The European Geopolitical Forum

News President Mukherjee on maiden visit to Kashmir

President Pranab Mukherjee will pay a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday, during which he will attend the University of Kashmir convocation. This will be Mukherjee's maiden visit to the state since he assumed the office of head of the state in July.

September 25, 2012

News Iran energy ministry needs $10.6 billion to complete projects

Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou has said that 130 trillion rials (some $10.6 billion) is needed to complete 270 semi-finished projects in the fields of dam and power plant building, water and wastewater treatment.

September 24, 2012

News Ukrainian energy minister pledges smooth energy transit to EU

Ukraine will provide reliable energy transit to the European Union, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry quoted Minister Yuriy Boiko. The minister gave the assurances at the Brussels meeting with European Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on Friday, September 21. Boiko stressed that Ukraine had created every condition for the uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe.

September 24, 2012

News Georgian prison scandal draws pre-election criticism from Russia

Russia criticised Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's government a week before a parliamentary election in the former Soviet state, saying that a prison abuse scandal raised questions about its ability to protect its citizens' rights.

September 24, 2012

Publications EGF Turkey File

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Insights into Turkish Domestic and International Politics during September 1-15th 2012
Key Points:

Anti-American protests engulf the Middle East, leaving the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff dead. Prime Minister Erdogan is the most prominent Muslim leader to criticize violence in the name of religion.
Bloodshed in Syria continues, although Turkish public opinion remains opposed to military intervention.
PKK-TSK fighting increases in the country’s southeast, with Ankara focused on PKK fighters’ control of safe havens in northern Syria.
Baghdad halts new registrations for foreign firms, affecting Turkish investment in Iraq. Oil agreement reached by Erbil and Iraqi Oil Ministry may sooth tensions, but conviction in absentia of renegade, formerdeputy- president, Tareq al-Hashemi, remains a sore point in Turkish-Iraqi relations.
Turkey and Iran may be on the verge of another energy related dispute and possible arbitration round, as Tehran continues to level Ankara with high gas prices.