15:48
"HUMAN ERROR" LED TO MILAN AIRPORT TRAGEDY
Italian Interior Ministry specialists believe that "human error" was the cause of a tragedy at Milan's Linate airport on Monday morning. According to the ministry's information all the 114 people on board an SAS airliner and the four-man crew of a private German Cessna plane were killed in a collision on the runway. More details...

15:19
RADIATION CONTROL DURING ACTIVE STAGE OF KURSK LIFTING OPERATION TO BE CONDUCTED IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS
The radiation monitoring during the active stage of the Kursk lifting operation is being conducted in several directions, the Russian Naval press service reported on Monday. More details...

14:54
SEARCH OPERATION TO BE LAUNCHED AT UN HELICOPTER CRASH SITE
Preparations are underway for a search operation in the Gulripshi region of Abkhazia (a self-proclaimed republic of Georgia) after a UN helicopter crashed there on Monday morning. Illegal armed bandit formations are concentrated in the area. More details...

14:44
ALL 110 PEOPLE ABOARD SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINER THAT CRASHED IN MILAN AIRPORT DIED
All 104 passengers and 6 crew aboard a Scandinavian airlines SAS MD-80 airliner were killed as it crashed at Milan's Linate airport, according to unofficial data. More details...

14:37
OVER 100 MAY HAVE DIED IN MD-87 PLANE CRASH IN MILAN
The number of those killed in a crash of a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Milan's Linate airport may be over 100, said representatives of special services in charge of the rescue operation. More details...

14:08
KOLA GULF WILL BE CLOSED TO NAVIGATION DURING KURSK SUBMARINE'S TRANSPORTATION
The Kola Gulf will be closed for navigation during the transportation of the Kursk nuclear submarine to the dock at Roslyakovo settlement, the administration of the Murmansk port reported on Monday. More details...

13:28
LIFTING OF KURSK FINISHED
An hour ago, the Smith Weiss tug boat came to the Gigant-4 barge and started transporting to the dock the vessel with Kursk nuclear submarine fastened under the vessel’s bottom. The Kursk was lifted at a height of 58 metres above the sea bottom. The operation was carried out without complications. More details...

13:12
16 DIED AND OVER 100 INJURED IN CRASH OF SAS AIRPLANE IN MILAN
According to the preliminary data, sixteen individuals died and over one hundred were injured in a crash of the MD-87 passenger plane of the Scandinavian airlines (SAS) on Monday at Milan's Linate airport. A small sports plane aboard the MD-87 did not let the aircraft take off. The plane fell. After an explosion inside the plane, it caught fire.

12:49
ABKHAZ MILITARY SEARCH UN AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE
All the nine people who were aboard the helicopter which crashed Monday over the Kodorskoye gorge in Abkhazia, are killed. The helicopter belonged to the UN mission monitoring the situation in Georgia. This information was provided by Tatyana Guliya, the Press Secretary of the Abkhaz representation in Moscow. More details...

12:30
KURSK "LIFTED"
The Kursk nuclear submarine has been lifted from the Barents Sea. At the moment, Gigant barge’s hoists have lifted the submarine at a height of 20 meters and work is being continued. Today, it is expected that the Kursk will be fastened to the barge's bottom and afterwords, tugboats will arrive to the site and begin to transport the barge and submarine to the dock.

12:23
AIRLINER OF SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE CRASHED WHEN TAKING OFF FROM MILAN AIRPORT
The airliner of the SAS Scandinavian airlines crashed taking off from Linate, Milan airport Monday. According to the preliminary data, many people were killed and injured in the crash.

12:09
TOWING OF KURSK LAUNCHED
The Giant-4 pontoon has launched the towing of the Kursk nuclear submarine on Monday, Aide to the Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Igor Dygalo reported. More details...

12:03
UN HELICOPTER CRASHES IN ABKHAZIA, NO SURVIVORS
The Defence Ministry of Abkhazia (a self-proclaimed republic in Georgia) has announced that a UN helicopter monitoring the situation in Georgia crashed on Monday morning at about 9.15 a.m. Moscow time. More details...

12:02
HIPPOPOTAMUS IN RAGE KILLS TWO MEN
A hippopotamus has attacked and killed two fishermen in Mali. The enraged animal was disturbed by the fishermen in Koulikoro River, 50 km. from the capital, Bamako. More details...

11:40
FISHING TRAWLER MYS LEVASHOVA SINKS IN BERING SEA
Investigations into the causes of the fire that had led to the sinking of the fishing trawler Mys Levashova in the Bering Sea, began on Monday in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (the Far East). More details...

10:11
KURSK SUBMARINE RAISED 22 METRES ABOVE BARENTS SEA BOTTOM
The nuclear powered submarine Kursk has been lifted 22 metres above the Barents sea bottom. More details...

10:09
KURSK SUBMARINE RAISED FROM SEA BOTTOM AND ON ITS WAY TO SEA SURFACE
The nuclear-powered submarine Kursk has been lifted 5-6 metres above the sea bottom, official spokesman for the Mammoet company Larissa van Seumeren reported. More details...

19:37
MOURNING CEREMONY TO HONOUR MEMORY OF AIRLINER TU-154 CRASH VICTIMS IN SOCHI
The mourning ceremony to honour the memory of the victims of the Russian airliner Tu-154 crash was held in Sochi Sunday. More details...

19:32
FLIGHTS CONTROL SERVICE OF ADLER AIRPORT RECORDED A "SHRIEK UTTERED BY A CREW MEMBER OF THE TU-154" BEFORE OCTOBER 4 CRASH
Citing a telephone message from Russia's first deputy Transport Minister Alexander Neradko, who is a member of the state commission investigating the October 4 crash of the Tu-154 plane, ... More details...

19:21
LARGE FISHING REFRIGERATOR TRAWLER "MYS LEVASHOVA" SUNK IN BERING SEA - ONE VICTIM
The large fishing refrigerator trawler "Mys Levashova" of the Kamchatrybprom open joint stock company sunk in the Bering Sea /Russia's Far East/, the State Fishery Committee told RIA Novosti Sunday. More details...

19:18
OPERATION TO RAISE KURSK SUBMARINE STARTS IN 6 HOURS
The operation to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine starts in 6 hours, told journalists Vice-Admiral Mikhail Motsak, the commander of the Special Task Expedition. More details...

19:15
OPERATION TO RAISE KURSK SUBMARINE STARTS IN 6 HOURS
The operation to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine starts in 6 hours, told journalists Vice-Admiral Mikhail Motsak, the commander of the Special Task Expedition. More details...

18:59
PRESSURE ON LIFTING CABLES INCREASED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF OPERATION TO RAISE KURSK SUBMARINE
Specialists from the barge Giant-4 have applied more pressure to the lifting cables attached to the hull of the Kursk nuclear submarine, official spokeswoman for Mammoet Larissa van Seumeren told RIA Novosti Sunday. More details...

16:56
OPERATION TO RAISE KURSK SUBMARINE STARTS IN A FEW HOURS
The operation to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine starts in a few hours, told RIA Novosti Lars Walder, the official spokesman for the Smit International company. More details...

16:47
RUSSIA DOES NOT CONFIRM TEST LIFTING OF KURSK SUBMARINE OFF SEA BOTTOM
The Russian party to the Kursk submarine raising operation has not confirmed reports saying the raising team has accomplished a test lifting of the Kursk submarine off the sea bottom, head of the Northern Fleet press service Vladimir Navrotsky told RIA Novosti Sunday. More details...

16:37
ALL 26 LIFTING DEVICES ATTACHED TO THE HULL OF KURSK SUBMARINE
All 26 lifting devices have been attached to the hull of the Kursk nuclear submarine, head of the Northern Fleet press service Vladimir Navrotsky told RIA Novosti. More details...

16:16
TEST LIFTING OF KURSK'S FOREBODY OFF SEA BOTTOM ACCOMPLISHED
According to the information of Russia's RTR TV channel, a source in the Smit International company responsible for raising the Kursk nuclear submarine has reported a test lifting of the vessel's forebody off the bottom of the Barents Sea. The test was accomplished around 1:00 p.m., Moscow time. More details...

16:03
PAVEL BORODIN ARRIVES IN GENEVA TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR INTERROGATIONS
Pavel Borodin, State Secretary of the Russia-Belarus Union State and former president's business administration manager, has arrived to Geneva Sunday to participate in regular interrogations in Geneva's Office of the Public Prosecutor, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. More details...

15:16
PAVEL BORODIN FLIES TO GENEVA TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR INTERROGATIONS IN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
Pavel Borodin, former president's business administration manager flies to Switzerland Sunday to participate in regular interrogations in Geneva's Office of the Public Prosecutor. The interrogations are scheduled for Monday morning and Tuesday, Borodin's lawyer Eleonora Sergeyeva told RIA Novosti. More details...

15:02
OPERATION TO ATTACH HYDRAULIC LIFTING DEVICES TO KURSK SUBMARINE ALMOST OVER
The effort to attach hydraulic lifting devices to the Kursk nuclear submarine is almost over. On Sunday, divers are expected to attach the remaining two lifting devices in the area of the vessel's seventh compartment, reported head of the Northern Fleet press service Vladimir Navrotsky. More details...