Strong post-crisis recovery in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region is expected to continue in 2011, although at a somewhat slower pace than in 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its Regional Economic Outlook for Caucasus and Central Asia released in Tbilisi today.

• Date: 29.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from imf.org

Some 200 members of Syria's ruling Baath party are reported to have resigned over the violent crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations.
The resignations were centred on the southern city of Deraa, a focal point of violence that has allegedly killed 450 people in six weeks.

• Date: 28.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2011  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

The report said recent International Monetary Fund forecasting had predicted China would surpass US real economic output in the very near future.

• Date: 26.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from associatedcontent.com

The Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will take part in a joint project for construction of a railway connecting cities in three countries to each other, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.

• Date: 25.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from payvand.com

Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted new customs duties on a number of basic commodity items, as decided at parliamentary session

• Date: 22.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The Azerbaijani government has quietly stopped the operations of two international nongovernmental organizations in what some local observers claim is a further attempt to clamp down on the country’s relatively weak civil society.

• Date: 21.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.04.2011  |  Security  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Turkish State Minister responsible for foreign trade has urged a free trade agreement between Turkey and India to boost mutual trade.

• Date: 19.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

The oil price hike will promote growth in major oil exporters Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, but create more poverty in the Eurasian region

• Date: 18.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az