... standards, stability and economic growth. Soon after, the global economic crisis hit, and the measures France and Germany employed to overcome the crisis resulted instead in the economic collapse of Greece and Spain. Few people doubt that socialist Francois Hollande will become the new French president in May. His rival, incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, came to power five years ago promising to increase living standards, stability and economic growth...

Cherkizovo said Saturday that it set up a joint venture with Spain's Grupo Fuertes to produce turkey meat in the Tambov region south of Moscow. The companies will invest a total of 4.5 billion rubles ($150 million) in the project and aim to produce 25,000 to 30,000 tons of meat a year, potentially rising to 50...

... is sung in English as the song transitions from a traditional village song to an upbeat disco tune. They competed against Iceland, Hungary, Greece, and others in the semifinal round. In the final round, the group will face the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Azerbaijan, and the victors of the next semifinals, scheduled for Thursday. The competition between the 20 finalists will be held Saturday. The women, all above the age of 70, come from a village in the Udmurtia republic and have endeared...

... sentence was read out, RIA-Novosti reported. Mrykhin's trial on charges of offering services in violation of safety laws resulting in death carried a maximum sentence of 10 years. He fled Russia shortly after the nightclub incident and was hiding in Spain until his arrest and extradition to Russia in June 2011. This is the first sentence of eight people charged in connection with the fire, including pyrotechnics experts, regional fire inspectors, and club owners and managers. Only club co-owner...

... predict the result of the upcoming match." Paul, who has since passed away, shot to fame at the 2010 World Cup after his feeding behavior was used to correctly predict the winner of each of Germany's seven matches. He also tipped World Cup winner Spain to beat the Netherlands in the final in South Africa from his tank at an aquarium in Oberhausen. Kiev officials said they wanted to bring similar excitement to Ukrainians by bringing the telepathic pig to the city's fan zone before matches. “Psychic”...

Russia's second-largest crude producer LUKoil will be able to develop Iraq's West Qurna-2 oilfield without partners, the company's president Vagit Alekperov said Friday. BARCELONA, Spain — Russia's second-largest crude producer LUKoil will be able to develop Iraq's West Qurna-2 oilfield without partners, the company's president Vagit Alekperov said Friday. But Alekperov, speaking in the Spanish city of Barcelona, where LUKoil...

... <tr><td valign="top"><b>Highest Level of Education:</b></td><td>High School</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Citizenship:</b></td><td>Russia, Spain</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Years of Work Experience:</b></td><td>16</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Gender:</b></td><td>Female</td></tr>...

... come as Russia prepares to enter the World Trade Organization. Industry experts anticipate that WTO accession will increase competition on the market and potentially lead to a better quality of icy treats for customers. Ice cream makers from Belarus, Spain and Lithuania will take part in the festival. Valery Yelkhov, head of the Russian Union of Ice Cream Makers, said competition may come from any WTO member once Russia accedes to the organization. Local producers currently account for 98 percent...

... inability of users to afford it, the survey said, RIA-Novosti reported. There are 12 other countries mentioned on the U.S. priority list as needing intellectual property protection improvement, including China, Canada, Chile, India and Ukraine. Meanwhile, Spain and Malaysia were removed from the list after amending legislation and adopting regulations to combat piracy on the Internet, according to the report. Russia has a chance to be removed from the list, Tulubyeva said. But for that to happen, the...

... you get on a cheap flight, Skype your mother from the airport, and if you don't like the place, fly home again. That's why emigration is the right option for tens of millions today. About a fifth of young people in Western countries are unemployed. In Spain and Greece, about half are. They could stick around at home, perhaps eventually find work and then spend their careers paying for the previous generation's pensions, health care and debt. Or they could emigrate. It is hard to make a start in Brazil...

... politicians, executives and the U.S. consul general in Vladivostok, Sylvia Curran. The engineering and procurement contract was awarded in 2008 to Kverner, a Norwegian oil and gas construction company that has built similar concrete platforms in Norway, Spain, Canada and Australia. Bjorn Gundersen, a vice president at the company, described Berkut as a "mastodon." In the coming days it will be towed 1,800 kilometers to the installation point, the Arkutun-Dagi oil field in the Sea of Okhotsk...