THE HAGUE, January 27. /TASS/. The Netherlands plans to increase its army by 25% to 100,000 soldiers, the De Volkskrant newspaper reports, citing State Secretary for Defense Gijs Tuinman.

Palladium production grew by 3% in the reporting period to 2.76 mln ounces, while platinum output added half a percent to 667,000 ounces ...

The Russian president pointed out that Moscow and Minsk had done a lot to strengthen their friendly ties and would continue to cooperate ...

According to Vadim Krasnoselsky, Ukraine is offering coal that is incompatible with the power plant’s technology ...

Nurlan Yermekbayev congratulated Alexander Lukashenko on winning the presidential election as he highlighted how open Belarus has been to foreign observers ...