Russian and Iranian officials will attend the ceremony for the launch of the first reactor, after it was connected to the national grid yesterday. Concerns remain about Iran's intentions in the nuclear field.
12 September: Turkey and the United States will launch a new initiative aimed at intensifying the joint struggle against terrorism and its roots.The new initiative, to be called the Global Counterterrorism Forum, or GCTF, will bring together “traditional
12 September: British Prime Minister David Cameron will have talks in Moscow today with Russian President Dimitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in an effort put relations between the two countries on a new basis (agencies)
11 September: Today is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The three thousand people killed in the attacks will be remembered in ceremonies in many American cities (agencies)
10 September: The French Energy company TOTAL has announced an important discovery of gas in the Caspian Sea, in the Absheron block off the Azerbaijani coast. TOTAL's Director of Exploration, Marc Blaizot described the find as "very significant&
10 September: Vigen Sargsyan has been appointed Acting Head of the Armenian Presidential Administration following the unexpected resignation of Karen Karapetyan from the post. (agencies)
News.am also reports that Karapetyan's resignation has been discussed at a meeting of the ruling Armenian Republican Party yesterday evening, at which President Sargsyan was present. One of the Party MPs told the agency that the resignation was not the result of a conflict.
10 September: The Russian ruble fell to near the psychologically important level of 30 rubles per dollar on the MICEX currency exchange on Friday, its lowest level since the beginning of August. (RIA Novosti)
At 18:20 Moscow time the ruble was at 29.8 rubles per dollar and 41.2 rubles per euro.
The central bank's official rate for the weekend is 29.7 rubles per dollar.