By Vasilije Gallak on May 29, 2009 in Featured, Germany, Russia | 0 Comments
Kaliningrad, Russia – Russia’s state church is casting a longing eye at one of Germany’s most revered Lutheran churches: the Kaliningrad Cathedral, the final resting place of philosopher Immanual Kant.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 27, 2009 in Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Moscow – It’s about to get a lot more crowded on the International Space Station. A Soyuz spacecraft to launch Wednesday will bring three new crew members to the ISS, doubling the size of the permanent crew.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 27, 2009 in Business News, Featured, Russia, United States | 0 Comments
San Francisco – Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested 200 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that values the social-networking company at 10 billion dollars, Facebook said Tuesday.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 22, 2009 in Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Khabarovsk, Russia/Moscow – While negotiators failed to reach an agreement on an energy pact between Russia and the European Union at a summit between the two powers in Russia’s Far East, the meeting helped to bridge gaps, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Friday.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 21, 2009 in European Union, Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Moscow – As a prelude to official EU-Russia talks due to start Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has received EU leaders at an informal dinner in the far-eastern city of Khabarovsk.
Present in Khabarovsk, which is seven time zones east of Moscow on the Chinese border, were European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and current EU [...]
By Vasilije Gallak on May 18, 2009 in Business News, Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Moscow – Russian industrial production fell by 16.9 per cent on the year in April, a much more drastic fall than expected, reported the Interfax news agency, citing the federal statistics office.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 17, 2009 in Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Moscow – Norway won the annual Eurovision Song Contest late Saturday in Moscow by a huge margin.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 14, 2009 in Featured, Russia, Sports News | 0 Comments
Monte Carlo – Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva and Ethiopian distance running ace Kenenisa Bekele will compete at the Golden League athletics series for a 1-million dollar jackpot.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 14, 2009 in Berlin, Featured, Germany, Russia | 0 Comments
Berlin – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized NATO and European Union (EU) policies towards Russia on Thursday, speaking on German radio.
By Vasilije Gallak on May 12, 2009 in Business News, Featured, Russia | 0 Comments
Moscow – Russian automaker GAZ on Tuesday officially confirmed its interest in forming a joint venture with German-based Opel and the Austrian-Canadian auto-parts supplier Magna International.