Western Europe
EASTERN EUROPE: Migrant labour market evades control
The scale of migration into and within Europe and the CIS region -- where there are 35 million...
Eastern EuropeRUSSIA: Killings rise as criminal groups settle scores
Recent high-profile assassinations in Russia point to a growing trend towards violence related to...
RussiaEUROPEAN UNION: Pitfalls surround immigration policy
The interior ministers of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia called on December 31 for stemming the...
BELARUS/RUSSIA: Minsk threatens fee for Druzhba oil
Minsk announced yesterday that it was imposing a customs duty on Russian crude oil transit of 45...
BelarusRUSSIA: Cooperation with oil and gas states may grow
OPEC, which is holding its 143rd meeting in Abuja today, will conduct a session with the...
RussiaRUSSIA: Litvinenko murder puts spotlight on 'mafiya'
The UK police are investigating a possibility that radioactive material used to kill former...
RussiaEGYPT: Orascom Group expands rapidly
Patriarch Onsi Sawiris and his three sons Naguib, Nassef and Samih have built one of the Middle...
EgyptKAZAKHSTAN: Astana wants greater clout in the West
The EU yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan to exchange information on...
Kazakhstan
