ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 7 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he's determined to make the country a leading financial center and blamed economic woes on the United States.

HAMBURG, Germany, June 7 (UPI) -- German caregivers have a new way to ease the anxieties of dementia patients: fake bus stops that seem to soothe their feelings they need to be somewhere.

RIGA, Latvia, June 5 (UPI) -- Members of the Council of Baltic Sea States voiced opposition to the Nord Stream gas pipeline of Russian energy giant Gazprom, citing environmental concerns.

SKOPJE, Macedonia, June 1 (UPI) -- General election voting was stopped in several regions of Macedonia Sunday because of violence that has left at least one person dead, officials said.

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BERLIN, May 25 (UPI) -- German authorities say they placed a baby in protective custody after his parents allegedly put him up for auction on the Internet.

BELGRADE, Serbia, May 25 (UPI) -- Russia was enjoying its first-ever win in the Eurovision Song Contest Sunday, with pop singer Dima Bilan taking the prize for his Timbaland-produced "Believe."

BERLIN, May 23 (UPI) -- The upper house of the German parliament Friday approved the Lisbon Treaty, allowing the pact to clear its last legislative hurdle, German official said.

LEIPZIG , Germany, May 20 (UPI) -- A study of Germans who lived through World War II has found a high instance of survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.