- 21:47 05/08/2009
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made a surprise visit to Kabul and told a news conference on Wednesday that NATO forces would remain in Afghanistan for "as long as it takes."
- 20:31 05/08/2009
The Russian Finance Ministry has received, and is considering, a request from the Bolivian government for a $100-mln loan, a ministry's source said on Wednesday.
- 20:23 05/08/2009
The planned deployment of a new Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan is a defensive measure that will not pose a threat to any countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 20:06 05/08/2009
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Wednesday that the cost of repairing the Large Hadron Collider, which has been out of operation since last September, will be $37.7 million.
- 19:29 05/08/2009
Police officers fatally shot a 14-year-old boy and injured his 16-year-old accomplice after the pair broke into a supermarket in a northeast Austrian town, national media reported.
- 18:49 05/08/2009
The Russian Yantar shipyard is negotiating a $60 million loan to enable it to complete the construction of three frigates for the Indian Navy, the company director said on Wednesday.
- 18:25 05/08/2009
Investment in the Russian-Turkish joint metal processing factory MMK-Atakas, being built in Iskenderun in south Turkey, will reach $1.5 billion, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Wednesday.
- 17:51 05/08/2009
Turkey will grant permission for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline across its Black Sea sector, a Russian government official said on Wednesday citing a draft bilateral protocol.
- 16:47 05/08/2009
Russia and Venezuela discussed prospects for building nuclear research reactors and distillation reactors, the Russian civilian nuclear power holding company Atomenergoprom said on Wednesday.
- 16:45 05/08/2009
A Russian Pacific Fleet task force escorted a convoy of commercial ships through a secure shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, a Navy spokesman said.
- 16:43 05/08/2009
Russia's General Staff suspects Georgia of planning new military action, despite being incapable of any aggression at the current time, a senior Russian military official said on Wednesday.
- 16:14 05/08/2009
About 50% of Icelanders are opposed to the country joining the EU, Radio Contact station reported on Wednesday.
- 15:40 05/08/2009
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Wednesday during a press conference that Kiev has paid Moscow in full for gas pumped into its storage facilities in July.
- 15:08 05/08/2009
Kyrgyzstan wants Russia to locate a new military base closer to its border with Uzbekistan, in the southern Batken region, the Kyrgyz ambassador said on Wednesday.
- 14:56 05/08/2009
Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday that Russia's military contingent in the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will number 1,500 personnel in each republic by the end of the year.
- 14:56 05/08/2009
Russia's foreign minister accused on Wednesday the Georgian leader of attempting to destabilize the Caucasus region by inviting U.S. observers to join the EU's monitoring mission.
- 14:52 05/08/2009
Gazprom will acquire a controlling stake in Kyrgyzstan's national gas company, following agreement between the Russian energy giant and the Kyrgyz government, the Central Asian republic's ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.
- 13:53 05/08/2009
The parliament of South Ossetia confirmed Vadim Brovtsev, head of an Urals construction company, as the republic's new prime minister on Wednesday.
- 13:33 05/08/2009
Kyrgyzstan wants Russia to locate a new military base closer to its border with Uzbekistan, in the southern Batken region, the Kyrgyz ambassador said on Tuesday.
