ULAN BATOR, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - The elections to the Great State
Hural (Parliament) of the Mongolian Republic will be held on June 29.

MOSCOW, June 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Japan consider it important to broaden international cooperation and build up the UN central role in world affairs "for the settlement of the problematic s

SAMARA, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - The Samara space rocket center CSKB
Progress wil send the first batch of ground equipment for the launch pad of the Kourou space centre in French Guiana.

KIEV, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - Delegation headed by NATO Secretary
General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrives in Ukraine on Monday.

HARBIN, June 15 (Itar-Tass) - The Harbin trade and economic fair shows China's stable interest in cooperation with various Russian regions.

BRUSSELS, June 15 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine's Defence Minister Yuri
Yekhanurov said on Saturday that successful military reform in Ukraine was a key condition for joining NATO.

.Military reform is key condition for Ukraine's NATO ambitions.

BRUSSELS, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - NATO' general secretary Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer has disagreed with the Russian president's view that NATO is

BRUSSELS, June 15 (Itar-Tass) - NATO and Ukraine have signed a

NEW YORK, June 15 (Itar-Tass) - Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been awarded the Medal of Freedom - the highest U.S.