While the western media remains largely fixated on the existential Iran nuclear threat and the gory slow-motion Syrian civil war, other momentous events are occurring in the world’s most volatile region, with potentially enormous consequences for the west’s addiction to Middle Eastern oil. One of the most brutal Middle East insurgencies, largely overlooked by the Western media, involved Turkey and the Marxist Kurdish separatist Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK).

• Date: 05.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

Russia and Georgia have met for reconciliation talks in Prague to bring the two countries in the wake of the 2008 August war.

• Date: 04.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from russianewscloud.com

Bulgarian parliament on Wednesday confirmed suspension of the country's second nuclear power plant (NPP) construction

• Date: 28.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from xinhuanet.com

In the case of a military solution of the Iranian problem, the South Caucasus and Central Asia would inevitably be drawn into the conflict, director of the Caspian Cooperation Institute Sergey Mikheev believes.

• Date: 28.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from tradingcharts.com

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Bulgaria to protest against corruption and the country's rising cost of living.

• Date: 25.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from farsnews.com

Turkey has proposed that Armenia take part in its comprehensive regional transportation project linking Europe to Asia, if there are concrete developments in solving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, presenting this proposal also to OSCE Minsk Group, Turkish Hürriyet Daily News newspaper reported.

• Date: 23.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 23.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

International observers say Armenia's presidential vote was an improvement on recent elections but was not genuinely competitive.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

Russia will continue its active role in the political and diplomatic settlement of conflicts in the CIS area.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Security  |  from news.az