Ukraine’s European integration does not confront country’s Euroasian Pace - experts

The Gorshenin Institute has conducted a round table discussion called “Setting up Free Trade Zone with Europe or Joining Customs Union with Russia: what Brings Ukraine more Benefit?” The attending experts said that the Customs Union consisting of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan may impose restrictions on import of Ukrainian goods if Ukraine signs a Free Trade Deal with the European Union. However, sectoral agreements with the Customs Union’s members may become a plausible alternative to full membership. READ MORE

• April 19, 2011

Ex-Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko signed the 2009 gas deal with Russia without consent from her cabinet, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka said.

• April 18, 2011

An international economic forum Caspian Dialogue-2011 will open here on Monday. High on the agenda of the forum will be “the policy of the Caspian regional countries in the mineral resources and the Caspian legal status,” the forum organizing committee said. Alongside, the forum is planning to discuss “the development of the regional transport infrastructure, the construction of energy-efficient houses, information technologies, the development of the fishery industry and the restoration of biological diversity.”

• April 18, 2011

The oil price hike will promote growth in major oil exporters Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, but create more poverty in the Eurasian region

• April 18, 2011

India said Saturday it signed seven trade agreements with Kazakhstan, including a deal involving nuclear material used for energy production.

• April 16, 2011

The authoritarian president of Belarus angrily refuted allegations Saturday the government was behind a subway bombing in the capital that killed 13 and wounded more than 200 others.

• April 16, 2011

Dubai Global Energy Forum (DGEF) 2011, organised by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, will kick off on Sunday at Dubai World Trade Center under the theme: “Energy Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future”.

• April 16, 2011

The Japanese government has ordered the operator of the nuclear plant damaged by last month's quake and tsunami to pay compensation to affected families.

• April 15, 2011