Russian gas to Stream Nord
After 13 years of planning and two years of construction, the Nord Stream pipeline will deliver its first supplies of Russian gas to an estimated 26 million homes in the EU on Tuesday.
Lithuanian and Ukrainian ForMin officials discuss Ukraine's EU integration
Director of the European Affairs Department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Tomas Gulbinas had a meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin in Kiev during which he voiced support for Ukraine's integration into the European Union, reported BC Lithuanian MFA.
India keen to join Central Asian security alliance
Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has said that India has expressed an intent to join a Central Asian security alliance that would also include Pakistan and Iran.
Turkmen leader says focused on European energy supply
Turkmenistan's leader said on Thursday energy exports to Europe were a fundamental aspect of his country's foreign policy and reinforced his support for a Western-backed pipeline to bypass Russia and pump gas beneath the Caspian Sea.
Russia set to end wait to join WTO
Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organisation after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.
Russia, China may blunt Western pressure on Iran
Russian and Chinese reluctance may complicate any Western campaign to parlay a U.N. watchdog report this month into political momentum for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, diplomats and analysts say.
FM: Switzerland ready to be third party in Georgian-Russian agreement on WTO
Switzerland will act as a third party in the Georgian-Russian agreement on Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Head of the Georgian delegation and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told the Rustavi-2 television channel today.
EU Stops Financing Ukrainian Projects.
From the next year the European Union stops allocating money for Ukrainian projects, which are not realized anyway, but will finance the reformation of certain industries, EU representative in Ukraine David Stulik told Deutsche Welle.
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