Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.

• November 2, 2011

ISSUE #37
10/31/2011
On 27 October 2011, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the current situation in Ukraine. The resolution sets out support for Ukraine's prospects to join the EU. READ MORE

• November 2, 2011

From the next year the European Union stops allocating money for Ukrainian projects, which are not realized anyway, but will finance the reformation of certain industries, EU representative in Ukraine David Stulik told Deutsche Welle.

• November 1, 2011

Switzerland will act as a third party in the Georgian-Russian agreement on Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Head of the Georgian delegation and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told the Rustavi-2 television channel today.

• November 1, 2011

The European Union rules out imposition of any sanction against Ukraine for the jailing of former prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party Yulia Tymoshenko.

• October 31, 2011

Head of the EU Mission in Georgia Philip Dimitrov satisfied with the progress of negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• October 29, 2011

Tajikistan and Belarus have signed a number of cooperation documents, including an agreement on long-term trade and economic cooperation and a joint statement by the leaders of the two countries, Asia-Plus reported.

• October 29, 2011

Russia's navy on Friday successfully test-fired an advanced ballistic missile, the weapon the government hopes will be the future of its nuclear arsenal, the Defense Military said.

• October 28, 2011