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Armenia announced that it is pulling out of the Eurovision song contest 2012 on March 7, in protest of the event being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The move reflects the continuing tensions... 2012-03-23

Relations with Western Europe have continued to worsen in recent months. This was evidenced by the EU's decision to expand its list of Belarusian government officials banned from travel... 2012-03-23

According to the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan has postponed the signing of an agreement on the transformation of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC)... 2012-03-22

ajikistan has been added to a United States list of the world's worst offenders of religious rights. The annual International Religious Freedom Report this year added Turkey and Tajikistan... 2012-03-22

he Central Election Committee has failed to approve the results of a number of regional elections in Kyrgyzstan which has added to public discontent surrounding the elections. This... 2012-03-22

As widely expected, Vladimir Putin secured a first-round victory in Russia's presidential election on March 4, which will see the incumbent prime minister return for a historic third... 2012-03-20

Moldova's Prime Minister Vlad Filat has set 2013 as a target for a resolution of the Transdniester frozen conflict. Filat hopes to take advantage of Ukraine's chairmanship of the Organisation... 2012-02-24

Parliamentary elections in 2012 will place greater emphasis on the authorities to ensure tangible feed-through from Mongolia's mining boom to the wider domestic demand picture. The... 2012-02-24

Georgia's new opposition movement, known as 'Georgian Dream', led by billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, formally began with the launch of a new coalition bloc on February... 2012-02-24

Jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has serious health problems which she is not being treated for, according to a team of Canadian and German doctors allowed to examine Tymoshenko.... 2012-02-24