Initiative to hold a global nuclear security summit in Washington "was absolutely timely" and the summit itself was "crowned with a complete success," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday in a speech at the Brookings Institute on the results of the summit that had brought together the leaders of 47 countries, the UN, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European Union.

• Date: 14.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.04.2010  |  Security  |  from itar-tass.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday launched the construction of a major gas pipeline aimed at winning market share in Europe while bypassing Ukraine, where strained relations have caused supply disruptions in the past.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from commodities-now.com

Ukraine has agreed to get rid of its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium in a move that gave President Obama the first significant achievement at the Nuclear Security Summit of 47 nations that opened yesterday in Washington.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from timesonline.co.uk

Iran asks the UN to investigate Western actions in Afghanistan and Iraq amid growing nuclear tensions.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Intelligence sources in the Middle East have indicated that the summer in the region could turn out to be particularly hot in terms of political climate.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Many news stories have pointed out a possible connection to the mostly Islamic North Caucasus, a region Reuters describes as "plagued by insurgency, whose leaders have threatened to attack cities and energy pipelines elsewhere in Russia."

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nationalpost.com

Chinese President Hu Jintao left here Monday morning for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit on April 12-13 in Washington at the invitation of the U.S. President Barack Obama. Hu will deliver a speech stressing the

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  Security  |  from sina.com