Pumping of Russian natural gas to Europe via the Baltic Nord Stream pipeline will start in September 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) – ”In May 2011, construction is to be completed on the sea section and on land in Germany and Russia. And gas will start to be pumped in [...]
Russia’s presidential envoy arrived to the country’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad shaken by a large-scale anti-government protest rally last week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday.
Kaliningrad (RIA Novosti) — At least 6,000 demonstrators gathered on Saturday in Kaliningrad’s Central Square protesting against the increase of transportion tax, housing and communal amenities tariffs and demanding [...]
Some 10,000 residents of Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad took part in a protest rally in downtown Kaliningrad Saturday, police reported.
Kaliningrad (RIA Novosti) — The rally was initially planned as protest against transport tax hikes but grew into a large-scale political demonstration. “No incidents were reported,” a police spokesman said.
The regional legislature approved a [...]
A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating 75 miles (120 kilometres) on an ice floe down Poland’s Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said on Thursday.
The thick-furred male dog was found adrift Monday 15 miles (24 kilometers) out in the Baltic Sea by the crew of the Baltica, a Polish ship [...]
Moscow (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday plans to build up the Baltic Fleet were not connected to the deployment of U.S. missiles in Poland, refuting remarks by a Navy source.
“Rumors about the possible strengthening of the surface, submarine and air components of the Baltic Fleet in [...]
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed condolences to President of the Republic of Haiti René Préval and Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon about earthquake in Haiti which caused loss of thousands of human lives.
“The people of Lithuania and I were profoundly shocked to hear about the devastating earthquake in [...]
Hindus have expressed shock at the reported continual and systematic segregation of Roma children in Czech Republic schools, resulting in their receiving inferior quality education.
According to a recently published Amnesty International report titled “Discrimination in education of Roma persists in the Czech Republic”, “Romani children are regularly segregated in schools and classes for pupils [...]
Different positions held by Russia and the European Union on the Energy Charter do not affect the preparation of a new pact between Moscow and Brussels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) — The current Russia-EU agreement expired in late 2007, but was automatically extended. Talks on a new deal have [...]
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed was honored by Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada on Sunday in Reno (USA).
The testimonial given on the occasion to Zed said that Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada “honors Mr. Zed for his advocacy of peace, justice, interfaith understanding, environmental consciousness, and religious pluralism [...]
A two-headed calf has been born at a farm in the eastern Estonian city of Tartu, the EER news portal has said.
The animal has three eyes, two mouths and two noses.
The calf was not named, as there is little chance that it would survive.
In the past, the birth of a two-headed calf was seen [...]
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