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He added however that Turkey was also interested in bigger imports of Russian natural gas due to the rising level of internal consumption.
It’s still not clear whether Turkey is planning to get more Russian gas via Blue Stream, a major trans-Black Sea gas pipeline, or via the on-ground pipeline running across Bulgaria.
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A Russian defector, former Russian security officer and a body guard of Boris Berezovsky Alexander Litvinenko suddenly died in London in November 2006 with symptoms of what British forensic experts described as poisoning with radioactive polonium. Earlier this week, Foreign Secretary William Hague issued instructions to purge the Litvinenko inquest of all evidence that could implicate Russia in Litvinenko’s death or suggest that British special services could have averted the tragedy.
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, winning the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums.
South Korea Sunday condemned North Korea's latest short-range missile launches as "provocative" and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended jointly-run industrial park.
A Japanese minister Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang.
South Korea Sunday condemned North Korea's latest short-range missile launches as "provocative" and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended jointly-run industrial park.
In an interview with Argentinean media on Sunday, Syrian President Bashar Assad voiced hope that the planned international conference on Syria will help his country to ride out of the crisis.
Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced.
With more and more medical data being digitized, hospitals, doctors and pharmacies are becoming more and more efficient in treating patients. It's also changing the way pharmaceutical companies are making their appeals to doctor as they are mining data to help tailor their pitches on the newest drugs. But is all this efficiency better for the patients as whole?
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, winning the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums.
The Russian biosatellite Bion-1M packed with animals, fish, insects, bacteria and other biological objects has returned to Earth, media reports said on Sunday.
On Friday, IAEA’s head Yukiya Amano visited the Kalininskaya nuclear power plant in Russia and made a report there.
The Baltic Sea Fleet in Russia’s northwest is celebrating 310 years since its foundation.
The importance of the Russia-ASEAN business forum, which will be held on the sidelines of the 17th St Petersburg International Economic Forum, is to attract investment into Russia and also to make Russian companies aware of money-making opportunities that exist in ASEAN countries, believes executive director of the Russia-ASEAN Business Council, Viktor Tarusin.
Cyprus Finance Ministry has removed restrictions on financial transactions of another six foreign banks. The list features a branch of the Ukrainian Privatbank.
Economic issues took centre stage Saturday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis at the Vatican, two days after the pontiff called unbridled capitalism ungodly.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
In a harsh rebuttal to George Soros, the President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Hans-Werner Sinn accused the speculator of “playing with fire” and stated that “Germany will not accept Eurobonds” in spite of the pressure from the investing community.
In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, Wolf Richter talks about the ECB's desperation, the money printing bonanza of the world's central banks and about a French finance minister who is barking at the wrong tree. Wolf Richter is the editor of , entrepreneur, private equity specialist and the author of "Big Like: Cascade Into An Odyssey".
One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday.
A car journey across Russia by former adult video star Sasha Grey ended after a Russian-made Lada Kalina she was driving broke down three days after the start.
Nigerian military spokesman Brig Gen Olukolade said the army would continue its operation "as long as it takes to achieve our objective of getting rid of insurgents from every part of Nigeria".
Iran hangs two for spying for Israel, US
