MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has been included in Time Magazine's annual list of the world's one hundred most influential people. The list was broken up into five categories. Putin was included in the U.S.
MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - A young boy was hospitalized after a hit-and-run incident in the south of Moscow on Thursday, a traffic police source said. "The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. in Bolotnikovskaya Street. A BMW knocked
MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Moscow have arrested some 35 people over an unsanctioned protest rally in the center of the city, a police spokesman said Thursday. "A group attempted to hold an illegal protest rally on
MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police have seized almost a kilogram of heroin during a search of a car in the town of Izhevsk in the western Urals, a law enforcement source said on Thursday. "During a search, officers...
on Saturday May 10th, from 11am - 3pm, in partnership with Cornwall Waste Action... The event is being organised as local activity for the annual Compost Awareness week, which is now in its eighth year and is celebrated throughout the
The euro area1 (EA15) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate2 stood at 7.1% in March 2008, unchanged compared with February3. It was 7.5% in March 2007. The EU271 unemployment rate was 6.7% in March 2008, also unchanged compared with February3. It was 7.3%
Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 3.3% in April 2008 according to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. It was 3.6% in March3.
The European Commission today adopted guidelines for State aid to railway undertakings. The guidelines clarify the rules governing public funding of these businesses. This is one way the Commission is boosting the liberalisation of the industry and ensuring that public
The European Commission and the pharmaceutical industry began work today on implementing the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). IMI aims to remove severe bottlenecks in the drug development process through innovative research projects, hence to accelerate the discovery and development of
he European Commission today adopted a Communication on the application of the slot allocation Regulation. The Communication clarifies a number of issues in order to ensure a better implementation of the existing rules and to improve the efficient use of
A government discussion document released today seeks people's views on the idea of allowing families with children to split their income for tax purposes, to reduce the amount of income tax they pay.
The skills of New Zealanders already in work moved to centre stage with the release of a comprehensive discussion document, Tertiary Education Ministers Pete Hodgson and Maryan Street said today.
The Minister of Health, David Cunliffe says the largest-ever survey of New Zealanders' health shows more people now have better access to primary health care.
I begin this morning by honouring the traditional owners of this land on which the Parliament now sits.Thank you for the efforts that each of you have made to attend this morning.I know that your workload has been unusually heavy
Prime Minister affirmed the Government's commitment to science and innovation by chairing the first meeting of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) of the Rudd Government.
The IMF's Board of Governors has adopted by a wide margin far-reaching reforms of the institution's governance, supporting measures to increase the voting shares of a majority of the 185 member countries.
The IMF is working with vulnerable member countries to assess the fiscal, balance-of-payments, and income effects of higher food prices and of higher commodity prices more generally.
Some 3,000 leaders of government, the private sector, academe and civil society from around the world will gather in Madrid this week for the 41st Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - the leading development organization in the
