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Press Statement following the G8 Summit
(17/07/06)

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Transcript of Meeting with the Leaders of the News Agencies of G8 Member Countries
(02/06/06)

Independently of your national origin, there are common and truly professional principles that unite you in your work. Principles such as efficiency and the desire to obtain the freshest, most objective and trustworthy information. All of this unites different countries' news agencies and establishes them as partners in international cooperation in the sphere of information. I know that you have been successful in exchanging information and developing joint media projects, including with your Russian colleagues. And I believe that in practice you were convinced of their high level of professionalism.

Andrey Fursenko Addresses Global Education Needs
(01/06/06)

Andrey Fursenko, Russian Minister of Education and Science, discusses in a podcast interview some of the key education topics for discussion at the recent ministerial meeting in Moscow and the July G8 Summit in St. Petersburg.

Teaching profession to get image makeover – OECD new chief
(01/06/06)

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has launched a new initiative designed to improve the professional standing of schoolteachers and university professors, Angel Gurria, the OECD new secretary general, said at the G8 education ministers’ meeting in Moscow Thursday.

Britain allocates 1 million pounds for university exchanges with Russia
(01/06/06)

Bill Rammell, U.K. Minister of State for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, said at the meeting of G8 education ministers that the British government had allocated 1 million pounds for British-Russian university exchanges.

Russia to allocate more university places for migrants
(01/06/06)

Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science will increase the number of places in colleges and universities for migrants, Russia’s Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko said during a G8 education ministers’ meeting, which opened in Moscow Thursday.

Medvedev highlights education as migrant integration and labor market tool
(01/06/06)

Speaking in Moscow at the meeting with G8 education ministers Thursday, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev highlighted the role of education in integrating migrants and liberalizing labor markets.

G8 education ministers for diversity of education systems
(01/06/06)

Russia’s Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko said at the meeting of the G8 education ministers that maintaining the diversity of education systems was a key objective of the international community.

Russians influence British education – U.K. official
(01/06/06)

Russia’s efforts to highlight education as a central topic of the forthcoming G8 summit is a positive sign, U.K. Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education Bill Rammel MP said in Moscow on Thursday.

Shuvalov calls for knowledge-based economy in Russia
(01/06/06)

He named education as a solid basis for economic development. “A future economy must not be based on commodities,” the Russian official said.

Migration and education to become key issues – education minister
(01/06/06)

“We will discuss migration and possible ways to make migrants feel confident and comfortable in a foreign country,” Fursenko said in Moscow Thursday at a meeting of the G8 education and science ministers.

Igor Shuvalov meets G8 sherpas in Moscow
(01/06/06)

Igor Shuvalov, the Russian sherpa in the Group of Eight, is currently having a working meeting at Moscow’s government reception center with personal representatives of the G8 leaders, the media unit of the summit’s organizing committee said.

News leaders meet in Moscow in the run-up to G8 summit
(01/06/06)

Moscow-based news agency ITAR-TASS has gathered heads of leading news business players – Reuters (U.K.), Agence France-Presse, Associated Press (U.S.), Deutsche Presse Agentur, Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (Italy), and Kyodo News (Japan) in a meeting on Thursday.

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