When I gave my first public speech as secretary-general of NATO just over a year ago, I focused on the NATO-Russia relationship because I believe that it is crucial for global, not just European, security.

• October 26, 2010

Its strategic position, next to the Middle East and Russia and astride Europe and Asia, means that Turkey has always mattered. But over the past decade its significance has hugely increased. For Turkey has gone through two big, and not always widely recognised, transformations: in its economic performance and in its foreign policy.

• October 26, 2010

The leaders of India and Japan were set to sign a sweeping agreement Monday on boosting trade while the visiting Indian prime minister pushed for a nuclear energy deal -- a touchy issue for Tokyo because of India's past atomic test blasts.

• October 25, 2010

Russian troops cannot be pulled out of Moldova. The statement came from the Russian ambassador in Chisinau Valery Kuzmin in response to a demand by Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu.

• October 25, 2010

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazerbayev is set to this week visit Brussels and Paris, aiming to strengthen economic ties between the resource-rich central Asian nation and the European Union.

• October 25, 2010

Estonia plans to separate Eesti Gaas' gas sales and transmission divisions in two years to reduce dependence on Gazprom, the utility's biggest owner and its sole gas supplier.

• October 25, 2010

Bulgarian will for sure build its second nuclear power plant at Belene, Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva has declared.

• October 25, 2010

Ties between Lithuania and Poland, which have been considered a strategic partnership for a decade and a half, are now described as “the worst in Europe” by Polish diplomatic sources, Lithuanian daily newspaper Lietuvos Rytas said on its website Friday

• October 23, 2010