Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he is ready to close the country's borders if the poor economic situation in the country descends into full-scale crisis.

• June 17, 2011

Bulgaria has asked Russia to give it until October, an additional three months, to decide whether or not to go ahead with its Belene nuclear power project, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on Friday

• June 17, 2011

President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev on 13 June arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit. On 14 June, meeting of President Islam Karimov and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was held in suburban complex of Kuksaroy.

• June 16, 2011

Ukraine's largest private vertically integrated energy holding DTEK is planning to enter the electricity trade market in Germany, Director of Power Trade Ltd. (Kyiv), Andriy Favorov, has said.

• June 16, 2011

Chinese President Hu Jintao was in the Russian capital Moscow on Thursday for a four-day official visit devoted to energy issues and bilateral trade between the two countries.

• June 16, 2011

Slovenia the westernmost successor state of the former Yugoslavia has been an attractive target for more than 120 Swiss firms and investors.

• June 15, 2011

Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has sent the entire technical documentation on the build project of a nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad region, the news agency Regnum reports.

• June 15, 2011

The Chinese government is considering plans to subsidize the use of energy-efficient materials and renewable energy technologies in new buildings and is encouraging provincial and municipal governments to impose stricter efficiency standards than the national minimums, Chinese officials said Wednesday.

• June 15, 2011