Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom said on Thursday it had made "significant progress" in talks with Ukraine, a key export market and transit route to Europe, and hoped to agree on future supply terms by year end.

• Date: 01.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Kazakhstan has restricted gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan, the managing director for KazMunaiGas's (Kazakh oil and gas company) gas projects, Daniyar Berlibayev, wrote on his Twitter page on Thursday.

• Date: 01.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Britain began pulling its diplomats out of Iran on Wednesday, a day after protesters stormed and ransacked its embassy and residential compound in the capital Tehran.

• Date: 30.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from ft.com

APA-ECONOMICS. Until 2025, SOCAR intends to invest $15 bln in Turkey, head of SOCAR Investments Department Vagif Aliyev said, APA reports citing Turkish media.

• Date: 30.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from apa.az

Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Asian and Pacific Security Affairs discussed future cooperation on Wednesday, Kazakh Defense Minister reported.

• Date: 30.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

A senior U.S. official has dismissed Iran's threats against NATO missile defense installations in Turkey ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to the key U.S. ally and linchpin of NATO's southern flank.

• Date: 29.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from denverpost.com

Russia has activated a radar warning system against incoming missiles in its exclave of Kaliningrad on the borders of the European Union, in response to Western plans to deploy a missile-defense shield in Europe.

• Date: 29.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov and Managing Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia Olivier Descamps discussed future cooperation, the Prime Minister's press service reported.

• Date: 29.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az