International agreement on construction of the Caspian-to-Europe pipeline has now been ratified by all five transit countries.

• 5 March 2010

New Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych suggests he would allow Russia's Black Sea Fleet to remain in Ukraine.

• 5 March 2010

Gas and electricity projects to receive ?2.3bn from the European economic recovery package.

• 5 March 2010

EU's foreign policy chief to try to secure support for EEAS from foreign ministers.

• 5 March 2010

Ukraine's new President, Viktor Yanukovych, visits Moscow to return ties with Russia to a "strategic partnership".

• 5 March 2010

How Israel to a European Court of Justice ruling may have a profound impact on commercial relations with its principal trading partner.

• 5 March 2010

US President Barack Obama is reportedly planning a shift in nuclear strategy. How are experts in Asia reacting to this possible shift in US nuclear policy?

• 5 March 2010

As Brussels painstakingly deliberates the merits of aspiring European Union members in the Balkans, Beijing has begun an investment offensive in the region. But is China’s money talking economics or politics?

• 5 March 2010