Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that he and Barack Obama have "changed the atmosphere" in Russian-U.S. ties, but demanded more American support on issues from the economy to Afghan drugs.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

An American envoy is holding talks in Bishkek with the leadership that replaced Kyrgyzstan’s president last week and has now stripped him of his immunity, APA reports quoting “The Voice of America”.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from apa.az

Chinese President Hu Jintao met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama here on Monday to exchange views on China-Japan relations and other issues of common interest.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com

To better understand the geopolitical dynamic of upheaval in the remote central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, it is instructive to look to Georgia, 2500 kilometres and five national borders to the west.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from theage.com.au

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania signed a memorandum of understanding to transport Azeri LNG to the European Union through a project that could come online sooner than the Nabucco gas pipeline.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from Oil&Gas Journal Online

Intelligence sources in the Middle East have indicated that the summer in the region could turn out to be particularly hot in terms of political climate.

• Date: 13.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

A year ago in Prague, President Barack Obama pushed a three-pronged plan to move toward a world without nuclear weapons -- and announced a Global Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 to help make that happen.

• Date: 12.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from thehill.com

Kyrgyzstan will "drown in blood" if any attempt is made to kill him, deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev vowed yesterday.

• Date: 12.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from scotsman.com