Weak prospects for opening even one new chapter in Turkey's EU accession talks are souring the festive atmosphere surrounding Europe Day.

• May 9, 2010

President Obama is "very concerned" about Greece's economic crisis, sees mounting threats against the United States from non-state actors and wants to resolve the dispute with Russia over adoptions, he said in an interview released Saturday by the White House.

• May 9, 2010

Victory Day in World War II. Arguably, it is not a parade of NATO troops but rather of Russia's erstwhile allies in the coalition against Adolf Hitler. Nor are parades necessarily the stuff of real politics or the harbingers of military alliances. Yet,

• May 9, 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych responded coolly Thursday to a Russian proposal to merge the two countries' gas companies, saying even his Kremlin-friendly administration might ignore the idea.

• May 8, 2010

In the space of a few weeks, Ukraine has executed a stunning geopolitical pirouette.

• May 8, 2010

Colombian coal is continuing to head to Asia which is keeping availability tight in Europe and underpinning high prices. Colombian coal is flowing to east Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Taiwan, where it is delivered at a discount of as much as USD 15 per tonne to coal loading at Newcastle in Australia and Richards Bay in South Africa.

• May 8, 2010

Chinese President Hu Jintao's attendance at the World War II Victory Day celebrations here would be a significant political step promoting Sino-Russian relations, said a leading Russian expert on Far East studies in a recent interview with Xinhua.

• May 8, 2010

Eurozone leaders gather on Friday for a key economic summit, amid fears that the single European currency may collapse. Greece will dominate the agenda, but France and Germany's leaders say there is much more at stake.

• May 7, 2010