Despite the regime’s claim that it has no ambitions to build a nuclear arsenal, a leaked report insisted secret experiments were being carried out.

• November 9, 2011

Bulgaria's industrial production climbed by one per cent month-on-month in September 2011 after contracting two per cent the previous month, preliminary seasonally-adjusted data by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed

• November 8, 2011

After 13 years of planning and two years of construction, the Nord Stream pipeline will deliver its first supplies of Russian gas to an estimated 26 million homes in the EU on Tuesday.

• November 8, 2011

Iran said on Tuesday that the West had no serious proof it was developing nuclear weapons, ahead of a report by the UN atomic watchdog that is expected to provide new evidence against Tehran.

• November 8, 2011

Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has said that India has expressed an intent to join a Central Asian security alliance that would also include Pakistan and Iran.

• November 7, 2011

Director of the European Affairs Department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Tomas Gulbinas had a meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin in Kiev during which he voiced support for Ukraine's integration into the European Union, reported BC Lithuanian MFA.

• November 7, 2011

Iran has mastered the skills and technology to develop a nuclear weapon, according to leaked reports from intelligence officials.

• November 7, 2011

India and Canada want to triple their bilateral trade and are banking on alliances and investments in energy sector. Both countries are aiming at increasing bilateral trade to $ 15 billion by 2015 from $ 4.2 billion in 2010.

• November 5, 2011