France's prime minister sought to ease Japanese fears over instability in the 16-member eurozone on Friday, by urging business leaders in Tokyo not to turn away from the embattled euro single currency.

• July 17, 2010

While environmentalists are sharply opposed to the construction of the new Baltic Sea pipeline, archaeologists are delighted. The massive Nord Stream project to bring natural gas from Russia to Germany has uncovered dozens of shipwrecks and other historic artifacts.

• July 17, 2010

Dmitry Medvedev has admitted that his administration has made almost no progress in fighting corruption since he took office two years ago.

• July 16, 2010

The foreign ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India open their first key talks in Islamabad since the 2008 Mumbai attacks derailed a peace process.

• July 16, 2010

A bill approving the May 12 agreement between Russia and Turkey on the establishment of a nuclear power plant was passed by Parliament on Thursday.

• July 16, 2010

Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said yesterday the Turkish government wanted to introduce new packages after the Constitutional amendment package gets approval in the referendum on Sept 12.

• July 16, 2010

The Republic of Georgia is perhaps not the most obvious location for a lavish Trump Tower development, but that's just where representatives of billionaire mogul Donald Trump have spent the past few days scouting hotel sites.

• July 16, 2010

Russia and Germany pledged to strengthen economic ties on Thursday as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Europe's largest economy Moscow's "key partner" for the future.

• July 16, 2010