Moldova's ruling Communist Party leads the country's elections but opposition parties have increased their share of the vote and look set to win a majority of seats in parliament, a Central Election Commission member said on Thursday.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 05:23 GMT
Partial results gave Moldova's ruling Communist Party 45.1% of the vote in Wednesday's election with 97% of ballots counted, the country's Central Election Commission member said on Thursday.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 05:23 GMT
Eight people were injured early on Thursday when a Mercedes van collided with a MAZ truck in the Moscow Region, a police source said.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 05:31 GMT
The Kyrgyz opposition said on Thursday it would suspend protests against the results of last week's election while the country hosts a CSTO summit, but the protesters are unwilling to leave.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 05:59 GMT
Tajikistan wants Russia to start paying to use a military base on its territory and also wants Russian border guards deployed in the country to leave, a leading business daily reported on Thursday.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 06:34 GMT
Russian pipeline operator Transneft said on Thursday its net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards decreased 3.4%, year-on-year, in January-June 2009 to 2.21 billion rubles ($69 million).
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 07:05 GMT
Partial results give victory to pro-Europe parties With 65 percent of the vote counted, four centre-right opposition parties had nearly 49 percent.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 07:30 GMT
A converted Russian ICBM has placed six scientific and commercial foreign satellites into orbit, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos announced on Thursday.
// Jul. 30, 2009 - 07:40 GMT