TOKYO, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - A Group of Eight (G-8) youth forum begins its work on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation (RF) is to attend a session of the Council of Legislators here on Wednesday to discuss matters concerning legislativ

ASHGABAT, July 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Turkmenistan is back to the Gregorian names of months and the Hijri names of days. The names were valid all through the Soviet period of the Turkmen history.

BISHKEK, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - Bishkek values the high level of

TASHKENT, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - Uzbekistan has begun laying its own
stretch of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline. The construction begins at the settlement of Saet in the Bukhara region.

BILISI, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - Participants in the GUAM summit, an
organization that comprises Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan ad Moldova, will discuss development of cooperation.

BAKU, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and

MOSCOW, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is going to Ankara on Tuesday to discuss interaction of Russia and Turkey within the framework of the Organisation of the Black S

VIENNA, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - Participants in the Annual Security
Review Conference of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in

MOSCOW, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - The Just Russia party on Monday was
officially admitted to the Socialist International, party's press
secretary Dmitry Gudkov told Itar-Tass.