Turkey vows continuing support of Kyrgyzstan
Turkey will continue to extend support to Kyrgyzstan, the Turkish foreign minister has said, adding that his country favored peace and prosperity prevailing in Kyrgyzstan and in Central Asia.
Latvian gov't wins election, painful reforms ahead
Latvia's center-right government was poised to stay in power Sunday after voters backed its plans to continue painful reforms required by an international bailout program to fix the Baltic country's crippled economy.
IMF chief says sees no need to help Ireland
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a newspaper interview on Friday that he did not expect Ireland to call on a European rescue fund to help the country cope with its financial crisis.
Sinopec replaces Mittal as Lukoil partner in Kazakh project
ASTANA. Sept 28 (Interfax) - Indian Mittal has sold Chinese Sinopec a 50% stake in Caspian Investments Resources, which is operating an oil production project in Kazakhstan, sources close to the project told Interfax. Lukoil Overseas (RTS: LKOH) owns the
Russian president fires Moscow mayor after weeks of feuding
Yuri Luzhkov's 18-year rule ends after Kremlin campaign said he cared more about his bee collection than the city's people
Intraday electricity market to be launched in Estonia in October
Nord Pool Spot, the Estonian transmission system operator Elering and the Finnish system operator Fingrid are finishing their preparations for Estonia to join the intraday market Elbas. Target date for the launch is October 19, 2010.
Japanese Stocks Rise on Hopes Bank of Japan Will Boost Economy
Japanese stocks rose on speculation the Bank of Japan will act to boost the economy after a report this morning showed the country’s largest manufacturers forecast business will deteriorate.
Can Russia be China's gas supplier?
Russia has massive stores of natural gas and its economy needs a cash infusion from sales to get it through the economic downturn that has crimped oil sales.
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