European Union foreign ministers on Monday kept the threat of sanctions hanging over Belarus, but decided not to implement the threat in the hope of encouraging the authoritarian state towards democratic reforms.

• Date: 26.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 26.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

Turkmenistan and Russia bolstered their natural gas relationship on Friday during a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, with both sides hedging their bets as the Chinese market grows and the European one shrinks.

• Date: 26.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 26.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from sptimes.ru

Bulgarian will for sure build its second nuclear power plant at Belene, Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva has declared.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Estonia plans to separate Eesti Gaas' gas sales and transmission divisions in two years to reduce dependence on Gazprom, the utility's biggest owner and its sole gas supplier.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

The leaders of India and Japan were set to sign a sweeping agreement Monday on boosting trade while the visiting Indian prime minister pushed for a nuclear energy deal -- a touchy issue for Tokyo because of India's past atomic test blasts.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russian troops cannot be pulled out of Moldova. The statement came from the Russian ambassador in Chisinau Valery Kuzmin in response to a demand by Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Voice of Russia

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazerbayev is set to this week visit Brussels and Paris, aiming to strengthen economic ties between the resource-rich central Asian nation and the European Union.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsj.com

Ties between Lithuania and Poland, which have been considered a strategic partnership for a decade and a half, are now described as “the worst in Europe” by Polish diplomatic sources, Lithuanian daily newspaper Lietuvos Rytas said on its website Friday

• Date: 23.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com