The first since August 2008 war, parliamentary elections are taking place in South Ossetia.
The Italian summit of the G8 Ministers of Justice and Interior Affairs took place in Rome, Italy.
The mandate of the UN Interim Force maintaining peace in Cyprus was prolonged by the UN Security Council until December 15,2009.
May 27, 2009. The historic launch of the space craft “Soyuz TMA-15" has recently been carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
United Kingdom fully supports Turkey's candidacy for the EU membership.
The EU and Russia have expressed concern in connection with the North Korea's nuclear weapons testing.
Every year on May, 24, on the Saints Cyril and Methodius Day, the Slavic countries celebrate the Day of Slavic Alphabet and Culture.
Today, Germany celebrates its 60th anniversary as a federal republic: May 23, 1949 is the day when the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany came into operation.
On May 21-22 the EU-Russia summit is taking place in Khabarovsk, Russia.