BBC News – EU summit scrapped after Obama ‘snub’: “The European Union has scrapped a summit with the US, after President Barack Obama decided not to attend.The event in Madrid in May was to have been the highlight of Spain’s six-month EU presidency, and the cancellation is seen as a humiliating blow.Officials say the summit [...]
Archives: 03 February 2010
February 3, 2010
February 3, 2010
Dollar down 30.51 kopeks, euro down 28.77 kopeks – Central Bank | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Dollar down 30.51 kopeks, euro down 28.77 kopeks – Central Bank | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for February 4 is 29.8779 rubles, down 30.51 kopeks, the Central Bank said on Wednesday.The official euro rate set for Thursday is 41.7633 [...]
February 3, 2010
Yanukovych Promises to Fire Tymoshenko | News | The Moscow Times
Yanukovych Promises to Fire Tymoshenko | News | The Moscow Times: “YENAKIYEVO, Ukraine — Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych said Tuesday that his first priority if he wins Sunday’s election will be firing his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and dismissing her government. The bitter rivals have been increasingly firing broadsides at each other as [...]
February 3, 2010
Ukraine Says 5 Russian Spies Caught | News | The Moscow Times
Ukraine Says 5 Russian Spies Caught | News | The Moscow Times: “KIEV — Ukraine has expelled four Russians for spying and detained another on espionage charges, the head of Ukraine’s main intelligence service said Tuesday. Spy chief Valentyn Nalyvaychenko said the Russians had been caught in the Odessa region trying to obtain military secrets. [...]
February 3, 2010
Severstal, MMK Results Show Revival in Steel | Business | The Moscow Times
Severstal, MMK Results Show Revival in Steel | Business | The Moscow Times: “Fourth-quarter production figures released by Severstal and Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works on Tuesday provided further evidence that Russian steel is bouncing back from the depths of the economic crisis that caused mills to slash output from October 2008. Severstal, Russia’s largest [...]
February 3, 2010
Oil Output Swells 2.8% As Rosneft Pumps More | Business | The Moscow Times
Oil Output Swells 2.8% As Rosneft Pumps More | Business | The Moscow Times: “Russia boosted crude output 2.8 percent in January from a year earlier, the Energy Ministry said Tuesday, after Rosneft ramped up production at Vankor, the country’s largest new oil development. Production grew to 10.04 million barrels a day, the Energy Ministry’s [...]
February 3, 2010
Bomb Blast Injures One on St. Petersburg Tracks | News | The Moscow Times
Bomb Blast Injures One on St. Petersburg Tracks | News | The Moscow Times: “A homemade bomb exploded on a railroad track in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, slightly injuring a driver, in what investigators said they suspected was a terrorist attack. The bomb detonated near the Bronevaya Station at about 4:15 a.m. as an inspection [...]
February 3, 2010
Why do the USA need Georgia? – Opinions – GeorgiaTimes.info
Why do the USA need Georgia? – Opinions – GeorgiaTimes.info: “At the end of last week, the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton stated that Washington is calling upon Moscow to respect the obligations undertaken in the context of the cease-fire agreement and refused to accept Russia’s arguments as to the independence of Abkhazia and South [...]
February 3, 2010
NATO Secretary General doesn’t plan to visit Georgia – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
NATO Secretary General doesn’t plan to visit Georgia – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “At today’s video press conference, organized by RIA Novosti, James Appathurai, the official representative of NATO, disclaimed messages about upcoming visit of NATO Secretary General to Georgia.”
February 3, 2010
USA: absolute majourity doesn’t recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
USA: absolute majourity doesn’t recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “Position of the USA and all the international community is radically different from Russian one: the whole world recognizes sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, said Philip Gordon, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State.”
February 3, 2010
Visa-free friendship – Articles – GeorgiaTimes.info
Visa-free friendship – Articles – GeorgiaTimes.info: “As was expected, the visa-free regime agreement between Russian and South Ossetia stirred the irritation of Georgia, which seems to worry about each step undertaken by the Russian authorities in favor of the former Georgian region. The agreement cannot significantly facilitate the uncontrolled crossing of the Russian-South-Ossetian border; still, [...]
February 3, 2010
Italians show interest to road from Armenia to Georgian ports – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
Italians show interest to road from Armenia to Georgian ports – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “Italian companies can take part in construction of North-South highway, said Paulo Romani, deputy Minister of Economic Development of Italy, at the meeting with Gurgen Sarkisyan, the Minister of Transport of Armenia, held in Yerevan – Trans-Port. Romani didn’t rule out [...]
February 3, 2010
Saakashvili called opposition members, visiting Russia “lame ducks” – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
Saakashvili called opposition members, visiting Russia “lame ducks” – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, called opposition members, who visit Russia and conduct there official meetings ‘lame ducks’ and even ‘douches’ – Georgia Times correspondent in Tbilisi. The speech was pronounced yesterday, at the ceremony of opening school #3 in Borjomi, repaired [...]