The worst of the economic crisis is not over but there are signs that the world has started to crawl out of recession, the IMF chief said on Monday.
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom said a deal to monitor gas exports via Ukraine would be signed on Friday, allowing for the resumption of supplies.
Russian gas flows to four European Union countries were below normal levels on Saturday after Moscow cut off supplies to Ukraine in a pricing dispute.
The world economy remains stuck ”between the ice of recession and the fire of inflation”, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Friday.
Algerians, shaken by suicide bombings in the capital last month, voted on Thursday for a new Parliament that is expected to remain dominated by the three parties of the governing coalition. Attacks by Islamist groups have threatened the North African country’s attempts to rebuild after years of political bloodshed and police searched voters as they entered polling stations.