Germany resistance to full Turkish membership of the EU is one thorny issue to be addressed as Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Ankara. Discussions are planned on a series of issues, including integration of immigrants.

• 29 March 2010

the difficult battle to get an International Monetary Fund rescue package back on track, worries over default and relations with Russia are the key investor worries in Ukraine. World| Russia Below is an overview of each risk: POLITICAL INSTABILITY The

• 29 March 2010

An email was sent to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office just hours after the German-ordered bombing of two oil tankers in Afghanistan, informing Merkel's staff of 50 to 100 civilian casualties.

• 26 March 2010

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, seeking to revise a gas contract with Russia, called for the two sides to forget the legacy of Ukraine's previous government during talks Thursday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Perhaps, we must forget what

• 26 March 2010

When researchers discovered a fossil finger in a Siberian cave, they found an ancestor - and perhaps a new human species. Johannes Krause told Deutsche Welle about his team's efforts to analyze the ancient DNA.

• 26 March 2010

When researchers discovered a fossil finger in a Siberian cave, they found an ancestor - and perhaps a new human species. Johannes Krause told Deutsche Welle about his team's efforts to analyze the ancient DNA.

• 25 March 2010

Russia’s customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan may provide a loophole that will allow Georgian goods to enter Russia for the first time since an embargo was imposed in 2006, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said.

• 25 March 2010

RIGA - The traveling exhibition ‘The Days of International Education’ came to Riga on March 19 - 20, after passing through Vilnius and on its way to Tallinn. This is the largest such ex...

• 25 March 2010