Six-nation ministers to meet on N.Korea on July 23 - agency

Foreign ministers of the six countries negotiating North Korea's nuclear disarmament will meet in Singapore on July 23, South Korea's Yonhap agency cited a government official as saying on Friday.

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 05:13 GMT


Siberian boy tests negative after plague scare

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 05:22 GMT


Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.1%

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 05:33 GMT


Three police officers killed in South Russia attack

Three traffic police officers were killed and a civilian injured when attacked by unidentified gunmen in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Karachai-Circassia, a local police source said on Friday.

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 05:33 GMT


Russian monetary base up $3.8 bln in week to $195.5 bln

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 06:26 GMT


Swedish theme park ride leaves people stranded for 2.5 hours

Fifteen people were left stranded at a height of 48 meters (157 feet) for two and a half hours when a ride at a theme park in the Swedish city of Goteborg got stuck, Goteborgs Posten said on Friday.

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 06:50 GMT


Swine fever kills over 330 pigs in south Russia

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 07:08 GMT


Russian, German ministers to discuss Abkhazia crisis on Friday

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 07:46 GMT


Ministers' talks on N.Korea set for next week - Russian source

Foreign ministers of the six countries negotiating North Korea's nuclear disarmament will meet in Singapore on July 24, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Friday.

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 08:17 GMT


Dollar down 3.13 kopeks, euro down 1.02 kopeks - Central Bank

// Jul. 18, 2008 - 09:05 GMT