There are budgetary and tactical imperatives for closer EU-Nato ties, but it could be a long wait

• September 14, 2010

Bulgarian and Romanian government representatives met in Bucharest and reached agreements on a number of joint energy pursuits

• September 14, 2010

The president of Kazakhstan is expected to discuss with his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday the resumption of Kazakh oil transit via Ukraine to Europe.

• September 14, 2010

Britain's troubled relationship with Russia came under fresh strain on Monday after a London court considered a request from Moscow to extradite one of its most wanted businessmen.

• September 14, 2010

India's new nuclear liability law has been a disappointment in the US but it is faring no better with Russia, a country with which India's civil nuclear cooperation deal extends way beyond just supply of reactors. In fact, Moscow is now looking for an "official clarification" from the government on the law, recently passed by Parliament, which leaves a window open for making suppliers of raw material and equipment liable for damages in case of an accident.

• September 13, 2010

Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.

• September 13, 2010

Paralyzing attacks on a vulnerable nation's web-connected electronic command, control and information systems are now a fact of life in our cyber-dependent world. Estonia and Georgia became victims of that modern menace in 2007 and 2008 when critical government systems were taken down by anonymous hackers who probably worked for Russia. The Georgia attacks coincided with a Russian invasion.

• September 13, 2010

Steel prices in China rose this week, with the steel supply expected to tighten after a large number of steel mills were ordered to cut or shut down production as part of a Chinese government's efficiency drive.

• September 13, 2010