on Monday that Somali pirates have released the Norwegian-owned chemical tanker Bow Asir with a Russian crewmember onboard. 
- 20:54 13/04/2009
A decision on providing Ukraine with the second tranche of a stabilization loan from the International Monetary Fund will be made in mid-May, the Ukrainian presidential secretariat said Monday.
- 20:53 13/04/2009
Thousands of Georgians moved their protests to the presidential residence on Monday to press on with demands for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign.
- 20:09 13/04/2009
A 3-year-old girl believed to have been kidnapped by her Russian mother in France last month was returned to her French father on Monday, the Russian Embassy in Hungary said.
- 19:37 13/04/2009
Hundreds of Thai troops gathered outside Government House in Bangkok on Monday evening in the final stages of a crackdown on protests that has left dozens injured.
- 18:37 13/04/2009
Georgia's political opposition, demanding the president's resignation, will erect fake jail cells at sites across Tbilisi to symbolize the country turning into a police state, a leader said on Monday.
- 18:18 13/04/2009
A three-year-old girl believed to have been kidnapped by her Russian mother in France last month will be returned to her French father, the Russian embassy in Hungary said on Monday.
- 16:37 13/04/2009
- 16:26 13/04/2009
The Russian embassy in Budapest said on Monday that a Russian mother accused of abducting her 3-year-old daughter from her French former husband had been detained in Hungary and that the child was with her.
- 15:32 13/04/2009
The Thai military has taken back control of five central Bangkok districts that were earlier overrun by demonstrators, the Nation newspaper said citing Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Monday.
- 15:30 13/04/2009
Activists from the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) sent on Monday an airline ticket to Washington and luggage containing rotten roses for Georgia's pro-Western leader, a group member said.
- 14:54 13/04/2009
Ukrainians say the country's third president, Viktor Yushchenko, whose term of office is to end late this or early next year, is the worst head of state since Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
- 14:44 13/04/2009
Russia's Gazprom has demanded that Ukraine pay a fine of around $530 million for its failure to import the contracted volume of natural gas, business daily Kommersant Ukraina reported on Monday.
- 14:26 13/04/2009
- 13:56 13/04/2009
Moldova's election authorities said on Monday that a recount of the April 5 election results, which sparked violent protests last week, would be held on Wednesday.
- 13:53 13/04/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved regulations on Monday for granting subsidies to air carriers which will see some 5 billion rubles ($150 million) being allocated from the budget for these purposes in 2009.
- 11:52 13/04/2009
The Russian-British oil venture TNK-BP is interested in buying oil producer Sibir Energy for 2.3 billion British pounds ($3.38 billion), a business paper reported on Monday.
- 11:31 13/04/2009
A blaze in a homeless shelter in northwest Poland has left 21 dead and 20 injured, Poland's PAP news agency reported on Monday.
- 11:13 13/04/2009
Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins said on Monday he hoped that the country's President Valdis Zatlers will be able to visit Russia later in 2009.
