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Amateur video from mobile phones recorded numerous blasts at a military depot in southern Russia where up to 13 million shells were said to have been stored.

The New York-based NGO dedicated to the expansion of democracy, Freedom House, has ranked Slovenia the best in democracy and freedom among 29 countries in transition from Central Europe to Eurasia. The report gave Slovenia an overall score of 1.89 on a scale from one to seven, with one being the best.

A Greek court has ordered that state broadcaster ERT, which was shut down by the government last week, can resume transmissions.

The managements of retailer Mercator and its Croatian buyer Agrokor will sign a cooperation agreement expectedly on Tuesday that will make part of the contract on the sale of a 53% stake in the Slovenian retailer and that would ensure Mercator's headquarters and key functions to stay in Slovenia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street ahead of today's G8 summit. Before leaving London the two leaders discussed Syria - a subject set to dominate the international get-together in Belfast.

Revenues of the Russian-owned steel industry group SIJ shrank 13% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013 due to a bad situation on the European markets. Employing just over 3,000 workers, the group generated revenues of EUR 179m and a profit of EUR 1.38m.

The Greek prime minister’s decision to shut down the public television station ERT has led to a one day general strike in the country. Journalists across all media have called an indefinite strike.The prime minister’s move has also stoked anger within the coalition government.

Payment card issuer Diners Club Slovenije, whose payment transactions licence was revoked by the central bank in mid-May due to mounting debt to merchants, said on Wednesday that the talks on the sales of the company were in the final phase. The deadline by which owner Tomaž Lovše was to repay creditors also expired today.

EU officials will quiz their American counterparts over a surveillance and spying scandal later this week.

Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek will start a two-day working visit to Rome on Wednesday for talks with senior Italian officials. She will also be received in the Vatican by Pope Francis on Thursday.