Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi says Tehran's nuclear fuel exchange offer is still on the table and Iran is open for talks with the Vienna Group and the P5+1 in this regard

• February 10, 2011

Russia is actively working to participate in the construction of nuclear power plants in Egypt, Jordan, Bangladesh and other countries, First Vice President of Atomstroiexport Alexander Dybov told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency after signing a contract with Ukraine's Energoatom on designing reactors for nuclear power plant in Khmelnitsky.

• February 10, 2011

Japan is closely monitoring stepped-up activity by Russia's military near disputed islands, Japan's chief spokesman said on Thursday after Moscow said it would deploy new weapons to the area.

• February 10, 2011

US commerce secretary Gary Locke on Monday said India needs to do much more to throw open its economy to US exports and investments

• February 9, 2011

Russia is considering pulling out of a project to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bulgaria due to persistent delays, Russian daily Kommersant reported

• February 9, 2011

A line of 150 trucks waits to enter Kazakhstan. It takes so long to clear customs here that each rig usually only makes two round trips a month. And yet, contrary to appearances, documented discrepancies suggest the checkpoint is a smuggler’s paradise.

• February 9, 2011

An updated report commissioned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy will recommend that the Group of 20 economies undergo a major structural overhaul while also expanding the powers of the International Monetary Fund to deal with financial crises, according to one of the report's authors.
France, which holds the G-20's rotating presidency this year, has made overhauling the international monetary system, damping the volatility of commodities prices and improving global governance its top priorities. The report's authors include former IMF managing directors Michel Camdessus and Horst Kohler as well as former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. They will present their proposals to French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in advance of the Feb. 18-19 meeting of finance ministers from the G-20 industrialized and developing nations. The set of recommendations will expand on a report presented to Sarkozy two weeks ago.

• February 8, 2011

Georgia is waiting for many-billion investments into its power economy: it wants to build 15 hydroelectric power stations and become the largest electrical energy exporter in the region, Business-Georgia reports.

• February 8, 2011