Kyrgyzstan: Roza Rules! Marching Back to Normality in a New Geo-Political Cycle in Central Asia
Amid stories of rebellion and a crackdown in the south, rumours of unrest and gossip about coup and counter-coup, the information coming out of this troubled Central Asian ex-Soviet Republic points towards a growing degree of control by the interim government of Roza Otunbaeva, both in legislative and military terms, as a hundred criminal cases are brought against ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
Postcard from Europe: Clouded by crisis
Europe's current crises are bad enough to make anyone feel down. Our Vienna correspondent Kerry Skyring has been visiting his native Australia and concludes that Europe's bad news is best viewed from a sunny beach.
Russia opens a new pipeline of diplomacy
Russian diplomacy has been on a roll in recent months, the revival of ties with Ukraine being the most dramatic manifestation. But a string of successes, major and minor, sung and unsung, has been notched up below that high point - in Poland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Norway and Syria.
S.Korea utilities find alternatives to costly Australia coal
Utilities in South Korea are turning to cheaper alternatives to their main source of coal, Australia, as prices there hit an 18-month peak and have stayed high, industry sources said on Friday.
Zero customs fee for import of electric vehicles with hybrid engines offered in Azerbaijan
The Club reports that the session held under the chairmanship of CEIBC president and CEO Telman Aliyev made a decision to conduct systematic sessions dedicated to ecological risks in the Caspian, consider opportunities and promote use of renewable energy sources in countries of the Caspian-Black Sea and Baltic region.
Tokyo wary of China's growing military power
China's "growing military muscle" has "raised the urgency for the US and Japan to resolve its standoff over where to station US troops in Japan," Japan's foreign minister said in The Wall Street Journal on May 14.
Russia, Ukraine to draft long-term nuclear fuel deal by June
Moscow and Kiev will draw up by June a long-term contract on Russian deliveries of nuclear fuel to Ukraine, the head of the Russian presidential administration said Friday.
Climate of Scrutiny
How will India measure, report and verify its climate change actions when it is not yet sure of what actions it needs to take or the economic consequences of such moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
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