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

Iran faces its toughest sanctions for failing to comply with UN demands over its nuclear enrichment, the US says.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Today, as we witness the rapid transformation of the global political and economic systems, it is time to reassess Russia’s economic relations with Arab countries.

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

The West has apprehensions that Ukraine may finally get under the Russian influence, analysts note. Moreover, apprehensions have been voiced in the United States that the "resetting" of relations with Russia results in the Washington's loss of influence in the whole post-Soviet space.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

The environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has put offshore drilling operations in the Caspian Sea under fresh scrutiny.

• Date: 09.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

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