The Moscow metro bombings that killed at least 38 people today show President Dmitry Medvedev is no closer to uprooting homegrown terrorism than his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

• March 30, 2010

China's Zhejiang Heely Holding Group has reached an agreement with Ford Motors to take over Ford's Volvo Unit. The deal to buy the struggling Swedish company has been two years in the making.

• March 29, 2010

Belarussian human rights activists said two convicts have been executed, triggering protests from European lawmakers.

• March 29, 2010

Consumer prices in Japan are continuing to fall, latest figures show, threatening the country's recovery from recession.

• March 26, 2010

Tajikistan's prime minister has described as an "excuse" Uzbekistan's claims that technical problems are blocking freight trains bound for his country.

• March 26, 2010

European Commission President Jose Barroso has praised Estonia's economic efforts and said he supports the country's bid to join the eurozone next year.

• March 26, 2010

Russia’s customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan may provide a loophole that will allow Georgian goods to enter Russia for the first time since an embargo was imposed in 2006, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said.

• March 25, 2010

Bulgaria’s two major trade unions have declared themselves explicitly against the government’s intention to raise the value-added tax from 20% to 22%.

• March 25, 2010