Kyrgyzstan in need of institutional rebuilding as well as financial aid
With tensions still high after June's ethnic violence, a donor conference in Kyrgyzstan has pledged $1.1 billion (0.8 billion euros) to help the country rebuild. Experts say institutional rebuilding is equally important.
Lithuania and Poland are a striking contrast to Russia in terms of environmental protection
Environmentalists who traveled by bike along the Baltic coast earlier in July 2010 have slammed Russia's environmental policy, drawing unfavorable comparisons with that of its neighboring Baltic countries, LETA reports referring to St.Petersburg Times.
Tolerant to Western criticism, Iran is sensitive to Russia's
Moscow and Tehran have been living through a period of chill in their relations. It was evidenced in Moscow's reaction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent words accusing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev of becoming "the spokesman for the Iran' s enemies."
Kyrgyz Parties Gear up for Election
High stakes for political groups seeking power in stronger parliament
Russia plans biggest sale of state assets since Yeltsin
Russia is planning the largest auction of state assets since Boris Yeltsin's privatisations of the 1990s to improve the public finances.
Will Russia Buy Up Ukraine?
The description of Belarusian President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, as “pro-Russian” has side-stepped the fact that he is a Soviet Belarusian nationalist which developed after 2002, when he rejected the then Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s, offer to unite both countries
EU Floats Serbia-Kosovo Talks Offer, Ratchets Up Iran Sanctions
In a bid to break the deadlock between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter's status, the EU has offered to mediate talks between the two sides in Brussels.
China offers to co-invest in Bulgaria nuclear power plant
China Development Bank offered to co-invest in the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene, Bulgaria, the Serbian government said, citing talks between Serbian Energy and Mining Minister Petar Skundric and a Chinese delegation.
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