Exit polls show interim president and parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski has won the most votes in Poland's presidential election but not enough to avoid a run-off in two weeks.

• Date: 21.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from Deutsche Welle

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed doubts about the future of Europe's common currency and said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the survival of BP PLC.

• Date: 18.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsj.com

President Dmitry Medvedev met on Friday with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor to discuss key issues of bilateral relations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum

• Date: 18.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

Economic Zones World (EZW) announced that a subsidiary of Russian gas giant, Gazprom Energy, has established a base at its Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ)

• Date: 18.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from tradearabia.com

In the run up to the 2008 presidential election, Dmitry Medvedev was asked what his first act would be if he got the top job. "I don't think there is anything specific or urgent to be done," he replied. "There are no such issues that are not already being addressed by the government. That's what makes the present situation so attractive."

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from wsj.com

Russia has not been notified by Bulgaria on plans to abandon the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Russia understands the reasons behind Bulgaria's decision to suspend the joint construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline and to halt the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Yuri Isakov said on Wednesday.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from peopledaily.com.cn

The St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which starts on Thursday, will be used by Russian officials to promote the Kremlin's push to modernise the country's economy.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk