The Ukraine-EU summit, which is scheduled for Dec. 19 in Kyiv, will be held despite strained relations between both sides, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Nov. 26 citing Deputy Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who heads Ukraine’s delegations to the EU which is negotiating the association agreement.

• November 26, 2011

Tajikistan and the China Development Bank (CDB) discussed the bilateral cooperation between two parts and the joint projects, Asia-Plus reported referring to the Tajik Ministry of Finance Secretariat.

• November 26, 2011

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Thursday continued his China state visit in Shenzhen, an open coastal city and a leading special economic zone in the southern province of Guangdong.

• November 25, 2011

Russian market should not be the only for the Georgian companies, since it is very unstable, Georgian Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Vera Kobalia said on Friday commenting on "Sarajishvili" company's return to the Russian market.

• November 25, 2011

Russia has agreed to cut gas prices for Belarus and lend Minsk $10 billion to build a nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, according to local news agencies.

• November 25, 2011

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has once again returned to the idea of creating a common grain pool of three countries: Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister's spokesman, Vitaliy Lukyanenko, said in Astana on Thursday.

• November 24, 2011

Russia has threatened to deploy missiles to target the US missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow's concerns about its plans.

• November 24, 2011

The European Commission proposed on Thursday to secure an additional EUR 185 M from 2013 to help Bulgaria dismantle four Soviet-era reactors at its sole nuclear power plant in Kozloduy.

• November 24, 2011