The United States and the European Union on Monday imposed sanctions against President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko and scores of other officials in Belarus for a broad crackdown on the opposition after the fraudulent presidential election late last year.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com

Turkey aspires to possess at least 20 nuclear reactors operating in the country by 2030, a key official from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has said.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

The Rajin-Sonbong Free Trade Zone in the extreme northeast corner of North Korea was always something of a joke. The zone was created in 1991 by the late North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung when the North was in one of its periodic flirtations with Chinese-style free markets. But nothing much came of it.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from koreatimes.co.kr

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal now totals more than 100 deployed weapons, a doubling of its stockpile over the past several years in one of the world's most unstable regions, according to estimates by nongovernment analysts

• Date: 31.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2011  |  Security  |  from washingtonpost.com

Kazakhstan's constitutional council on Monday rejected a referendum to extend President Nursultan Nazarbayev's rule until 2020, meaning the leader of Central Asia's largest economy is likely to stand for election in 2012.

• Date: 31.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan on February 1

• Date: 31.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Turkey has played an increasingly visible role in Arab affairs in recent years, but the country's top diplomat in the United States suggested Friday that the violence in Egypt is an internal matter.

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from chron.com

Russian experts confirmed during a presentation of the Kaliningrad nuclear power plant project in Riga yesterday that the project will have no detrimental effect on the environment.

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com