Afghanistan and Greece were on the agenda for Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the Netherlands. Merkel, who met Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, praised relations between Berlin and The Hague.

• Date: 12.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Azerbaijan has more than doubled its natural-gas exports to Russia, shipping up to 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to its northern neighbor.

• Date: 11.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

VILNIUS - Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom has sent a letter to the Lithuanian government demanding $140 million in payouts for a unprofitable power plant. The gas company bought the po...

• Date: 11.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from baltictimes.com

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a new coalition government after rival Yulia Tymoshenko was ousted in no-confidence vote. Former Finance Minister Mykola Azarov is the new Prime Minister.

• Date: 11.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Every year at the National People’s Congress, China’s top brass insists that Taiwan belongs to China. But this year there was also great praise for the way cross-strait relations were developing, especially economically.

• Date: 11.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Vice President Joe Biden condemned Israeli plans for new settlements as a hurdle for the peace process. It comes as Israel and the Palestinians had just agreed to proximity talks.

• Date: 10.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

• Date: 10.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.

• Date: 10.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk