The German government has failed to win backing from opposition parties for its bill to participate in the Greece bailout. The law is however, still expected to pass on Friday.

• May 7, 2010

President Obama is preparing to revive a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Moscow that his predecessor shelved two years ago in protest of Russia’s war with Georgia, an American ally, administration officials said Thursday.

• May 7, 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said his government is interested to pursue a foreign policy that will balance relations with its strategic partners, both in the East and the West.

• May 7, 2010

Bulgaria has reportedly unsuccessfully courted Romania as it angles for a new chief investor in its second nuclear power plant Belene to replace the German energy company RWE, which withdrew last autumn.

• May 7, 2010

Countries around the globe are racing to lock down energy supplies to ensure economic security. The geopolitical implications are huge

• May 6, 2010

Brazil has advanced a proposal to unblock the Iranian nuclear dossier that is in fact the common view among the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), the emerging geopolitical counter-power to United States hegemony.

• May 6, 2010

Russia's proposal to combine its gas export monopoly Gazprom with the Ukrainian state energy company was part of a strategy to lock in assets while Europe focused on Greece, Alexander Rahr, a Russia expert at the German council on foreign relations, said on Tuesday.

• May 6, 2010

Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu spoke late Tuesday with his Brazilian counterpart on the phone regarding the Iranian nuclear issue.

• May 6, 2010