Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Friday signed a decree to set up a joint body to oversee and regulate the economy and trade in the three nations, paving the way for an economic union of the three former Soviet republics.

• Date: 18.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Azerbaijan and Turkey have started work on a trans-Anatolian pipeline project to carry Azeri gas across Turkey, the president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Russia will support Kazakhstan and Belarus in their efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Moscow itself joins the trade bloc, Russia's top WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said

• Date: 17.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday denied pressuring Australia to reverse a ban on selling uranium to India but said he would "watch with interest" how the issue played out.

• Date: 16.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from indiatimes.com

Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov discussed bilateral cooperation with the Heads of diplomatic missions of Italy, Germany and the U.S. accredited in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Prime Minister's press-service reported.

• Date: 16.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

The UN atomic watchdog's damning new report on Iran's nuclear programme has set the stage for a diplomatic showdown at IAEA headquarters this week, pitting Russia and China against Western powers.

• Date: 15.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from dailystar.com.lb

Since the December 1991 collapse of the USSR, one of the most exciting developments for the international energy community has been the rise of oil exports from the Caspian region.

• Date: 15.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from oilprice.com

“Russia joined the WTO and now does not need goods from Kyrgyzstan,” the Dordoi Trade Union member Ismat Shamiyev stated at today’s conference “Employment in the KRG: problems and political choice”.

• Date: 11.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from 24.kg