A new round of energy talks are soon to be held within the larger framework of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Qishan, will discuss the current conditions of and prospects for cooperation in the energy sector, particularly with regard to oil and gas, which have become a major component of Russian-Chinese bilateral relations.

• May 27, 2011

The Turkmen-Azerbaijani consultations on Caspian issues have been held at the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

• May 26, 2011

If South Stream is built, Caspian gas would be bought up by Gazprom and shipped via Russia through the Black Sea pipeline, undermining the rationale of the Southern Corridor. It would also have an impact on Ukraine's economy and politics

• May 26, 2011

ISSUE #18
05/23/2011
On 17 May 2011, the Supreme Council of Ukraine adopted the law “On amending some Ukrainian state procurement acts.” The mass media reported that the new law envisioned several innovations. The most important of them are described below. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

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