BREAKING NEWS

Prosecutor-General's Office tried to arrest Yuliya Tymoshenko
After eight hours of interrogation Yuliya Tymoshenko left Prosecutor-General's Office
On 24 May 2011, at about 1100 a.m Ukrainian media burst out with reports alerting that the former prime minister, leader of the opposition Fatherland party, Tymoshenko, was detained at the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGO) when summoned to an interrogation. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

Only a clear inciting agent can rapture diplomatic ties with Czech Republic – experts
In response to the expulsion of Czech diplomats from Ukraine, the Czech Republic blamed Ukraine for non-diplomatic behaviour and informed of an intention to act reciprocally. The Gorshenin Institute has conducted an opinion poll asking experts about the effect of the diplomatic scandal on relations between Ukraine and Europe and on the prospects of Ukrane’s European integration as well as the risks of diplomatic ties between the two countries being broken. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

Libya's rebels took their diplomatic offensive to NATO's sole Muslim member Turkey on Monday, a day after the European Union opened a mission in their Benghazi bastion.

• May 24, 2011

The fourth trilateral summit held in Tokyo on Sunday expanded cooperation amongst China, Japan, and South Korea and proposed new targets, which injected new vitality into the exchange and cooperation in Northeast Asia.

• May 24, 2011

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Energy Sector Coordinating Committee (ESCC) is discussing cooperation in Baku.

• May 23, 2011

Russia, which could buy more than $7 billion worth of Belarussian assets as it helps Minsk tackle a currency crisis, expressed opposition Saturday to tougher European sanctions against Belarussian firms.

• May 23, 2011

Iraq has signed a tentative deal with Iran to import natural gas to ease its electricity woes, an official said Monday, in a step that deepens economic ties with Tehran as U.S. troops prepare to leave at the end of the year.

• May 23, 2011

Kazakhstan is ready to invest in the Central Asian countries together with the EBRD, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said

• May 21, 2011