Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out a military strike against Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences for the whole region, from the Caucasus to the Middle East, and has called for increased dialogue to resolve disagreements over Iran’s nuclear program.

• Date: 01.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved to the issue of how to target sanctions and away from whether sanctions should be applied at all, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said on Friday.

• Date: 30.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.04.2010  |  Markets  |  from washingtonpost.com

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered that a million abandoned barrels of Soviet-era fuel be removed from the Arctic because they are polluting the environment

• Date: 30.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.04.2010  |  Markets  |  from World News

Oil from an undersea well is spreading in the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank. Platforms in Europe's North Sea are much safer as they are permanently anchored in place and less likely to sink.

• Date: 30.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from Deutsche Welle

Ukraine's ousted pro-Western leadership. Yanukovych extended by at least 25 years a lease held by Russia's Black Sea Fleet for the use of a former Soviet naval base at the port of Sevastopol

• Date: 30.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Radio Free Europe

Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned citizens Tuesday to be on guard against Kyrgyz-style turmoil, suggesting outside forces were bent on pushing him from power as a 2011 presidential election approaches.

• Date: 29.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2010  |  Security  |  from reuters.com

Russia will revive its bid to join the World Trade Organization on its own rather than as part of a regional group, removing a major obstacle to membership for the largest country outside the bloc.

• Date: 29.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from europe.wsj.com

Yerevan will host on May 18-19 a gathering of experts in nuclear energy security who will discuss Armenian Metsamor nuclear power plant’s safe operation.

• Date: 29.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from arka.am