The next round of Georgian-South Ossetian negotiations to prevent tensions in the Caucasus failed. The meeting originally scheduled for Nov. 19 was canceled by the South Ossetian side, Georgian officials reported. 

The ongoing political crisis in Romania has reached a new high point, just days before the November 22 presidential elections. It is becoming increasingly evident that what is at stake is a bitter struggle between rival cliques within the ruling elite over power, influence and money. The country has been …

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Thursday his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko to try to prevent new gas crisis. The two leaders will meet in the Livadiya Castle in Crimean resort Yalta, where in 1945 Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill have redrawn the after war map.