22.11.2007"Coordinated acts of sabotage."
"Coordinated acts of sabotage." That is how France's state-owned railway is describing arson and vandal attacks on its network.

22.11.2007Green corridors for EU starting at five billion euros
Cross-border, environment-friendly transportation projects head the EU's list of 30 major endeavors on which it plans to spend more than five billion euros out of its 2007-2013 budget.

22.11.2007Oil moves in on the 100 dollars a barrel mark
Oil prices continue to rise and closed near the 100 dollars a barrel milestone while the US currency remains weak.US light, sweet crude hit 99.29 dollars in Asian trading and London Brent crude rose 50 cents to close to 96 dollars a barrel.

21.11.2007Walkout resumes at Russian Ford plant
Workers at a Ford production plant in Russia have resumed a strike, demanding higher salaries. A court order banning a walk-out earlier this month expired at midnight. Shortly afterwards about 500 staff at the site in St. Petersburg refused to pass the picket line.

21.11.2007British government loses personal data of 25m
The British government had admitted 'mislaying' the personal details of 25 million people, exposing them to possible identity fraud and bank theft. The family details and bank account numbers of adults in the country with children under 16 were on two computer discs lost in transit between government offices.

21.11.2007Russia completing talks on gas supplies to Ukraine, Baltics
Russia is completing talks on natural gas supplies until 2011 to Ukraine and the Baltic states and hopes to avoid problems on New Year's eve, a first deputy prime minister said Tuesday.

21.11.2007U.S. issues invitations for Mideast peace conference
WASHINGTON, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. State Department has announced that 49 countries and institutions have been invited to a Mideast peace conference set for November 27 in Annapolis, Maryland.

21.11.2007Leviev Group set to invest in Belarus’ civil engineering, tourism, pharmaceuticals
Israeli Leviev Group of Companies intends to invest in the Belarusian civil engineering, tourism, and pharmaceutical industry, the press service of the President of Belarus told BelTA after Alexander Lukashenko met with the head of Leviev Group of Companies.

21.11.2007Belarus always attaches great importance to relations with Latvia, Valery Voronetsky says
Belarus always attaches great importance to the relations with Latvia, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky noted during a solemn reception devoted to the national holiday of that country – the Proclamation of the Republic.

21.11.2007Every day Belarus puts $1mn into cushioning Chernobyl impact
The assignments equivalent to $1billion 600 million have been allocated from the national budget of Belarus to implement the 2006-2010 state programme to cushion the impact of the Chernobyl consequences. Thus, every day Belarus assigns $1 million to mitigate the Chernobyl impact, Vladimir Tsalko, Deputy Emergencies Minister of Belarus, stated during a session of the UN General Assembly, BelTA has been told in the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

21.11.2007Russian company Nutritek wants to inject $25 million into upgrade of Volkovysk-based Bellakt Co.
Russian company Nutritek, which was visited by Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky on November 20, offers to inject $25 million into the technical upgrade of the Volkovysk-based Bellakt Co. The statement to this effect was made by Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nutritek Group Georgy Sazhenov.

20.11.2007By 2010 Belarus to step up output of construction materials 2-2,5 times as against 1990s
By 2010 Belarus plans to step up the output of construction materials 2-2,5 times as against the 1990s.

20.11.2007Embassy of Belarus follows closely situation with cult members in cave siege
The Embassy of Belarus to Russia keeps an eye on the situation with the members of a doomsday cult who have barricaded inside a cave in the village of Nikolskoye, Bekovo region, Penza oblast of Russia.

19.11.2007Thirty five rescued as Russian freighter sinks in Sea of Japan
VLADIVOSTOK, November 19 (RIA Novosti) -- Thirty five crew members on a Russian freighter, that sank in the Sea of Japan on Sunday have been rescued, one person is still missing, emergency services said Monday.

17.11.2007Russia Nears Compromise With Lufthansa Cargo
Russia expects to allow Germany's Lufthansa Cargo to continue using its airspace until the end of February, as both sides try to settle an ongoing dispute on overflight rights, a senior Transportation Ministry official said Tuesday.