Turkey expects to finish talks with Russia’s Atomstroiexport by next month on building its first nuclear power plant and will accelerate plans to construct more, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on Wednesday. Turkey has repeatedly pushed back a deadline to finish the tender, held in September 2008, at which Atomstroiexport …

The Georgian Foreign Ministry protested the use of Russian area codes today in Abkhazia. The ministry will release a statement about Russia’s illegal actions, the Foreign Ministry said. Abkhazia will begin to use new Russian area codes from Nov. 16, the de facto Abkhazian government reported. The area codes will …

A bid by finance adviser Lucian Croitoru to lead the Romanian government failed Wednesday after three political parties voted against his team. Mr. Croitoru, the national bank adviser, was nominated in October by President Traian Basescu to be the country’s new prime minister. Lawmakers in Parliament voted 250-189 against Mr. …