EE

  • Jan 31, 2011
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA: Central Bank holds off interest rate rise

The Central Bank (TsBR) unexpectedly raised commercial banks' reserve requirements today instead...

Russia
  • Jan 28, 2011
  • 7 min read

GEORGIA: Reliance on Russia undermines S Ossetia case

Breakaway South Ossetia's geography, landscape, demography and isolation limit its...

Georgia
  • Jan 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/UK: BP-Rosneft deal will survive TNK-BP suit

BP did not fully inform the Russian authorities of the terms of its TNK-BP joint venture (JV)...

Russia
  • Jan 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/INT: Foreign business sees more gain than risk

A billion-dollar deal was signed at Davos yesterday between Rosneft and US ExxonMobil forming a...

Russia
  • Jan 28, 2011
  • 1 min read

ARMENIA: Industry pins hopes on exports

GDP grew in 2010 by 2.6%, recovering from its deep recession in 2009 that was due to the global...

Armenia
  • Jan 27, 2011
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA/RUSSIA: Vilnius seeks EU umpire in gas row

Vilnius has asked the European Commission to investigate whether Russian gas giant Gazprom is...

Lithuania
  • Jan 26, 2011
  • 6 min read

ROMANIA: Government unity looks fragile amid unrest

On January 25, about 10,000 trade unionists and car workers joined a protest at the Dacia-Renault...

Romania
  • Jan 26, 2011
  • 2 min read

UNITED KINGDOM: BBC will fund smaller World Service

Nearly one-third of employees will leave the BBC's World Service in cuts that will affect its...

United Kingdom