The EU is putting the finishing touches to a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials tell the BBC.

• Date: 13.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2010  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over terror groups operating from within Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose company runs the world’s biggest mutual fund, says deteriorating public finances may seriously hurt the global economy.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  Markets  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Putin will sign more than a dozen pacts amounting to 10 billion dollars, including an accord to resolve the troubled sale of a refitted Soviet-era aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Afghanistan and Greece were on the agenda for Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the Netherlands. Merkel, who met Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, praised relations between Berlin and The Hague.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Azerbaijan has more than doubled its natural-gas exports to Russia, shipping up to 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to its northern neighbor.

• Date: 11.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com