U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with human rights activists from Belarus to discuss the recent Belarusian presidential election, which has been condemned by the U.S. and European nations, and the Belarusian regime's crackdown on activists and opposition political leaders.

• Date: 07.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has rejected the idea of scrapping the next two elections and extending his term until 2020.

• Date: 07.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

Since Belarus’s security forces cracked down on the opposition last month, the Polish government has been pursuing a strategy aimed at increasing its support for civil society and non-governmental organizations while isolating the top leadership in Minsk, officials in Warsaw said Wednesday.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com

Turkey is among countries that were invited by Iran on Tuesday to visit key nuclear facilities, officials said, while noting that the invitation was conveyed to Turkey’s permanent representative to the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, on a mission to resuscitate moribund military relations with China, will not arrive in Beijing for talks with the nation's top military leaders until Sunday. But at an airfield in Chengdu, a metropolis in the nation's center, China's military leaders have already rolled out a welcome for him.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  Security  |  from post-gazette.com

At the risk of angering its close ally the US but while safeguarding its own national interests, Turkey has been developing its ties with neighboring Iran while making intense efforts to end a lengthy stalemate between the international community and Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

One of the leading experts in the nuclear industry, Magnus von Bonsdorff, warns for the safety of Swedish nuclear power.

• Date: 06.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from stockholmnews.com

The Polish president's visit to Russia on the anniversary of last year's deadly plane crash depends on how the two states proceed with the investigation into causes of the tragedy, an adviser said

• Date: 05.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az