After a three-sided meeting with the Russian President, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced that they were ready to speed up the talks on the Karabakh problem – part of the strife that has lingered since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

• Date: 23.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from rt.com/politics

Russia has condemned a decision by the European Union (EU) to impose tougher sanctions against Iran, warning such measures will only make things worse with regards to Tehran’s nascent nuclear program and undermine the diplomatic process.

• Date: 23.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from ibtimes.com

The decision by European Union foreign ministers to stop taking deliveries of crude oil from Iran might well represent a momentous change and a blow to Tehran.

• Date: 23.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Ian Kelly on behalf of his government is insisting on permitting independent doctors to examine the state of health of ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, who is now in the Kachanovska prison, the press service of the Batkivschyna party said on Saturday.

• Date: 21.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

Iran is being paid for oil sales to India through a Turkish bank, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company said Friday on Mehr news agency.

• Date: 21.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from nowlebanon.com

China's premier, Wen Jiabao, was in the Persian Gulf this week talking about oil.
China has become increasingly concerned about all the threats of conflict with Iran in the Persian Gulf, which supplies China with a great deal of its oil.

• Date: 21.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from npr.org

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd called on China to consider halting its oil purchases from Iran in deference to efforts by the international community of pressuring Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.

• Date: 20.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from au.ibtimes.com

Americans view China's competition in telecommunications and fiber optics as worrisome enough that policy-makers regularly consider enacting protectionist legislation. The possibility of China using its investment policies to seize the lead in automobile manufacturing also has Washington reacting vigorously.

• Date: 20.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from omaha.com