China appears to be pressing ahead with plans to invest in a North Korean free trade zone in a sign that its recent nuclear test has not soured its economic ties with its only major ally.

• March 1, 2013

In the case of a military solution of the Iranian problem, the South Caucasus and Central Asia would inevitably be drawn into the conflict, director of the Caspian Cooperation Institute Sergey Mikheev believes.

• February 28, 2013

Vozrozhdeniye CJSC (Russia) has signed a new contract for its operations in Turkmenistan, the official Turkmen source said.

• February 28, 2013

Bulgarian parliament on Wednesday confirmed suspension of the country's second nuclear power plant (NPP) construction

• February 28, 2013

Talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program ended on Wednesday with an agreement to convene technical experts in Istanbul on March 18 and return to Almaty for full negotiations among the delegations on April 5 and 6, a senior Western diplomat said.

• February 27, 2013

This time will be different. That is the word from U.S.  Secretary of State John Kerry to Syrian rebels who have become so frustrated by empty promises of help to overthrow President Bashar Assad that they had threatened to boycott a Thursday meeting in Rome of the Friends of Syria alliance.

• February 27, 2013

North Korea accused the United States on Wednesday of contributing to an "unpredictable" situation on the divided Korean peninsula and abusing its power in the U.N. Security Council to impose its "hostile policy" against Pyongyang.

• February 27, 2013

ISSUE # 06
02/25/2013
Ukraine has until May to show substantial progress in meeting conditions mentioned by the EU in the December conclusions of the EU Council of Ministers, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency has quoted the European External Action Service as saying on 21 February. READ MORE

• February 27, 2013