News and events

On 28 and 29 May 2013 the sixth round of negotiations on amending the Russia-EU Visa Facilitation Agreement, signed on 25 May 2006, and the ninth session of Russia-EU Joint Committee for management of...

RUSSIA-EU ENERGY COOPERATION Energy cooperation between Russia and the EU may well be qualified as one of the most intensive and at the same time most contradictory areas of their interaction. Such...

On 15 May 2013 Alexander Krestiyanov, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU gave the Reuters news agency an interview on Russia-EU energy cooperation. He was asked about the state of aff...

On 28 May 2013 the Sixth Joint Seminar of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) was held in Brussels. Speakers included First Deputy Secreta...

A session of the European Russian Youth Forum – 2013 took place on 13 May at the European Parliament on the initiative of MEP Tatiana Zhdanoka. The event brought together several dozen represent...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Procedures for Entering and Exiting the Russian Federation for Foreigners and Stateless Persons in Connection with International Sports Event...

A delegation from the Russian Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (EMERCOM) headed by Mr. Mikhail Faleev, Head of the Centre for Civil Protection Strategic Studies participated...

Accreditation for members of the Russian and foreign media wishing to cover the G20 Summit of heads of state and government, to be held on September 5-6, 2013 in St Petersburg, was open on May 15, 201...

The topic of today’s round table and the entire conference – The EU and Emerging Powers – is quite relevant, as we are witnessing the emergence of not only an increasingly globalised world economy, bu...

The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover the 31th Russia-EU summit scheduled to be held in Yekaterinburg,...