Four EU states and Turkey signed an agreement on July 13 in Ankara paving the way for the Nabucco pipeline to transport gas to Europe bypassing Russia.
The United Nations Security Council is suffering a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," the human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday.
EU leaders want Greece to remain in the euro zone, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.
Russia is facing a full-scale political crisis which may lead to a radical transformation of the country’s ruling system as a result of the growing rivalry between the government and opposition, a report issued by the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research (TsSR) said.
The Russian leadership may take a harder line on their foreign policies in a bid to improve their damaged popularity at home, a report prepared by the Center of Strategic Research (TsSR) said.