One of five opposition presidential candidates arrested in Belarus following a post-election crackdown two weeks ago has been released. Meanwhile, the country faces criticism for closing its OSCE office.

• Date: 04.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from dw-world.de

Iran will export 70MW of electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan this Iranian year (which ends on March 20).

• Date: 03.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from zeenews.com

Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported on Monday.

• Date: 03.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from channelnewsasia.com

Turkey made its imprint as one of the most influential countries not only on 2010, but on the first decade of the third millennium.

• Date: 03.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from japantimes.co.jp

Belarussian authorities charged on Wednesday four former presidential candidates who opposed incumbent authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko with organising post-election riots.

• Date: 30.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

Kyrgyzstan is slowly but surely headed along the path toward a democratic state, transitional President Roza Otunbayeva said.

• Date: 29.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from upi.com

With the ratification of START, a new nuclear alliance is shaping - one dedicated to the effort to prevent rogue nations from developing nuclear weapons.

• Date: 29.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from opednews.com

India has tightened the web of sanctions around Iran by barring Indian companies from a range of deals transacted through a key trade-finance clearinghouse.

• Date: 29.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsj.com