Russian opera star Anna Netrebko said on Thursday she had contracted coronavirus and was in hospital with pneumonia after performing at the Bolshoi Theater's post-lockdown opening show, The Moscow Times reported.
The singer's illness comes as two top Russian theater have suffered outbreaks of the virus shortly after reopening, raising...
The European Parliament (EP) called the so-called Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition an "interim representation of the people" of the republic, and called on the institutions of the European Union to assist it, according to the EP resolution on Belarus adopted Thursday, TASS reported.
The European Parliament’s resolutions are...
Belarus's opposition leader on Thursday said she was putting together a list of law enforcement personnel responsible for beatings and arbitrary arrests for possible future prosecution, The Moscow Times reported.
"I urge the security forces to stop the violence and join the Belarusian people. If you do not, you will...
Belarus is considering conducting a 100-person trial of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that potential participants can now apply online at eight local clinics that have been selected to conduct the trial, Reuters reported.
The trial, one of several that Russia hopes to conduct abroad,...
The share of working citizens of the Russian Federation who will be charged an increased personal income tax rate of 15% will not exceed 1%, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with the Vesti news program on the Russia 1 TV channel.
"The draft laws are ready. We...
Sheremetyevo International Airport inaugurated its new hangar complex for aviation service and maintenance of Aeroflot Group aircraft, the airport's press service said.
Construction of the hangar complex was completed in 12 months, a record time for the construction of complex technical facilities of this kind in Russia, and JSC SIA...
The massive drop in international travel during the first half of 2020 has led to a loss of 440 million international arrivals, according to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Russia Today reports.
The industry lost about $460 billion in export revenues from international tourism. “This is around five times...
The OPEC+ coalition saw its overall compliance rate with the production cuts at around 101 percent in August, three sources in the group told Reuters.
On Wednesday, OPEC+ panels start their monthly two-day meeting to take stock of the most recent oil market developments, RT reported.
The technical panel will meet...
The German government offered a billion-euro deal to the US in exchange for Washington’s rejection of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Die Zeit newspaper reported Wednesday, TASS informed.
According to the newspaper’s sources, Berlin expressed readiness to invest one billion euro in construction of two LNG terminals...
