30.10.13 09:43 Politics
“With an aim to increase regional competitiveness and attract more investments, the Russian side suggested creating a BEAC financial mechanism to support the Council’s projects. The idea was approved at a summit in Kirkenes,” Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov told the 14th BEAC ministerial session in Troms, Norway.
28.10.13 10:00 Politics
Lithuanian Presidency: time to open new possibilities for students in Eastern Partnership
The motto of the event is Bringing Eastern European partners closer to the EU. On behalf of the Lithuanian Presidency the event was opened by Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis.
24.10.13 09:08 Politics
Murmansk court to hear appeals over arrest of 3 Greenpeaceniks.
The court will pass verdicts on the appeals filed in the name Paul Douglas Ruzycki, a senior assistant to the Dutch ship’s captain, crewmember Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel, whose petition was to be heard October 17 but was put off pending a challenge of the interpreter, and cook Ruslan Yakushev, a national of Ukraine.
23.10.13 09:37 Politics
Russia-Germany forum St Petersburg Dialogue calls for development of bilateral relations.
“We need the pan-European vision, also including Russia,” former Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber said at the meeting. “Germany and Russia have been linked with successful and highly trust-based partnership in mineral resources for many years,” he said.
22.10.13 09:10 Politics
Russia plans further development of its Arctic regions.
Experts give the assurances that the Arctic region will be exerting influence on the destinies of the whole world in the coming decades. On the face of it, debates in Russian society continue on whether or not Russia needs the Arctic region at all at a time when it has the hands full of other problems.