Bulgaria expects that Russia will withdraw its 58 million euro claim against the country' state-owned power utility NEK at the beginning of next week, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)

• August 1, 2011

In the Informal Meeting of Ministers for European Affairs on 28-29 July in Sopot, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilunas presented Lithuania's priorities in preparation of the new European Union's financial perspective, informed BC the Ministry.

• August 1, 2011

A pilot error was the ultimate cause of the airplane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others in Russia last year, but Russia's controllers and airport also played a role, a Polish committee investigating into the crash said Friday.

• July 30, 2011

A House Republican says the Obama administration plans talks with Saudi Arabia about potential civil nuclear power deals.

• July 30, 2011

ran welcomes Russia’s efforts towards finding a diplomatic way to settle Iran’s nuclear problem, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a briefing in Tehran on Tuesday.

• July 29, 2011

South Korea's nuclear envoy said on Friday it would be very difficult to persuade North Korea to give up its atomic program, and that a flurry of diplomacy aimed at restarting nuclear talks was unlikely to produce major breakthroughs.

• July 29, 2011

Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and visiting Indian President Pratibha Patil Thursday agreed to strengthen their countries’ cooperation in nuclear energy and mining. Both sides signed three agreements after their meeting.

• July 29, 2011

Norway's prime minister announced an independent review into last week's massacre, as European anti-terror experts were to meet Thursday to examine ways of preventing a repeat of an Oslo-style massacre.

• July 28, 2011