- 22:23 18/11/2009
The Arabic edition of the Moscow News paper, re-launched by RIA Novosti after a 17-year break, is designed to improve Russia's dialogue with the Arab world, the agency's chief editor said on Wednesday.
- 21:52 18/11/2009
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said the Islamic Republic will not send its enriched uranium to third countries for processing, the Iranian ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
- 20:22 18/11/2009
There is no reason for NATO to be concerned over recent Russian-Belarusian large-scale military drills near Poland, Russia's envoy to the alliance said on Wednesday.
- 19:52 18/11/2009
Russia aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 25% below the 1990 level by 2020, President Dmitry Medvedev told an EU-Russia summit on Thursday.
- 19:39 18/11/2009
Russia hopes a new cooperation agreement with the European Union will be finalized soon, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 19:39 18/11/2009
Stockholm hosts a
Russia-EU summit on November 18, 2009
- 18:47 18/11/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia and the European Union agreed on key issues of energy cooperation and security at their summit on Wednesday.
- 18:13 18/11/2009
The European Union backs Russia's plans to join the World Trade Organization, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday.
- 16:56 18/11/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Barack Obama is not able to change the established White House policy towards the Islamic republic, the Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.
- 16:51 18/11/2009
The Chinese premier stressed the importance of ties with America at a meeting with the U.S. president on Wednesday, but played down suggestions of a new alliance between the two world powers.
- 16:25 18/11/2009
Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) could speed up talks on a new partnership agreement between Moscow and the EU, Russia's EU envoy said on Wednesday
- 16:23 18/11/2009
Moscow expressed deep concern Wednesday over Israel's plan to build a large number of new housing complexes on the West Bank.
- 16:09 18/11/2009
Belarus will be able to extract natural gas at gas fields in Venezuela, the Venezuelan ambassador to the ex-Soviet republic said on Wednesday.
- 15:02 18/11/2009
Olivia Patricia Thomas, the oldest person born in the United States, has died in New York at the age of 114.
- 14:13 18/11/2009
Russia has completed the delivery of Su-30MKA Flanker multi-role fighters to Algeria, an aircraft maker said on Wednesday.
- 14:07 18/11/2009
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev thanked Sweden on Wednesday for approving the construction of the Russian-German Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through its economic zone in the Baltic Sea.
- 14:05 18/11/2009
Guido Westerwelle, Germany's new foreign minister, will make his inaugural visit to Russia on Friday for talks with his Russian counterpart, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 11:53 18/11/2009
The upper house of Russia's parliament rejected on Wednesday a bill to double the motor vehicle tax that had sparked protests when it was approved by the lower house.
- 10:40 18/11/2009
The introduction of visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union is being hampered by a "considerable political component" in the talks, Russia's EU envoy said on Wednesday.
