The Global Financial “Crisis Hits Home” in Europe and Central Asia
The global financial crisis is having a devastating impact on families in emerging Europe and Central Asia, with the risk of the region giving back a fifth of the poverty reduction gains of the past decade, according to a new World Bank report.
Company cheats in winning tenders in Bulgaria's nuclear power plant
A building company was fined for using a false certificate to win public tenders in Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, local Commission For Protection Of Competition (CPC) said on Monday.
Russian Arctic's 'nuclear dump' gets a facelift
An electronic sign along a busy street posts the outside temperature, the wind strength -- and the radioactivity level.
Russia seeks foreign policy voice in Europe
Russia sought to use a summit starting Monday to cement a greater role in Europe's security and foreign policy _ a shift that France and Germany embrace but that's tougher to sell to the rest of the long-divided continent.
Iran ready to include nuclear dispute in talks
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's deputy Monday said that Iran would be willing to address the dispute over its nuclear programme in forthcoming talks, even though the Iranian leader has so far declined to discuss it with world powers.
Russian troops withdraw from Georgian town
Russian troops have withdrawn from a Georgian town which they had occupied since a bitter war between the two countries in 2008.
France and Germany seek to draw Russia closer
Angela Merkel and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev are due to arrive in the French seaside town of Deauville today for a summit on European security hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Iran, Armenia to build power plants
Iran and Armenia plan to start building two major hydro-electric stations on their border early next year, the energy ministers of the two countries said in Yerevan.
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