* There will be no more negotiations on Kosovo's status, and the UN will adopt a resolution granting it full independence in May, the prime minister of Serbia's breakaway province said.
* Czech President Vaclav Klaus will visit Russia April 26-29 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin press service said.
* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he was ready to suspend his decree to dissolve parliament but indicated this would require concessions from both sides
* The EU's foreign policy and security chief, Javier Solana, will meet with Ali Larijani, Iran's National Security Council head
* First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said:
- Russia's uranium enrichment centrifuge technology will never be passed to other countries,
- Russia will not export uranium enrichment centrifuges to Iran
* Russian President Vladimir Putin has vetoed a law to remove the Soviet symbols of the hammer and sickle from the VE banner, the Kremlin press service said.
* Prosecutors have dropped attempted murder charges in favor of terrorism charges against suspects in a February blast at a McDonald's in Russia's second-largest city, a St. Petersburg police source said
* Russia's foreign debt in U.S. dollars has decreased by 2.5% from $52 billion to $50.7 billion since the beginning of 2007, the Finance Ministry said
* MTS, Vympelcom and Megafon, Russia's three leading mobile operators, have been granted licenses to provide 3G communications services
* The Russian economics ministry forecast inflation for January-June 2007 at 5.3%
* Russian Railways (RZD) and Siemens signed a 30-year maintenance $370 mln contract to service Russian high-speed Velaro RUS trains
* Georgian television said Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli has undergone heart surgery at a clinic in Houston
* A Sakhalin court has released a Japanese captain and vessel, detained off Russia's Pacific Coast for poaching, once the ship owner pays a fine, a defense lawyer said
* The Kyrgyz National Security Committee head said Kyrgyz opposition leaders, except parliamentary members, have been summoned to the committee for questioning in a probe launched following public disturbances overnight
* Turkmen television said Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has met with the management of Russia's leading consumer services firm AFK Sistema
* Moscow's Tverskoi Court has turned down a claim against Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov by gay parade organizers, a spokesman for the court said
