Having openly supported South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia risks to provoke separatist sentiments in its territory, 50% of which are national autonomies, says the Flot Ukrainy newspaper, an official publication of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine

The Ukrainian customs resumed the practice of selective control of luggage of the people arriving in Kyiv's Boryspil international airport from abroad

The Stabilization consortium, with closed joint stock company AtomBudExport at the head, completed a month before deadline all physical efforts to repair the light cover above the central hall of the Shelter facility at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, the

In the course of the past working week (August 12 through 19), the average retail prices of all petroleum products continued falling in Ukraine, as seen from the UPECO consulting company data

Thus, hostilities in South Ossetia were stopped. Russia demonstrated its ability to defend national interests but, unfortunately, it paid a big price. Some mass media reported that Moscow had an inadequately soft policy towards Tbilisi lately. For instance, it easily

The beliefs that young and old people have nothing in common and we are a nation who don't know our neighbours are urban myths, according to new research.

New measures to strengthen restrictions against child sex offenders and build on the UK's existing tough regime were announced today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

The Department for Transport today announced the list of shortlisted bidders for the new South Central franchise. They are:

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally found that there are competition problems at each of BAA's seven UK airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Southampton in England, and Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen in Scotland) with adverse consequences for passengers and airlines.

The Special Constabulary is to be boosted by 6,000 new constables over the next three years.

Diabetes care in the NHS is improving and focussing more on prevention, according to a report published by the Department of Health today.

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed merger between Kenwood Corporation of Japan and Victor Company of Japan ("JVC"), both providers of electronics equipment. After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the transaction would

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Atos Origin, an international IT services company, today announced that it has won a new contract with the Gambling Commission to implement the IT systems that support the Commission's licensing and compliance work for arcades, betting shops, bingo halls, casinos,

Young people across the country are to experience adventure, arts, media projects and residential summer camps, thanks to a £4.5 million cash injection, outlined today by the Children's Minister Beverley Hughes.

There's a new place to turn for rural businesses and communities wanting to find out about ways to access EU and Defra funding via One NorthEast.

Fast and reliable access to research results, especially via the Internet, can drive innovation, advance scientific discovery and support the development of a strong knowledge-based economy. The European Commission wants to ensure that the results of the research it funds

Luc Van den Brande (Belgium, EPP/CD), one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the monitoring of the obligations and commitments by Russia, will travel to Moscow today to collect information and discuss

AN old face is taking the lead on everything from accountancy to anti-social behaviour at Gateshead Council.

The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met in a special foreign ministerial session on 19 August 2008 to discuss the situation in Georgia and its implications for Euro-Atlantic stability and security.Both the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and French