Italy’s ENI chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, has proposed unifying the Gazprom-led South Stream with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project. The Italian state-controlled energy conglomerate ENI is the key technological and commercial partner to Gazprom in South Stream, the project aimed at transporting gas from Russia across the Black Sea to Europe

• 21 March 2010

The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, has agreed to give Armenia until the end of this year to reform its electoral system.

• 20 March 2010

Russian President Medvedev made it clear from the beginning that he does not stand in Vladimir Putin's shadow. Two years into his presidency, Medvedev is making a play for more power as he seeks to assert himself.

• 20 March 2010

planned, this much-delayed, controversial project could wreck U.S. efforts to check Iran's expansionist ambitions. U.S. energy analyst Gal Luft said the pipeline could also "have profound implications for the geopolitics of energy in the 21st century and

• 20 March 2010

Serbian President Boris Tadic boycotts an EU-Balkan integration conference because of a row over Kosovo's status.

• 20 March 2010

On March 20, 1995 the Aum cult attacked passengers on the Tokyo subway. A liquid nerve agent was placed in five trains during rush hour. At least 12 people died; thousands were injured. The cult leader is on death row.

• 20 March 2010

On March 20, 1995 the Aum cult attacked passengers on the Tokyo subway. A liquid nerve agent was placed in five trains during rush hour. At least 12 people died; thousands were injured. The cult leader is on death row.

• 20 March 2010

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

• 19 March 2010