VILNIUS, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Lithuania’s economy will grow by 2.6 percent this year and accelerate to 3.0 percent in 2017, International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed in its report for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe here on Wednesday. Despite the momentum of growth, the IMF said continuation of structural reforms […]

Couple of days before the presidential election in the United States (US), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published 17 years old archives that contain documents about long closed investigation of how Bill Clinton pardoned fugitive financier Marc Rich, who was convicted back in 1983. Rich escaped to Switzerland in […]

European Union and Canada signed yesterday in Brussels the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), opening the path to the abolition of customs duties on almost all products in mutual trade, but the agreement must be ratified in all EU member countries before it becomes effective and that might turn […]

Another earthquake struck the central part of Italy. According to the EMCS, the earthquake that hit Italy this morning was 6.6 degrees on the Richter scale. Corriere said it was 7.1 degrees on the Richter scale, which is published by the US Geological Survey USGS, however they changed this data […]

BUJUMBURA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — While the Burundian government wants Burundian refugees living in Rwanda to return home, visiting UNHCR official believes that the refugees’ repatriation should be voluntary according to international principles. “We have to respect the voluntary aspect of the repatriation of refugees. This is an international principle,” […]

On the fifth anniversary of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, his cousin Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam gave an interview for the RT television. He emphasized that the Western countries are responsible for what happened to him because they were afraid of the independency of Africa and especially of the appearance of […]

Hillary Clinton has increased advantage over her rival Donald Trump in the run for president of the United States, by reaching 50 % of support from potential voters, which is the result of a new poll by ABC News. Clinton has the support of 50 % of the electorate body, […]

MOSCOW, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a meeting with leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine in the so-called Normandy format in Berlin on Wednesday, the Kremlin confirmed Tuesday. “The president will travel to Berlin tomorrow, where he will take part not in a […]

DAMASCUS, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — Syria’s northern city of Aleppo calmed down on Tuesday, as Russia has halted airstrikes in the city, a security source told Xinhua. The sky over hard-hit Aleppo has never been so tranquil for a long time, the source said on condition of anonymity. Russia announced […]

HAIKOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — Typhoon Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall at south China’s Hainan Tuesday morning as torrential rain and gales lashed the island province. The tropical cyclone, packing maximum winds of 162 km per hour at its eye, landed at Hele Town, Wanning City […]