European milling wheat futures rose on
Friday as hopes Greece will clinch a long-awaited bailout deal heartened
investors and as a report Ukraine will limit wheat exports for the rest of the
season added some fundamental support.    

• Date: 17.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Turkmenistan's authoritarian president was sworn in Friday for a second term during a lavish ceremony filled with adulation for the man increasingly referred to as the "protector" of this tightly controlled, resource-rich nation.

• Date: 17.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2012  |  Markets  |  from statesman.com

Iran's ambassador to Russia said plans to cut off supplies of Iranian crude to Europe would only benefit the Islamic republic, which in the past has been heavily dependent on imported fuel due to restricted refining capacity.

• Date: 16.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from thestar.com.my

Kazakh Industry and Trade Minister Asset Issekeshev met today with a large French business delegation which participated in the Kazakh-French Business Council, the Ministry's press service said.

• Date: 16.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from inform.kz

The U.S. and Uzbekistan consider it important to expand partnership in the cultural-humanitarian field. This was discussed at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday with the U.S Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Adam Ereli, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 16.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from pda.trend.az

Iran announced new strides in its nuclear programme on Wednesday, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Israel over the issue.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from channelnewsasia.com

Establishing and developing cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan in prevention and elimination of natural and man-caused emergency situations and conclusions of the due intergovernmental agreement is the main issue of talks between the Kyrgyz Minister of Emergency Kubatbek Boronov and Azerbaijani ambassador in Bishkek Arif Agayev.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Kazakhstan is keen to expand civil nuclear ties with India, its envoy here said Wednesday. Ambassador Doulat Kuanyshev said the two strategic partners should look beyond and enhance ties in the nuclear sector, and let Kazakhstan’s atomic power company Kazakhprom and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited expand cooperation.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from tdnpost.com