Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seized center stage at the opening of a monthlong debate at the United Nations on how to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. But behind the scenes, UN Security Council powers were discussing ways to punish Iran for defying their demands that it curb nuclear activities that could be used to make bombs.

• Date: 05.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russia's Ambassador to NATO says chances of Ukraine and Georgia getting NATO membership in the near future are grim.

• Date: 05.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from rttnews.com

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• Date: 01.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out a military strike against Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences for the whole region, from the Caucasus to the Middle East, and has called for increased dialogue to resolve disagreements over Iran’s nuclear program.

• Date: 01.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned citizens Tuesday to be on guard against Kyrgyz-style turmoil, suggesting outside forces were bent on pushing him from power as a 2011 presidential election approaches.

• Date: 29.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2010  |  Security  |  from reuters.com

Russia publishes once-secret files about the 1940 Katyn massacre of Poles, amid a warming in Polish-Russian relations.

• Date: 28.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

The Georgian government is charging an undisclosed number of individuals with criminal conduct in connection with a thwarted attempt to sell highly enriched uranium on the black market in Tbilisi.

• Date: 28.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2010  |  Security  |  from eurasianet.org

Pakistan may not have been able to secure a nuclear deal from Washington, but it seems to have sewn up an agreement for building additional reactors with longtime ally China.

• Date: 28.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from worldpoliticsreview.com