Fire in retirement home kills sixteen in west Ukraine
Sixteen people died after a fire broke out in a retirement home in western Ukraine, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Sunday.
// Jul. 10, 2011 - 06:15 GMT
Ukraine's Naftogaz estimates gas pipe network modernization at $3.5 bln
Ukraine's Soviet-era gas pipeline network needs $3.5 billion for its modernization expected to start this year, a senior executive of the national oil and gas company Naftogaz said on Sunday.
// Jun. 19, 2011 - 08:30 GMT
Armenia wants international legal assessment of Armenian genocide - premier
Armenia wants the international community to give a legal, political and moral assessment of the 1915 Armenian genocide," Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said on Sunday.
// Apr. 24, 2011 - 08:51 GMT
Kazakhstan holds snap presidential elections
Over 9 million Kazakh citizens will come to polling stations on Sunday to vote for one of the four candidates vying for presidency, including incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
// Apr. 03, 2011 - 02:23 GMT
Kazakh leader submits bill on early elections to parliament
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced a bill to parliament on Tuesday on the holding of early presidential elections.
// Feb. 01, 2011 - 06:38 GMT
Belarus opposition editor released
The editor of the Belarusian opposition website Charter 97, Natalya Radina, has been freed from a pre-trial detention centre, the website said on Saturday.
// Jan. 29, 2011 - 08:37 GMT