Port traffic for May has grown just 2.5% on a sequential basis, signaling a weak pick up in export-import activity. According to Indian Ports Association (IPA), the overall port traffic for May stood at 4.78 million tonne against 4.66 million tonne in April 2010.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from financialexpress.com

Russia and Georgia held tense talks on Tuesday on security and humanitarian issues unresolved since their 2008 war, differing over whether a new agreement is needed on the non-use of force.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

President Hu Jintao and his Uzbek counterpart pledged on Wednesday to jointly combat terrorism, a major concern for both countries.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn/

The UN Security Council voted in favor of new, tougher sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, scuttling a deal forged by Turkey and Brazil that would have let it exchange nuclear material for nuclear fuel from abroad.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Suspected militants have attacked a NATO convoy outside Pakistan's capital Islamabad, killing at least seven people. The convoy was carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. But similar attacks in the past have been blamed on the Taliban.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Russia will ensure the highest standards of security at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

• Date: 10.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.06.2010  |  Security  |  from cbssports.com

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the United States just one day before a scheduled U.S.-backed debate in the U.N. Security Council on imposing tighter sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from seattletimes.com

Ukraine would like Russian banks to issue a loan for the construction of new reactors at Khmelnytsky and Rivne nuclear power plants, according to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com