Latvian President Andris Berzins announced during a joint press conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul today that Latvia fully supports Turkey's accession to the European Union and sees opportunities for both countries to jointly cooperate in establishing relations with the Eastern Partnership countries and the Central Asian countries

• Date: 02.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from baltic-course.com

The Iranian Embassy in Baku says Tehran has nothing to do with a new radio station broadcasting in the Talysh language from Azerbaijan's breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

• Date: 29.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Russia and Ukraine are close to reaching an agreement on the clearance of Black Sea Fleet (BSF) vessel movements outside their bases, the Ukrainian website zn.ua reported on March 2, citing sources familiar with the talks.

• Date: 13.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 13.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Controversial energy projects between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are necessary for the continued “normalization” of Iraq, according to Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from turkishweekly.net

When on 11 March 2011 a tsunami destroyed TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex, many believed that the catastrophe, if not ending nuclear power generation worldwide, would at least induce an element of caution into governments seeking to advance nuclear power projects.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin has expressed hope about the success of the next round of negotiations between Iran and the six major world powers in Almaty.

• Date: 11.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from news.az

Bottom Line: Bulgaria’s scrapping of a Russian pipeline deal to carry Russian and Caspian oil to Greece is a response to the government’s collapse in February over energy prices that demonstrate how energy giant Russia can bring down a government.

• Date: 09.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

If Kazakhstan does not reach an agreement with Russia over the price of gas from the Karachaganak field, this gas might be diverted to China, the Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev said during his speech in the parliament

• Date: 09.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from congoo.com