Five parties passed the threshold on Monday to win seats in Kyrgyzstan's new parliament after a landmark election aimed at shifting the strategic Central Asian nation away from failed authoritarian rule.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

Iran says late October or early November would be a good time for nuclear talks with the six world powers, and claims it has put an end to Western espionage against its atomic facilities

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from skynews.com.au

The military alliance that 61 years ago identified its core mission as to "promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area" is now embroiled in the tenth year of a war in Afghanistan launched by its dominant member, the United States.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Security  |  from mediamonitors.net

Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov has appointed Dovlet Mommayev a new head manager of the state concern "Turkmengas" by his decree.

• Date: 09.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

While Eastern Europe and Central Asia are emerging from the worst global recession since the 1930s, recovery has been weak, with a jobless rebound in some nations and uneven growth from country to country, the World Bank said

• Date: 09.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from People's Daily

Japan has submitted a bid to construct a nuclear energy power plant in Turkey through the mediation of Toshiba, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Russia will pay back Iran's downpayment on an order for a missile system after refusing to fulfil the contract, a top Russian official says.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Former Kyrgyz Finance Minister and Ak-Shumkar leader Temir Sariyev listens to a question during his interview with the Associated Press in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The head of a leading party running for election in Kyrgyzstan says an incoming government will likely sharply increase the rent for a U.S. air base in the country.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from newstimes.com