Ashkhabad, June 8 (IRNA) - Iranian and Turkmen energy officials have called for expanded cooperation in the oil and gas sectors during an energy exhibit in Ashgabat.

Tehran, June 8 (IRNA) - Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Saturday that Tehran is not interested in prolongation of the nuclear issue. "We are not interested in prolongation of the nuclear issue.

ST.PETERSBURG, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - The second day of the 12th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be devoted to Russia.

KALININGRAD, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - A day of mourning for eight people who died in a fire that broke out on commercial ship at Baltic dockyard near Kaliningrad has been announced in the Kaliningrad r

ST.PETERSBURG, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian state corporation for nano- technologies (Rosnanotekh) on Saturday signed an agreement of intent with the INTEL Company - the world leader in the pro

MOSCOW, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - Patriarch Alexey II for Moscow and All Russia will on Sunday hold a service at the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour to mark the 125th anniversary of its sanctific

WASHINGTON, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President George W. Bush has received Russian Ambassdor to the United States Yuri Ushakov who has ended his term of office.

ST.PETERSBURG, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Bank of Moscow and the Russian Railways joint-stock company have signed a cooperation agreement that will allow financing Russian railway projects by attract

LIMASSOL, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - A third festival of Cyprian-Russian friendship has opened in Cyprus.

ST.PETERSBURG, June 8 (Itar-Tass) - Alexander Medvedev, the deputy head of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, said that Russia would sign an inter-governmental agreement on the South Stream project