Plans by Belarus to build a nuclear power plant 50 kilometres away from Vilnius are a worry for Lithuania, the country's foreign minister, Audronius Ažubalis, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

• Date: 15.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from euractiv.com

Russia's controversial transport blockade of Georgia is threatening to inflict considerable economic damage on Armenia, the Russian regional ally that uses Georgian territory as its main commercial conduit to the outside world. The government in Yerevan is now scrambling to minimize negative consequences of the sanctions for a large number of Armenian businesses trading with Russia.

• Date: 14.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

Hundreds of people protested against the Russian government Sunday at two separate rallies in Moscow, with opposition activists calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and nationalists demanding greater rights for ethnic Russians. Several opposition activists were detained.

• Date: 13.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from chron.com

Japan and Russia are to jointly build a liquid natural gas (LNG) plant in the Russian port of Vladivostok, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

• Date: 11.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from france24.com

While President Obama presses the Senate to embrace a new arms control treaty with Russia, another nuclear pact with Moscow cleared its final hurdle on Thursday after more than four years with virtually no notice but potentially significant impact.

• Date: 10.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Ukraine could boost its own energy security by attracting investors to the oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, the government said.

• Date: 10.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

The leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have adopted a Declaration on the establishment of a Single Economic Area between the three countries.

• Date: 10.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from ruvr.ru

Polish and Russian leaders vowed Monday to open a new chapter in their relations, a move that could eventually end centuries of enmity and distrust between two great Slavic powers of Europe’s East and strengthen security and stability in this part of the continent.

• Date: 07.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com