Around 10 million people each year receive a visa allowing entry to Europe's borderless, Schengen Area. Regulations that came into force on April 5th should streamline the process of applying for a Schengen visa.

• Date: 05.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Russian PM Vladimir Putin sign a series of key deals following talks in Caracas.

• Date: 03.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Following are facts about relations between Venezuela and Russia: Russia is the world's second-biggest oil exporter and biggest gas producer. OPEC member Venezuela boasts Latin America's largest oil reserves and 7.9 percent

• Date: 03.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Pakistan should develop broad-based relations, particularly in energy projects, and improve people-to-people contacts with the Central Asian Republics (CARs), which are the centre of global attention, mainly because of their huge natural resources.

• Date: 03.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from thenews.com.pk

Aviation could prove a fresh field for diplomatic conflict between Georgia and Russia after an announcement by the de facto government of breakaway Abkhazia that it plans to reopen an Abkhaz airport with Moscow’s assistance. Georgian officials tell EurasiaNet.org that they expect the European Union to help Tbilisi block such assistance -- an expectation that the EU has not confirmed.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is expected to visit Baku, the Romanian ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists Thursday.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Kyiv is ready to discuss cooperation with Moscow in upgrading Ukraine's gas transportation system, nuclear industry, aerospace industry and aircraft engineering, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

Organizers of the electronic petition "No for Construction of Belarus Nuclear Power Plant near Vilnius" have submitted a sheet with almost 22,000 signatures of residents to the Government.

• Date: 01.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com