Syria hopes to clinch more financial aid from its allies Russia and Iran soon, but still has enough foreign reserves to pursue its war on rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad, the central bank governor said.

• Date: 24.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 24.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Ford and General Motors are reviving two familiar nameplates at the Shanghai Auto Show this week in a bid to make inroads in China, where the auto market could soon eclipse the U.S. and European markets combined.

• Date: 23.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2013  |  Markets  |  from nbcnews.com

If postwar Iraq's first major elections are the barometer of its ability to maintain security on its own, the government appears to be failing the test.

• Date: 22.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

China will refuse to grant new licenses to iron ore importers unless they participate in a domestic trading platform, in a fresh move by the world's biggest iron ore consumer to wrestle pricing power away from global miners.

• Date: 22.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

India and Tajikistan Monday discussed the situation in Afghanistan where international forces are set for a drawdown next year, and agreed that the global community should strengthen Afghanistan's capacity to maintain peace, stability and prosperity of its people.

• Date: 15.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from daijiworld.com

Cyprus clinched a last-minute solution to avert imminent financial meltdown early Monday after it agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on wealthy depositors in troubled banks to secure a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout.

• Date: 25.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2013  |  Markets  |  from sltrib.com

In former Soviet Central Asia there is little debate that the root problem [of extremist beliefs] is “foreign ideas,” defined so broadly as to become a target of opportunity for both every political purpose and every local policeman or official’s ambition. Any sign of dissent from state policies or ideology can be enough to bring the wrath of the state, sometimes with great violence.

• Date: 25.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2013  |  Markets  |  from globalvoicesonline.org

Kazakhstan could divert its natural gas supplies from the largest deposit in Karachaganak to China if it fails to sign a contract with Russia.

• Date: 18.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2013  |  Energy  |  from russia-ic.com