Thousands of opposition demonstrators marched in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, protesting a deal reached earlier this week to extend Russia's military presence in the former Soviet Republic, national news media reported.

• Date: 26.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from cnn.com

Russia and Austria signed a deal Saturday that will expand Moscow's position of strength in supplying Europe with natural gas by allowing it to expand a planned pipeline further into the EU.

• Date: 26.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from kansascity.com

Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.

• Date: 26.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from seattletimes.com

mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries. Uzbekistan wishes to further deepen its mutually beneficial cooperation with China on politics, economy, trade and security, which will benefit the two countries and the two peoples, Karimov said

• Date: 25.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2010  |  External Relations

Austria has signed up to build part of Russia's South Stream gas pipeline, while keeping a hand in the competing European pipeline Nabucco.

• Date: 25.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from Deutsche Welle

The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis.

• Date: 25.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Come October and the skies over Jangalmahal will resonate with the sound of powerful jet engines. Pilots of the Royal Air Force in Eurofighter Typhoons will match their skills against the IAF's flying aces in Indradhanush 2010, the third in a series of joint air exercises between India and the UK.

• Date: 25.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Human rights activists and artists in Istanbul commemorated the 1915-17 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks for the first time Saturday, breaking with a near century-old Turkish taboo.

• Date: 24.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com