TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Republic is striving to boost its refining capacity in a bid to tame lavishly rising consumption by Iranian drivers.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Prosecutor General Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi said here Friday that the US security pact with Iraq is a dirty deal, serving Washington’s Middle East policies.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are not the key to solving current world problems, Iran’s former Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The ultra-light aircraft which crashed while performing air show in southern Kish island on Friday had insurance coverage, officials said.

Bucharest – Campaigning for seats in Romania’s parliament officially kicked off this Friday, with 2,965 candidates competing in the November 30 elections.

Sarajevo – A man was arrested in northwestern Bosnia in relation to last week’s assassination of Croatian newspaper editor Ivo Pukanic and his marketing chief, Niko Franjic.

Skopje – Macedonia’s banking system remains stable and continues its dynamic growth, the National Bank of Macedonia said on Thursday, pointing to a rise in banks’ assets and profits in the first months of this year.

Pristina – Brussels has no doubts that the EU’s law-and-order mission, EULEX, will be operational in December, says the spokeswoman for the bloc’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

Pristina – Five people suffered minor injuries during clashes between Serbs and Albanians on Thursday in the northern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo’s Police Forces said.

Skopje – The United States will continue to support the UN’s efforts to reach a settlement between Macedonia and Greece on the `name’ row, the US State Department reiterated on Thursday.