Turkish prosecutors questioned on Monday for the first time ex-president Kenan Evren as part of a probe into the 1980 Turkish military coup. Evren, a former chief of General Staff, came to power after the coup and served as the seventh president of the Turkish Republic from 1982 until 1989. The retired general, who turns [...]
Archives: 06 June 2011
June 6, 2011
June 6, 2011
Afghanistan unprepared for NATO pullout
Afghanistan’s government is unprepared for a pullout of the foreign contingent starting from late June, Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian Security Council, said on Monday. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in May that foreign troops would leave the country in a period between late June 2011-2014. “We agree that Afghans need to [...]
June 6, 2011
Moscow concerned over developing situation in West Bank
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern on Monday in regard to the recent developments in the West Bank involving casualties among peaceful Palestinian demonstrators. Several hundred Palestinian demonstrators tried to break through the northern border between Gaza and Israel on Sunday marking the 1967 Six-Day War anniversary. “We express our deep concern in connection with [...]
June 6, 2011
Indian Navy touts ‘significant success’ in fighting pirates
India has deployed naval vessels in the eastern Arabian Sea and has achieved “significant success” in the past few months combating piracy in the area as pirates have extended their activities further from the coast of Somalia, Admiral Nirmal Verma, chief of staff of the Indian Navy, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “Significant [...]
June 6, 2011
Moscow laziest city in Russia
Moscow is the laziest city in Russia where people work almost two hours less than in other of the country’s regions, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Monday citing a survey by the State Statistics Service (Rosstat). The survey covers seven Russian regions with a panel of 288 households in each subject and measures how [...]
June 6, 2011
S-300 air defense unit on combat duty
S-300 air defense unit on combat duty 22:40 06/06/2011 On June 6, the launch crew arrived at the deployment site of the S-300 PS air defense system, after which the S-300 air defense unit officially went on combat duty.
June 6, 2011
Koks to start road show to sell $350 mln of Eurobonds on June 8
Koks, Russia’s largest exporter of pig iron, said that it would launch a road show to sell $350 million of Eurobonds in Europe and the United States on June 8, a banking source said on Monday. “Meetings with investors will be held until the middle of next week, organizers of the road show are VTB [...]
June 6, 2011
The entire world of contemporary art at the Venice Biennale
The entire world of contemporary art at the Venice Biennale 23:25 06/06/2011 The Venice Biennale, one of the world’s largest contemporary art shows, opened to the public last weekend.
June 6, 2011
Main news of June 6
WORLD * Afghanistan’s government is unprepared for a pullout of the foreign contingent starting from late June, Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian Security Council, said * Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing charges of sexual assault, pled not guilty at pre-trial hearings in New York * Bean sprouts grown on a [...]
June 6, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood’s party officially registered in Egypt
The Egyptian commission for political parties has officially registered the Freedom and Justice Party created by Muslim Brotherhood to run in the upcoming parliamentary polls, the Islamist movement said on its website. The new party, which claims to be secular and completely distinct from the Muslim Brotherhood, is hoping to win around half of the [...]
June 6, 2011
Russian gas price for Ukraine to nearly double in Q4
Ukraine may have to pay $500 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in the fourth quarter compared to $264.30 in the first quarter, head of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom Alexei Miller said on Monday. “Consumers are worried about the price for gas in the fourth quarter of 2011 because if you put the oil [...]
June 6, 2011
British Scientists in search for Superbacterium
A new strain of Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus, a so-called superbcaterium impossible to detect using standard methods, has been discovered by British scientists in cow’s milk. A report on the new “superbacterium” has been published by a group of scientists headed by Professor Mark Holmes from Cambridge University in The Lancet journal. It turned out, the new [...]
June 6, 2011
Sixty thousand evacuated as torrential flood ravish China
More that 60-thousand people have been evacuated from their hom es in southwest China after continuous downpours triggered floods. According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, one person has died and 15 others are missing in Guizhou Province.
June 6, 2011
President Medvedev declares June 6 Russian Language Day
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Monday establishing June 6 as the Day of the Russian Language. “To declare the Day of the Russian Language and celebrate it annually on June 6, the birthday of the great Russian poet, founder of the modern Russian literary language, Alexander Pushkin,” the presidential decree said. The [...]