Russia’s customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan may provide a loophole that will allow Georgian goods to enter Russia for the first time since an embargo was imposed in 2006, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim al -Thani are to discuss Wednesday cooperation in the gas sphere, mainly within the framework of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2010  |  Energy  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russia and China have quietly made clear to the Iranian government they want Tehran to change its approach to the nuclear issue and accept a U.N. atomic fuel offer, Western diplomats said.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  Energy  |  from siasat.com

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is currently on a working visit to the United States of America, visited Harvard University yesterday afternoon where he gave a presentation on European and Trans-Atlantic security in the 21st century.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  Security  |  from baltic-course.com

Last week there was a visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Belarus where he took part in a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the union state.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from expertclub.ge

As we approach the fifth anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's so-called Tulip Revolution, it is appropriate to ask some hard questions. For instance, were the events of the spring of 2005 really a revolution at all?

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  from Radio Free Europe

Despite the impact of the global economic crisis on all of the economies within the former Soviet Union, averaging a 7 percent decline in GDP in 2009, defense spending has increased in each state with the exception of Belarus (which remained unchanged in 2009 year-on-year at 1.5 percent of GDP).

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Japan's exports grew 45% in February compared with the same month a year ago, because of strong demand in Asia.

• Date: 24.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2010  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk