Eastern Partnership, energy security, commerce and competitiveness will be among priorities of Polish presidency of the EU due to start on July 1, 2011, deputy Polish Prime Minister and Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak said Monday.

• Date: 11.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily Online

A day after 8 CRPF troopers were killed in a landmine blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a top police official said the guerrillas have massively mined the state's forested areas and it was difficult to de-mine the vast stretches.

• Date: 09.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Victory Day in World War II. Arguably, it is not a parade of NATO troops but rather of Russia's erstwhile allies in the coalition against Adolf Hitler. Nor are parades necessarily the stuff of real politics or the harbingers of military alliances. Yet,

• Date: 09.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

President Obama is "very concerned" about Greece's economic crisis, sees mounting threats against the United States from non-state actors and wants to resolve the dispute with Russia over adoptions, he said in an interview released Saturday by the White House.

• Date: 09.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from cnn.com

Weak prospects for opening even one new chapter in Turkey's EU accession talks are souring the festive atmosphere surrounding Europe Day.

• Date: 09.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Chinese President Hu Jintao's attendance at the World War II Victory Day celebrations here would be a significant political step promoting Sino-Russian relations, said a leading Russian expert on Far East studies in a recent interview with Xinhua.

• Date: 08.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from sina.com

Colombian coal is continuing to head to Asia which is keeping availability tight in Europe and underpinning high prices. Colombian coal is flowing to east Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Taiwan, where it is delivered at a discount of as much as USD 15 per tonne to coal loading at Newcastle in Australia and Richards Bay in South Africa.

• Date: 08.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from steelguru.com

In the space of a few weeks, Ukraine has executed a stunning geopolitical pirouette.

• Date: 08.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! News