Kyrgyzstan elections shelved as further violence hits southern city
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader, Roza Otunbayeva, will likely remain president of the Central Asian nation until December 2011 after the government cancelled plans for presidential elections to be held in October.
Investing in Energy After Yukos
The Kremlin rarely approaches EU-Russia summits with much enthusiasm, but there are signs that this may change in anticipation of the next summit in Rostov-on-Don on May 31.
Euro plummets to new dollar low
The eurozone's single currency plummets against the US dollar, falling below $1.22 for the first time since April 2006.
Russia's WTO bid tests US relationship
Russia's on-again, off-again plan to pursue World Trade Organization (WTO) membership bid jointly with Kazakhstan and Belarus (first announced in June 2009) remains up in the air.
British, Dutch airports re-open after ash grounded flights
A drifting cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano has changed direction, allowing London's Heathrow and Amsterdam's Schiphol airports to begin operating again. Central Europe has remained unaffected for the time being.
Iran uranium deal prompts cautious optimism as US considers response
Hopes are high that the deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey to turn Iran's controversial enriched uranium supplies into fuel rods outside the Islamic Republic will be a major step towards solving the on-going stand-off.
S&P Raises Ukraine's Credit Ratings to 'Stable'
Ukraine’s credit ratings were raised at Standard & Poor’s on improvements in the country’s policy coordination and after a Russian gas subsidy agreement helped boost the government’s debt outlook.
Kyrgyzstan: Roza Rules! Marching Back to Normality in a New Geo-Political Cycle in Central Asia
Amid stories of rebellion and a crackdown in the south, rumours of unrest and gossip about coup and counter-coup, the information coming out of this troubled Central Asian ex-Soviet Republic points towards a growing degree of control by the interim government of Roza Otunbaeva, both in legislative and military terms, as a hundred criminal cases are brought against ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
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