Georgian opposition parties called on the authorities not to hurry with the adoption of a new constitution, saying that it should only be passed by a new parliament, which will be elected in the 2012 elections.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  Markets  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russian gas giant Gazprom has denied inviting Germany's utility company RWE to join the South Stream gas pipeline that would cross the Black Sea and is a rival to the EU-backed project.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from news.yahoo.com

Nuclear deals, trade agreements, signatures on international treaties: Russia has been in a cooperative mood since the turn of the year. Moscow has discovered the benefits of a less confrontational foreign policy.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from dw-world.de

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that the European Union as well as the NATO military alliance should discuss security issues with Russia, in order to prevent conflicts arising.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from euractiv.com

Estonia's rating was upped to A from BBB+ by Fitch Ratings on the Baltic country's planned entry into the euro area on Jan. 1, 2011.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  Markets  |  from marketwatch.com

Dmitry Medvedev will begin a two-day working visit to Finland on Tuesday to agree on a new European security architecture and discuss bilateral cooperation in high technologies

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's two-day visit to Pakistan seems to be a frustrated move to eliminate the years of mistrust and suspicion among the Pakistanis as she mentioned the matter of trust gap in her interaction with the media persons and members of the civil society in Islamabad.

• Date: 20.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from people.com.cn

The Bulgarian Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) have requested a meeting with the Energy Minister Traicho Traikov in order to discuss the energy negotiations between Bulgaria and Russia.

• Date: 19.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com