MOSCOW -- Ukraine's new president signed a deal Wednesday that allows Russia's Black Sea Fleet to stay in the country another 25 years, moving to ease a long-standing and giving Moscow its second foreign policy victory in the former Soviet Union this

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Two events coincided this week to point towards further complications in Euro-Caspian energy geo-economics. Azerbaijan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Georgia and Romania to promote liquefied natural gas

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from atimes.com

hampering air travel across Europe. The summitt is meant to allow NATO to review its role in world security. There are doubts among some members about its combat mission in Afghanistan, the continuing presence of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, relations

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2010  |  Security  |  from baltictimes.com

Macedonia could start its EU accession talks within the period of the Spanish EU presidency says Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Visa-free travel between Turkey and Russia could begin this summer, a Russian official said Thursday.

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

President Obama says tackling an oil rig disaster that has prompted fears of a major spillage in the Gulf of Mexico is a "priority".

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power.

• Date: 21.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday for talks which Kiev hopes will lead to Russia cutting the price of natural gas supplies.

• Date: 21.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com