Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev started his visit to Brazil on Wednesday, February 20th. Medvedev had a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Due to the injury that Rousseff received at the carnival, the Brazilian president was wearing only one shoe. On her other foot, Rousseff had a rubber sandal, which gave an informal touch to the official meeting.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from pravda.ru

South Korea will hold a nuclear cooperation forum in South Africa on Wednesday (South African time) to create a friendly atmosphere to bid for the upcoming orders of nuclear power plants from the African country.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from globaltimes.cn

The United States is locked in a tight race with China and Russia to build destructive cyberweapons capable of seriously damaging other nations’ critical infrastructure, according to a leading expert on hostilities waged via the Internet.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from nbcnews.com

Ukraine's top diplomat in Brussels says his country rejects any kind of pre-conditions for the signature of its Association Agreement with the EU ahead of the leadership summit to be held on Monday.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from euractiv.com

International observers say Armenia's presidential vote was an improvement on recent elections but was not genuinely competitive.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

Russia will continue its active role in the political and diplomatic settlement of conflicts in the CIS area.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Security  |  from news.az

Adding a new dimension to their strategic ties, India and the UK today decided to start negotiations on a civil nuclear pact to facilitate entry of British companies into emerging atomic power sector here.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from indiatimes.com

Kim Kwang-jin says that when he worked for North Korea's state insurance company in Singapore in 2003, he stuffed $20 million into two suitcases one day and sent it to Pyongyang as a special gift for then leader Kim Jong-il.

• Date: 18.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.02.2013  |  Security  |  from reuters.com