In honor of World Press Day on Monday, the Paris-based press watchdog Reporters Without Borders released its annual list of “Predators of Press Freedom.”

• May 4, 2010

The relationship between Russia and Ukraine achieved "a breakthrough", said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday.

• May 3, 2010

The illustrious history of Germany's century-old Nordseewerke shipyard was heading toward a final unhappy chapter when the global economic crisis throttled demand, dooming one of the region's biggest employers.

• May 3, 2010

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced an Asian solar energy initiative (ASEI) to generate some 3,000 megawatts of solar power over the next three years.

• May 3, 2010

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed merging Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, with Ukraine's state gas company, Naftogaz.

• May 1, 2010

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Viru County Court ordered Estonia-based state power company Eesti Energia (Estonian Energy) to pay an energy enterprise Baltic Energy Partners (BEP) 3.1 million kroons in compensation of damages, BBN/LETA reports, referring to Aripaev.

• May 1, 2010