The lease of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) to Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom jeopardizes national interests of Ukraine, independent energy expert Volodymyr Saprykin said on air of Channel 5.

• March 12, 2013

The United States warned Iran on Wednesday that it faces further international isolation if it fails to address U.N. nuclear watchdog concerns about its atomic activities.

• March 6, 2013

The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.

• March 6, 2013

Tajikistan is officially a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• March 2, 2013

China appears to be pressing ahead with plans to invest in a North Korean free trade zone in a sign that its recent nuclear test has not soured its economic ties with its only major ally.

• March 1, 2013

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Bulgaria to protest against corruption and the country's rising cost of living.

• February 25, 2013

Opposition politician Andrei Sannikov, recently released from jail in his native Belarus, urged the international community to impose tougher sanctions on his country to end human rights abuses

• February 23, 2013

Ukraine has signed a contract for the supply of natural gas with an annual volume of up to five billion cubic meters (bcm) with Germany's RWE, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

• February 22, 2013