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

Kyrgyzstan votes in a crucial election on Sunday which interim leaders hope will help unite the country but opponents fear could trigger more violence and leave the south vulnerable to ethnic extremists and militant Islamists, APA reports quoting “Reuters”.

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from apa.az

Great prospects exist for the cooperation between Russia and China with two-way trade on the rise and high-tech exchange ever increasing, Artem Volynets, a member of the Board of Directors of the RusAl aluminum company, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

• Date: 07.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily