Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in northeast China for an official visit Sunday saying that Moscow's ties with Beijing were "sealed by blood" spilled fighting a common enemy.

• September 26, 2010

China last Tuesday stepped up its efforts to boost energy conservation across the country, enforcing new rules that demand energy-saving assessments be carried out on new fixed-asset investment projects.

• September 26, 2010

Belarus' oil company said Friday that it was negotiating Venezuela crude imports via Latvia's ports of Ventspils and Riga.

• September 26, 2010

Georgian lawmakers began debating a constitutional shakeup on Friday that opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili say is designed to allow him to continue ruling as prime minister once his term ends in 2013.

• September 26, 2010

Ukraine became a member of the European Energy Community. A relevant protocol was signed today in Skopje, Macedonia, by Yuriy Boyko, Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, and Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Economy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in his function as the Energy Community Presidency in Office, ForUm learned from the Community Secretariat.

• September 26, 2010

The European Commission has today welcomed Ukraine joining the European Energy Community. The Community extends the EU internal energy market to South East Europe and enhances the overall security of supply. The Protocol on the Accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community was signed today at the Energy Community Ministerial Council in Skopije (Macedonia).

• September 26, 2010

Ambassador of Tajikistan Zokir Vezirov noted the undeniable importance of independence and sovereignty at a ceremony celebrating the 19th anniversary of the independence of the republic

• September 25, 2010

A Russian company is seeking to buy a controlling interest in one of the largest uranium extraction operations in the United States -- a sale that requires U.S. government review because of possible national security implications.

• September 25, 2010