Belarus has made "important progress" in preparing for the planned construction of a nuclear power plant, the United Nations atomic agency said after its team of international experts visited the former Soviet republic last week.

• Date: 02.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.07.2012  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has invited Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov to visit Turkey, the Turkmen government said on Monday.
It was said during a telephone conversation between the two heads of states.

• Date: 02.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Russia and Western powers locked horns over a peace plan for Syria on Saturday as U.N. mediator Kofi Annan warned the conflict could spread across the Middle East and beyond.

• Date: 30.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo news

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has nominated Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili to be the the country's new prime minister, the News-Georgia agency said.

• Date: 30.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.06.2012  |  Markets  |  from rian.ru

Acting Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan Kakageldi Abdyllayev announced Turkmenistan's official position on the disputed oil fields in the Caspian Sea in an interview with state agency Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary (TDH) on Friday evening.

• Date: 30.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 30.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The negotiations on cooperation between Nabucco West and Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) will be started this summer, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH Managing Director, Reinhard Mitschek said during a conference call on Friday.

• Date: 29.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

South Korea postponed on Friday the signing with Japan of an agreement to share sensitive military information in the face of anger over a pact with a former colonial ruler that critics say was negotiated behind the scenes.

• Date: 29.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to raise pressure on Russia on Thursday ahead of a crucial meeting on the Syria crisis, saying all countries involved must back international mediator Kofi Annan's detailed plan for a political transition

• Date: 29.06.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.06.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com