The volcanic ash cloud that has enveloped Europe and closed nearly all of the continent’s airports forced world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to abandon plans to attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

• April 19, 2010

Air traffic across Europe remained suspended Saturday as a huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland turned most of the continent into a no-fly zone. More than 15 countries have imposed flight bans, causing travel chaos.

• April 17, 2010

U.S. help is needed to dispose of the remaining solid-rocket engines used in Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missles.

• April 16, 2010

Government source said a reduction in the price of Russian gas depended on Ukraine ending cooperation on nuclear energy with a U.S. company.

• April 16, 2010

The liquidation of LEO LT, the returning of the VST to the state, the structural transformation of the electricity sector – the Government names core energy activities. The annual report prepared by the Government of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius points out that the previous Government was implementing the energy strategy that did not comply with the situation.

• April 16, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that he and Barack Obama have "changed the atmosphere" in Russian-U.S. ties, but demanded more American support on issues from the economy to Afghan drugs.

• April 15, 2010

Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power.

• April 15, 2010

Turkey is planning to sell bonds on international markets for the second time in a month as it takes advantage of lower interest costs for emerging markets as economies recover.

• April 14, 2010