One year after the establishment of Europe's first 'macro-region', which brings together 10 countries nested around the Baltic Sea, a number of positive results can already be seen, according to Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner in charge of regional policy.

• October 28, 2010

The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to hodl talks on a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend

• October 27, 2010

The start of the weeks-long process brings the controversial Bushehr plant another step closer to operation. Iran says the facility will generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, but Western nations fear it is to be used to produce atomic weapons.

• October 27, 2010

The start of the weeks-long process brings the controversial Bushehr plant another step closer to operation. Iran says the facility will generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, but Western nations fear it is to be used to produce atomic weapons.

• October 27, 2010

A delegation of Russian ministers led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Ukraine on Wednesday to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including energy cooperation, with Ukrainian top officials, the prime minister's spokesman said.

• October 27, 2010

Nato officials explore joint initiatives ahead of landmark alliance summit, which is to include President Medvedev

• October 27, 2010

Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies will not allow the destabilization of the domestic situation, Keneshbek Dushebayev, head of the Kyrgyz Security Service said.

• October 27, 2010

European Union foreign ministers on Monday kept the threat of sanctions hanging over Belarus, but decided not to implement the threat in the hope of encouraging the authoritarian state towards democratic reforms.

• October 26, 2010