Moscow - As Russia's military rehearsed for a military parade in Moscow's Red Square Monday, President Vladimir Putin said the planned Victory Day parade is not meant as a threat.
Brussels - The European Union is "seriously concerned" by the rising tensions between Russia and Georgia and urges all sides to return to dialogue, the bloc said in a statement Monday.
Berlin - Delivery of pipes for a controversial new gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea begins this week, although the project has yet to win clearance from several nations with Baltic coasts.