Pakistan, Morocco, Togo and Guatemala were elected on Friday to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013, and Islamabad's envoy said he looked forward to working with fellow council member India. The race for a fifth council seat, representing Eastern Europe, was adjourned until Monday after neither of the two candidates, Azerbaijan and Slovenia, was able to win a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly after nine votes.

• Date: 22.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from haaretz.com

One day after delivering a bizarre and inflammatory speech at the United Nations in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his government is in discussions with Russia about constructing another nuclear power plant in Iran.

• Date: 21.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from ibtimes.com

After a week of bruising criticism from the West over the jailing of his main political opponent, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday heard the words that put all strongman leaders at ease.

• Date: 21.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from time.com

By the latest estimates, Turkmenistan’s potential gas reserves are even larger than previously thought, encouraging the European Union to tap into this potential, and motivating Ashgabat to cooperate with Brussels and Baku on a trans-Caspian pipeline bound for Europe despite Moscow’s opposition.

• Date: 21.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he expects the 2009 gas contract between Russia and Ukraine to be revised "within a few days" after meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 20.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from anhourago.eu

Two U.S. senators urged the Obama administration on Wednesday not to sacrifice Georgia's security and sovereignty concerns in Washington's effort to help Moscow join the World Trade Organization.

• Date: 20.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from wtaq.com

Following the official welcoming ceremony, presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan met in private.

• Date: 20.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Shifting its focus from mega ventures, the Jammu and Kashmir government will soon be constructing 10 small hydroelectric projects to generate and supply power faster to despairing consumers, without much transmission and distribution losses, authorities say.

• Date: 19.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from inewsone.com