Afghanistan and Greece were on the agenda for Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the Netherlands. Merkel, who met Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, praised relations between Berlin and The Hague.

• 12 March 2010

KIEV, Ukraine, March 12 (UPI) -- The new government in Ukraine aims to focus on finding an optimal price for natural gas it purchases from Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister said. Ukrainian

• 12 March 2010

Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India.

• 12 March 2010

Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over terror groups operating from within Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• 12 March 2010

Putin will sign more than a dozen pacts amounting to 10 billion dollars, including an accord to resolve the troubled sale of a refitted Soviet-era aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.

• 12 March 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a new coalition government after rival Yulia Tymoshenko was ousted in no-confidence vote. Former Finance Minister Mykola Azarov is the new Prime Minister.

• 11 March 2010

Azerbaijan has more than doubled its natural-gas exports to Russia, shipping up to 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to its northern neighbor.

• 11 March 2010

legislature, Yang told a press conference that the Sino-Russia strategic partnership of coordination is a model of international relations, especially of relations between big powers. China-Russia relationship is mature, stable, healthy and full of vigor

• 11 March 2010