In an effort to fulfil the growing energy demands, India and Kazakhstan will likely to sign a key oil deal. As per the deal, India's OVL, the foreign arm of ONGC will acquire 25 per cent stake in Kazakhstan's Satpayev Block by end of February.

• December 7, 2010

Nato allies have drawn up a secret plan for defending several eastern European countries in the event of aggression by Russia for the first time since the end of the Cold War, diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks disclose.

• December 7, 2010

Polish and Russian leaders vowed Monday to open a new chapter in their relations, a move that could eventually end centuries of enmity and distrust between two great Slavic powers of Europe’s East and strengthen security and stability in this part of the continent.

• December 7, 2010

China is holding many of the keys needed to unlock complicated United Nations climate negotiations as developing countries move to the centre in the fight against global warming.

• December 7, 2010

Chances to Stop Ahmadinejad Are Slipping Away

• December 7, 2010

Estonian prime minister Andrus Ansip confirmed at the Baltic states and Polish heads of governments meeting on Sunday that Estonia is very much interested in participating in the Lithuanian nuclear power plant project, LETA/Delfi reports.

• December 7, 2010

Heavy rain in the Balkans has killed three people, forced the evacuation of around 20 000 from inundated areas and caused more than 340-million euros in damage, officials said on Monday.

• December 7, 2010

Turkmenistan has proposed to charge different prices for supplying natural gas through the proposed 1,680 km pipeline that would deliver 90 million cubic metres a day to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, officials in New Delhi said.

• December 6, 2010