Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.

• November 2, 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Turkmenistan can rely on France in the modernization of the country.

• November 2, 2011

ISSUE #37
10/31/2011
On 27 October 2011, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the current situation in Ukraine. The resolution sets out support for Ukraine's prospects to join the EU. READ MORE

• November 2, 2011

From the next year the European Union stops allocating money for Ukrainian projects, which are not realized anyway, but will finance the reformation of certain industries, EU representative in Ukraine David Stulik told Deutsche Welle.

• November 1, 2011

Premier Wen Jiabao will discuss the global economic crisis and his vision for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization when he meets next week with his counterparts from the regional grouping, seen by Beijing as a vehicle for extending Chinese influence in Central Asia.

• November 1, 2011

Switzerland will act as a third party in the Georgian-Russian agreement on Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Head of the Georgian delegation and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told the Rustavi-2 television channel today.

• November 1, 2011

Kazakhstan is interested in long-term supplies of nuclear fuel to Vietnam and in participation in constructing nuclear power plants in this country, the press service of Kazakh president said on Monday.

• October 31, 2011

The European Union rules out imposition of any sanction against Ukraine for the jailing of former prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party Yulia Tymoshenko.

• October 31, 2011