Prosecutors in Ukraine have opened a corruption investigation into former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, she said Wednesday, accusing them of a "political witch hunt."

• Date: 16.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from cnn.com

India is exploring a communications and telecoms security pact with United States, that will enable both countries share and standardize procedures to evaluate mobile phone networks, cooperate on encryption details and put in place a mechanisms to check softwares before it is used.

• Date: 15.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wn.com

Plans by Belarus to build a nuclear power plant 50 kilometres away from Vilnius are a worry for Lithuania, the country's foreign minister, Audronius Ažubalis, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

• Date: 15.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from euractiv.com

Bulgaria's new Renewable Energy source act will be ready in two weeks, the country's Energy Minister has stated.

• Date: 15.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Turkmenistan has moved closer to opening another market for its natural gas reserves after signing an agreement for a pipeline to India via Afghanistan.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from bloomberg.com

Russia's controversial transport blockade of Georgia is threatening to inflict considerable economic damage on Armenia, the Russian regional ally that uses Georgian territory as its main commercial conduit to the outside world. The government in Yerevan is now scrambling to minimize negative consequences of the sanctions for a large number of Armenian businesses trading with Russia.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

India and France signed seven agreements in the area of nuclear energy technology, including one for setting up nuclear power plants in Haharashra

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

Azerbaijan is rife with corruption and comparisons to European feudalism in the Middle Ages are hardly a stretch. But with vast reserves of oil and natural gas at stake, the US is willing to risk the embarrassment that comes with courting the country.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from spiegel.de