Bulgaria's government has made it clear it is not daunted by the risk of being taken to arbitration by the Russian contractor in Belene nuclear project, should it decide to abandon it.

• March 22, 2012

India has asked Iran to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to restore international community's confidence in its nuclear programme being peaceful in nature.

• March 22, 2012

South Korea cut imports of Iranian crude in the first two months of 2012 and Taiwan plans to halt its purchases from July as the two join the growing list of countries reducing imports under pressure from the United States.

• March 22, 2012

Claudia Nocente
EGF Researcher, Global Security

Egypt’s Islamic state on the horizon

Egypt is once again in the headlines. The results of the first, allegedly, free elections after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak as the Egyptian president are causing widespread concern, especially in the West, about the country’s process towards democratization. Many fear that the legacy of the former political establishment will haunt the country for many years to come. Egyptians have been denied any aspect of a wealthy social and political life and are now concerned about the fruits of their courageous actions and the new seeds last year’s events have implanted. What will Egypt look like a year from now? Will it end up embracing a hardline Islamist direction in the administration of political power? READ MORE

• March 22, 2012

ISSUE #10
03/19/2012
Ukraine and the European Union intend to initial the association agreement in Brussels on 30 March 2012. At the same time, MPs of the pro-government Party of Regions registered in parliament a draft resolution “On adopting the association agreement including a deep and comprehensive free trade area between Ukraine and the EU”. READ MORE

• March 21, 2012

A meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Sarybai has been held in Moscow today, the ministry said.

• March 20, 2012

Russia said it is prepared to support a U.N. Security Council resolution that would endorse a peace plan for Syria drafted by international envoy Kofi Annan.

• March 20, 2012

North Korea has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to return, nearly three years after it kicked U.N. nuclear inspectors out of the country.

• March 20, 2012