India's defense minister says U.S. export controls that restrict the sale of defense technologies to blacklisted Indian entities are a "matter of concern" and should be lifted soon.

• September 28, 2010

One of the biggest producers of wood granules in Estonia – Graanul Invest – is planning to invest hundreds of millions of kroons in Estonia and in the other Baltic states in coming years in order to establish a total of five combined heat and power plants, LETA/Eesti Paevaleht writes.

• September 28, 2010

At today’s Baltic Council of Ministers meeting in Riga, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius discussed regional economic and financial issues and cooperation in the field of security and energy. The prime ministers signed a joint declaration on cooperation objectives in all of the above fields.

• September 28, 2010

Syria is in talks with Russia about buying planes, said Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Abdallah Dardari

• 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

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

No EU money can flow to Ukraine's state programmes for the environment unless the government opens up to input from civil society, the European Commission

• September 25, 2010