Europe's dividing lines survive even 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia's PACE delegation head said on Friday.

Latvia could rent out its prisons to take in inmates from other European Union countries, the head of the country's Prison Administration Board told the Panorama news program on Friday.

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 ceremony, hosted by singer Katy Perry again this year, was held on November 5 at Berlin's O2 World Stadium.

Transport police in Siberia's Altai Territory detained three fare dodgers carrying 60 fir trees in a electric train, a police spokesman said on Friday.

North Korea's weaponizing of plutonium at its Yongbyon reactor should not be 'dramatized,' a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Dmitry Babich) - The border between East Germany and West Germany was opened 20 years ago, on November 9, 1989. Germany's reunification became inevitable that day, although Germany now celebrates it on October 3, the day

Ukraine's Naftogaz has paid Gazprom in full for Russian gas deliveries in October, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday.

will arrive on an official visit to St. Petersburg on November 23. Russia is seeking to buy a Mistral-class helicopter carrier worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 mln).

Russia's swine flu death toll has risen to 19, the country's sanitary and consumer rights watchdog said on its website on Friday.

Moscow expects Tehran to accept the UN-sponsored nuclear fuel deal soon, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

A gunman wounded three men near the Japanese capital Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself - a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related. Police identified the gunman as Kenji Hayashi, a 62-year-old

Moscow hopes November 9 will see the start of the concluding round of U.S.-Russian arms reduction talks, official Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Friday.

Moscow hopes November 9 will see the start of the concluding round of U.S.-Russian arms reduction talks, official Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Friday.

A rehearsal of the march in tribute to the 68th anniversary of the historic November 7, 1941 parade took place in Red Square; 4,000 will parade on Saturday.

Russia's foreign trade decreased by 43.9% year-on-year to $321.4 billion in January-September 2009, the Federal Customs Service said in a statement on Friday.

China's national oil and gas corporation, CNPC, and U.S. oil major Chevron have signed an agreement to jointly develop a gas field in the southwestern Chinese province Sichuan, the China Daily said on Friday.

Beijing is sure that the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to China in mid-November will strengthen relations between the two countries, a Chinese deputy foreign minister said on Friday.

Queensland's south east covered in white after hail pelts the state, damaging properties.

As Germany and the rest of the world prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned against creating new barriers between nations.