15:56
G8 MORNING SESSION OVER
The morning session of the G8 heads of states has concluded in Genoa. The national leaders signed their names in the Golden Book of honorary guests at the end of the session. More detail...

15:00
G8 LEADERS DENOUNCE ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE
A communique adopted by the G8 forum participants in connection with the Friday death of an anti-globalisation protester stated that the G8 leaders resolutely denounced all forms of violence. More detail...

15:00
G-8 LEADERS RESOLUTELY DENOUNCE ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE
That is the subject of the communique passed by Genoa summit’s participants on Friday in connection with one of the anti-globalisation protester death. More detail...

14:47
SECRETARY OF THE RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS G8 COUNTERPARTS
On Friday night Vladimir Rushailo, Secretary of the Russian Security Council had an informal meeting with his counterparts from the G8 countries. According to information provided on Saturday by sources in the Russian delegation, this was the first meeting of its kind in the history of summit meetings. More detail...

14:24
PUTIN DISCUSSES GERMAN VISIT WITH SCHROEDER
Russian president Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder on Friday evening. Presidential press secretary Alexei Gromov announced that the two men had talked after the evening G8 summit meeting. More detail...

13:57
G-8 LEADERS HOLD FIRST ROUTINE SESSION IN GENOA
The G-8 leaders are holding their first routine session in the Italian city of Genoa. The leaders of the eight industrialised nations are discussing poverty problems. More detail...

13:06
G8 SUMMIT CONTINUES WORK ON SATURDAY
Despite attempts by antiglobalists and thugs to wreck the Group of Eight summit in Genoa, it is on with its work on Saturday. In the first half of Saturday, G8 leaders will consider foreign policy problems, such as the United States' national antimissile shield, which is causing serious apprehensions in Europe. More detail...

13:00
G-8: FEAR AND HATRED IN GENOA
In spite of intensified security measures, in Genoa, where G-8 summit takes place, anti-globalists’ demonstration have transformed into disorders and violence acts. More detail...

11:39
ANTIGLOBALISTS IN GERMANY EXPRESS PROTEST OVER DEATH OF A DEMONSTRATOR IN GENOA
A spontaneous action of protest by 150 antiglobalists and left extremists took place on the night of July 20-21 in Cologne near the building of the Italian consulate because of the death of one of the demonstrators in Genoa during the G-8 summit. More detail...

11:27
SITUATION IN GENOA, VENUE OF G8 SUMMIT, IS TENSE
In Genoa, where the heads of the Group of Eight are holding a meeting, the situation is getting out of control, local observers say. In clashes between demonstrators, the police and carabiniers, one rallyman was killed on Friday afternoon. The 20-year-old man was mortally wounded in the head after he had thrown a flame extinguisher into a police car. More detail...

11:16
ITALIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER URGE PROTESTERS TO STOP VIOLENCE
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have expressed their sincere condolences over the death of a young protester during the clashes in Genoa. The President of Italy and the Prime Minister have urged anti-globalists to stop violence on the streets. Poverty problems cannot be resolved by such methods, the country's leaders believe. More detail...

11:10
ALARM AT GENOA SUMMIT PRESS CENTER, WHERE POLICE DISCOVERED SUSPICIOUSLY LOOKING BAG, PROVES TO BE FALSE
The alarm, on Friday, at the international press center of the Genoa G8 summit has proved to be false. The police urgently evacuated everybody from one of the halls of the press center in Genoa's Old Port after they discovered a suspiciously looking bag in a disposal bin near the press center's information panel. More detail...

11:06
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN G8 SUMMIT ROUTINE SESSIONS SATURDAY
On Saturday, the second day of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Genoa, Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in routine sessions and hold a series of bilateral meetings. The main theme of the summit, whose sessions are held in the Palazzo Ducale, is elimination of poverty. More detail...

20:57
U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL PRESENTS GLOBAL FUND AGAINST AIDS, MALARIA, TUBERCULOSIS
On Friday at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, the United Nations' Secretary General Kofi Annan has presented the Global Fund against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. More detail...

19:50
VLADIMIR PUTIN ATTENDS PRESENTATION OF GLOBAL ANTI-AIDS, -MALARIA, -TB FUND
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived to Palazzo Ducale in Genoa for attending the presentation of the Global Fund against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Formation of the fund will be announced by the United Nations' Secretary General Kofi Annan. More detail...

18:59
VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVES IN GENOA FOR G8 SUMMIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at Genoa for a summit of the Group of Eight. The RIA Novosti correspondent reports that the presidential airliner landed in the airport Christopher Columbus of Genoa at around 6:20 p.m., Moscow time. More detail...

16:09
PUTIN GREETS WORLD YOUTH SUMMIT IN GENOA
Russia's President Vladimir Putin forwarded a message of greetings to a world youth summit, underway in Genoa, Italy, parallel to a G-8 summit. More detail...

15:31
VLADIMIR PUTIN DEPARTS FOR GENOA TO ATTEND G-8 SUMMIT
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14:12
NEIL RICHARDS OF THE COMING MEETING BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
Michael Gordon's article on the upcoming meeting between President Putin and President Bush and the issue of the 1972 ABM treaty was excellent. More detail...

12:26
VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL CONDUCT BILATERAL MEETINGS IN GENOA
At the summit of the Group of Eight Countries (G-8) in Genoa Russian President Vladimir Putin will conduct a number of bilateral meetings - with US President George W. Bush and with the Prime Ministers of Great Britain - Tony Blair, of Italy - Silvio Berlusconi and of Japan - Junichiro Koizumi. More detail...

11:52
ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTS MAY BLUR RESULTS OF G-8 SUMMIT IN GENOA
Moscow thinks that the planned anti-globalization protests in Genoa and, the main thing, "a mass counteraction campaign" may blur the results of the G-8 summit. Such an opinion was voiced in a RIA Novosti interview by experts from the Russian delegation. More detail...

11:28
MOST OF INHABITANTS OF RUSSIA DEEM PARTICIPATION IN G-8 TO BE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR RUSSIA
A majority of inhabitants of Russia consider the participation in the Group of Eight to be exceedingly important for Russia. More detail...

10:53
VLADIMIR PUTIN LEAVES FOR GENOA TO ATTEND G-8 SUMMIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves for Genoa around midday to attend a summit of the Group of Eight countries. More detail...

10:00
TIMOTHY BANCROFT-HINCHEY: THE KYOTO FACTOR AT THE G8 MEETING
The debate on the world’s climate is focussed on two European cities as the position adopted by the United States of America provokes more and more indignation from the international community as shocking evidence is revealed about climate change. More detail...

03:32
MAKIKO TANAKA SENDS MESSAGE TO IGOR IVANOV IN THE WAKE OF JAPANESE AEROPLANE CRASH NEAR SAKHALIN
Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka has sent an oral message to her Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov in the wake of a Japanese light aeroplane crash near Sakhalin. More detail...

03:23
RUSSIA, ITALY: FOREIGN MINISTERS POINT OUT CONTACTS PROGRESS
Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Renato Rugierro, his Italian counterpart, before leaving for Moscow. It was the first time they met in person. More detail...

02:59
G8 FOREIGN MINISTERS MAKE STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST
The G8 Ministers of Foreign Affairs met in Rome to prepare an upcoming summit in Genoa. They adopted a statement on Mideastern developments, reports the Genoa-based summit press centre. More detail...

02:35
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER BACK FROM ITALY
Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, is back to Moscow from Rome, where he was taking part in a G8 foreign-ministerial conference. More detail...

02:14
G8 LOGO TO CARRY GLOBE, CARAVELS
The G8 summit logotype carries caravels and a globe. Its designers point out a manifold symbolism of the emblem. The caravels stand for the summit venue as a famous old seaport with an eventful history. More detail...

20:29
MOST RUSSIANS THINK RUSSIA'S PARTICIPATION IN GROUP OF EIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR NATION
Most Russians consider participation in the Group of Eight extremely important for Russia. More detail...