Turkey needs several nuclear plants to ‘meet power shortage’ | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Turkey needs several nuclear power stations to cope with a growing shortage of electricity, the head of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce said Saturday.Sinan Aygun said Turkey would face an ‘electricity crisis’ starting from 2014 [...]
Archives: January 2010
January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
Russia to sell $1.8 bln in arms to Libya | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia to sell $1.8 bln in arms to Libya | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Libya will buy 1.3-billion-euro ($1.8 billion) worth of arms from Russia under a new contract, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday.‘It’s not only for small arms and light weapons,’ he said.He added that the contract [...]
January 31, 2010
Iran building rail link to Iraq | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Iran building rail link to Iraq | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Iran is building a 51-km railway linking its southwestern city of Khorramshahr and the southern Iraqi city of Basra, national media reported Saturday.Iranian Railways Director Abbas Nazari told Mehr news agency that nearly 90% of the first phase [...]
January 31, 2010
Russia-Belarus Union government to meet in March | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia-Belarus Union government to meet in March | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The Russian and Belarusian prime ministers agreed on Saturday to hold the next meeting of the Union government in March.According to a spokesman for the Russian head of government, Vladimir Putin and Sergei Sidorsky discussed energy and [...]
January 31, 2010
One in five homicides in Italy mafia killings | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
One in five homicides in Italy mafia killings | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Mafia killings accounted for one in five of all homicides in Italy in 2008, according to a recent study, a national news agency reported.Ansa said a study by the Eurispes socioeconomic think-tank showed that of 106 [...]
January 31, 2010
Ten thousand protest against transport tax hike in Kaliningrad | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Ten thousand protest against transport tax hike in Kaliningrad | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Some 10,000 residents of Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad took part in a protest rally in downtown Kaliningrad Saturday, police reported.The rally was initially planned as protest against transport tax hikes but grew into a [...]
January 31, 2010
Japan protests over Russian border guard shooting | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Japan protests over Russian border guard shooting | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a protest after Russian border guards opened fire at two Japanese fishing vessels off the disputed South Kuril islands.The border guards fired warning shots from a helicopter and then had to [...]
January 31, 2010
Rescuers save 28 fishermen from ice floes near St. Petersburg | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Rescuers save 28 fishermen from ice floes near St. Petersburg | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Rescuers saved 28 fishermen as they were carried away on ice floes in the Gulf of Finland near Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg, a spokesman for the local emergencies department said.‘Rescuers saved [...]
January 31, 2010
Five killed, one injured in Ukraine's Mariupol traffic accident | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Five killed, one injured in Ukraine’s Mariupol traffic accident | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Five people were killed and one injured after two cars and a minivan taxi collided in the Ukrainian sea port of Mariupol, the country’s transportation ministry said.The ministry said in a statement that a Daewoo-Lanos [...]
January 29, 2010
Schwarzenegger promises to preserve Russian fortress Fort Ross – Russia Beyond the Headlines
Schwarzenegger promises to preserve Russian fortress Fort Ross – Russia Beyond the Headlines: “Earlier, due to a severe budget deficit in California, Schwarzenegger decided to cut back on funds to maintain the state’s national parks. Later it was announced that Fort Ross would reduce its hours: the hours and days when the park was open [...]
January 29, 2010
Ursine Escapade: Bear Drama in Southern Poland – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International
Ursine Escapade: Bear Drama in Southern Poland – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International: “It was enough to make anyone nervous. Three weeks ago, a brown bear wandered out of the forest and into the southern Polish town of Przemysl. Even worse, the bear decided to check out a local school — and many of [...]
January 29, 2010
BBC News – Mahatma Gandhi ashes to be scattered in South Africa
BBC News – Mahatma Gandhi ashes to be scattered in South Africa: “Some of the ashes of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi are to be scattered at sea off South Africa’s coast on Saturday.Gandhi’s grand-daughter, Ela Gandhi, told the BBC that a family friend had kept the ashes for decades. They were handed over to [...]
January 29, 2010
BBC News – US announces Taiwan arms sale plans
BBC News – US announces Taiwan arms sale plans: “The Pentagon has notified Congress of a proposed arms sale to Taiwan, worth $6bn (3.7bn).The weapons, including helicopters and anti-missile defences, are part of a package first pledged by the Bush administration.The proposed sale is likely to anger Beijing, which considers the self-governed island a breakaway [...]
January 29, 2010
First Caucasian Channel stopped broadcasting – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
First Caucasian Channel stopped broadcasting – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “First Caucasian TV channel, broadcasting from Tbilisi, yesterday was disconnected from French satellite, belonging to Eutelsat. According to Zurab Dvalim the director general of the channel, from January 15th to 28th the First Caucasian was working in test regime, and was disconnected due to expiration of [...]