Optimism and progress are words seldom associated with diplomatic encounters involving Iran.

• Date: 01.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from washingtonpost.com

The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.

• Date: 01.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Ukraine's natural gas shipper said that April marks the start of a break from Russia as more supplies start coming in from nearby Poland.

• Date: 01.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100,000 euros (£84,300; $128,200) could lose up to 60% of their savings as part of an EU-IMF bailout restructuring move, officials say.

• Date: 31.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2013  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

NATO hopes a U.S. change to global missile defenses will dispel Russian concern and foster cooperation on an issue that has long strained relations, alliance Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said in an interview.

• Date: 31.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2013  |  Security  |  from reuters.com

The surprise military exercises in the Black Sea Russian President Vladimir Putin called for are reaching their conclusion.

• Date: 31.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2013  |  Security  |  from rferl.org

The Iranian Embassy in Baku says Tehran has nothing to do with a new radio station broadcasting in the Talysh language from Azerbaijan's breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

• Date: 29.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Russia said on Friday that heightened military activity near North Korea was slipping into a "vicious cycle" that could get out of control, implicitly criticizing U.S. bomber flights that followed threats from Pyongyang.

• Date: 29.03.2013  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com