India and Japan have agreed to restart talks on a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement aimed at allowing Japanese companies to export atomic power technology and equipment to India.

• June 7, 2011

Russia has the most advanced atomic energy technologies and plans to sell them on its own or in cooperation with other leading countries, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said

• June 7, 2011

A delegation from Kazakhstan headed by the Minister of Economic Integration, Zhanar Aitzhanova, has reached various agreements with the USA pertaining to Kazakhstan’s prospective membership in the World Trade Organization.

• June 6, 2011

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has warned that a few aircrafts will come and take Pakistan’s nuclear assets away, DawnNews reported on Friday.

• June 6, 2011

Bulgaria plans to increase its reliance on nuclear energy by 2020 under a new proposal adopted by the government last week.

• June 6, 2011

A snapshot of Turkey’s domestic and regional politics during May 2011
Key Points:

• Uprisings in the Middle East continue to make diplomacy a difficult game to master for leaders in Turkey, with Syria’s potential implosion being a matter of great concern for those in power in Ankara.


• With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 12, and the AKP seeing stronger challenges across the political spectrum, tensions are on the rise in the country. It is unlikely, however, that the AKP will face electoral defeat.


• The Nabucco pipeline continues to be mired in uncertainty as Brussels has not been able to persuade suppliers to sign on to the project. READ MORE

• June 6, 2011

Turkey has not confirmed reports that it plans to build a nuclear power plant in Igneada on the border with Bulgaria right on the Black Sea coast, according to EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger.

• June 4, 2011

Azerbaijan and Germany will cooperate in nuclear research, the director of the Institute of Radiation Problems under the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Adil Garibov told Trend.

• June 4, 2011