Switzerland freezes plans to build new nuclear plants, Germany raises questions about its nuclear future, and opposition to atomic reactor construction mounts from Turkey to South Africa.

• Date: 15.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from skynews.com.au

The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, will visit Tajikistan on March 14-18, the Central Asian country's Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 14.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rian.ru

President of Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey on Sunday arrived in Azerbaijan on official visit.

• Date: 14.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

A simmering dispute over the Kuril Islands fades as Russia reaches out to Japan in wake of deadly tsunami

• Date: 14.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from globalpost.com

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will send observers to the presidential elections in Kazakhstan to be held in April.

• Date: 12.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Ukraine's State Property fund says it has sold state telecommunications company Ukrtelecom for $1.3 billion to an Austrian investment firm.

• Date: 12.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from boston.com

The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform.

• Date: 11.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from thestar.com.my

With the price of oil climbing to more than $100 a barrel, Russia has a little more weight to throw around on the world stage, and it is doing just that.

• Date: 11.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from washingtonpost.com