China would welcome assurance about the security of its financial assets in the United States, a senior diplomat said ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit next week, while playing down rifts between the two powers.

• Date: 12.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from businessspectator.com.au

With the test of a stealth fighter jet Tuesday, just hours before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Chinese military provided a blunt demonstration of its willingness to challenge both the United States and its own president.

• Date: 12.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.01.2011  |  Security  |  from washingtonpost.com

Lithuania is calling for the easing of European Union travel restrictions for ordinary citizens of Belarus in the wake of the crackdown on opposition politicians in the former Soviet republic, President Dalia Grybauskaite confirmed Monday, DPA reported.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Organizers of a petition drive in Kazakhstan calling for the president to remain in power for at least another decade say they have gathered signatures from at least half the Central Asian nation's eligible voters.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from washingtonpost.com

An agreement allowing U.S. companies to export nuclear technology to Russia is to take effect Tuesday after the U.S. ambassador and a deputy Russian foreign minister exchange diplomatic notes.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

The Russian president on Saturday ratified a civil nuclear energy pact with Japan that allows the transfer of Japanese technology to Russia and the sale of more Russian uranium to energy-poor Japan. President Dmitry Medvedev ratified the pact after it was passed by the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament in December last year, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from nuclearpowerdaily.com

Chinese investors are keen on taking part in developing energy projects in Bulgaria, Bulgaria's Government said on January 10 2011.

• Date: 11.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from sofiaecho.com

A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controvery rather than healing.

• Date: 10.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com