A new law in Belarus will restrict access to foreign websites and force internet clubs and cafes to report users visiting sites registered abroad.

• Date: 04.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 04.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé (pictured) has urged European countries to agree to an oil embargo on Iran by the end of January, saying he has “no doubt” Tehran is pursuing the development of nuclear arms.

• Date: 03.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from france24.com

In a sign of mounting Russian pressure on Ukraine to share its pipeline network, Gazprom's chief executive has warned that procrastination in talks would result in a bad deal for Kyiv as construction of a competing pipeline would lead to a price slump.

• Date: 03.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2012  |  Energy  |  from euractiv.com

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan launched the Common Economic Space (CES) on Sunday to further promote free movement of goods, capital and workforce within them.

• Date: 03.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from cri.cn

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on North Korea's new leader to seize the opportunity and return to dialogue, saying he was prepared to offer help to revive the North's shattered economy if it suspends nuclear activities.

• Date: 02.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

NATO hopes for a quick reopening of blocked supply routes through Pakistan because the 5-week closure is damaging the economies of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, an alliance officer said Monday.

• Date: 02.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Negotiations of the JSC KEGOC delegation, (the Kazakh company running the electricity grid) with the leadership of the Uzbek state energy company Uzbekenergo in Tashkent to resolve the situation on the Kazakhstan border and the integrated electricity system in Central Asia was successful, according to a KEGOC press release on Saturday.

• Date: 02.01.2012  |  Published on EGF: 02.01.2012  |  External Relations  |  from en.trend.az

Tensions between Iran and the U.S. could escalate towards potential war, but both Russia and China are opposed to Western intervention in Iran.

• Date: 30.12.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.12.2011  |  External Relations  |  from digitaljournal.com