Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.

• March 18, 2011

The possibility of sending Turkmen gas supplies to Bulgaria was discussed at a Turkmen-Bulgarian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission meeting that is underway in Sofia on March 16-19, Bulgarian media outlets reported on Friday.

• March 18, 2011

"Situation in the south of Kyrgyzstan still remains difficult,” Chairman of the State Service for Drugs Control under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Vitaly Orozaliev stated today at a press-conference.

• March 17, 2011

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said India may impose additional safeguards for its nuclear power projects in the wake of the damage caused to Japan's atomic facilities by Friday's earthquake and the tsunami it unleashed.

• March 16, 2011

Russian delegation, headed by Director of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation Anatoly Kuznetsov, will arrive in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on a working visit. During two-day visit, Kyrgyz and Russian parties are going to discuss topical issues, related to labour migration from Kyrgyzstan to Russia, reported press-service of Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration.

• March 16, 2011

After it was hit by a catastrophic tsunami in 2004, the Indian government has put in place an effective system to issue tsunami alerts.

• March 14, 2011

President of Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey on Sunday arrived in Azerbaijan on official visit.

• March 14, 2011

The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, will visit Tajikistan on March 14-18, the Central Asian country's Foreign Ministry said.

• March 14, 2011