The $7.6 billion project is crucial for Pakistan to avert a growing energy crisis already causing severe electricity shortages in the country of about 170 million.

• Date: 18.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2010  |  Energy  |  from timesofoman.com

In an interview with Gazeta.ru, Georgian opposition leader (a former ally of President Mikhail Saakashvili) Nino Burjanadze explained why she met Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won support for Rosatom to build a dozen ultrasafe nuclear reactors in India, part of more than $10 billion in deals in energy, arms, telecoms and other cooperation signed during his visit Friday.

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2010  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from ITAR-TASS

President Barack Obama on Saturday had what the White House described as an "encouraging" phone conversation with Russian President Dmitrty Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out the remaining issues on a treaty to significantly reduce nuclear arsenals.

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from cnsnews.com

A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country.

• Date: 17.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from cnn.com

European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.

• Date: 16.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk