Bishkek, 9 January: Europium oxide, a strategic material which is used in nuclear production, has been stolen from a chemical and mechanical plant in Kyrgyzstan. The press service of the Kyrgyz Internal Affairs Ministry told RIA-Novosti on Thursday [9 January] that several armed men wearing black masks broke into the enterprise's finished product warehouse in the village of Orlovka, Chuysk Region, in the early hours of 8 January, having beaten up and disarmed the guards. According to the law-enforcement agencies, the attackers stole 23 boxes with the rare-earth element which is used in nuclear reactions. Besides, this raw material is...