Strong post-crisis recovery in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region is expected to continue in 2011, although at a somewhat slower pace than in 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its Regional Economic Outlook for Caucasus and Central Asia released in Tbilisi today.

• Date: 29.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from imf.org

Some 200 members of Syria's ruling Baath party are reported to have resigned over the violent crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations.
The resignations were centred on the southern city of Deraa, a focal point of violence that has allegedly killed 450 people in six weeks.

• Date: 28.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2011  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

The report said recent International Monetary Fund forecasting had predicted China would surpass US real economic output in the very near future.

• Date: 26.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from associatedcontent.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday he might choose a job as the "angel" of high-tech business when he leaves office, in a clear hint that he may not run for re-election.

• Date: 26.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

The Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will take part in a joint project for construction of a railway connecting cities in three countries to each other, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.

• Date: 25.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from payvand.com

A weird anti-Lithuanian campaign in Poland as well as the ongoing construction of experimental Russian nuclear plants, which are described as unsafe by environmentalists, in Russia’s Kaliningrad and Belarus is forcing Vilnius to look at what’s going on to its south, although Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, visiting Norway on April 5-6, said that her country’s priority is cooperation with the Nordic countries.

• Date: 25.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltictimes.com

Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted new customs duties on a number of basic commodity items, as decided at parliamentary session

• Date: 22.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The Japanese government has announced a 4 trillion yen ($48.9bn; £29.6bn) emergency budget for disaster relief, after March's earthquake and tsunami.

• Date: 22.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk