Croatia and Serbia have penned a landmark military cooperation deal. The agreement is part of efforts to normalize ties between the two former foes, and is being seen as a step forward for their EU-membership bids.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Eurozone finance ministers Monday endorsed Estonia's bid to join the 16-nation bloc from next year.

• Date: 08.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from globaltimes.cn

President Barack Obama promised in a letter released on Monday to tackle "serious issues" straining relations with Azerbaijan, an important link in Afghan supply lines and energy export routes to the West.

• Date: 08.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a deal on Monday that will provide 11 billion cubic meters (388 billion cubic feet) of Azeri natural gas a year to Turkey beginning as early as 2016

• Date: 08.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from washingtonpost.com

President Hu Jintao's participation at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent testifies to China's long-term commitment toward a sustained, healthy and stable development of the organization.

• Date: 08.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan is due to name his cabinet and be formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito.

• Date: 08.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

Iran hopes to finalise a deal this week for a much-delayed pipeline to export natural gas to Pakistan by 2015, an energy official said on Sunday.

• Date: 07.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from expressbuzz.com

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here today to express U.S. gratitude to this former Soviet republic on the western shore of the Caspian Sea for its contributions to the coalition’s efforts in Afghanistan.

• Date: 07.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from globalsecurity.org