Since the December 1991 collapse of the USSR, one of the most exciting developments for the international energy community has been the rise of oil exports from the Caspian region.

• November 15, 2011

If the gas industry bosses in Russia are to be believed, we're entering a new golden age for the 'blue fuel' as it's called. It will be a win-win situation for Russia as consumption is expected to show double digit growth.

• November 15, 2011

The UN atomic watchdog's damning new report on Iran's nuclear programme has set the stage for a diplomatic showdown at IAEA headquarters this week, pitting Russia and China against Western powers.

• November 15, 2011

“Russia joined the WTO and now does not need goods from Kyrgyzstan,” the Dordoi Trade Union member Ismat Shamiyev stated at today’s conference “Employment in the KRG: problems and political choice”.

• November 11, 2011

Kazakhstan is looking at widening participation in its privatisation programme to international investors, the deputy chief executive of the country's sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna said on Thursday.

• November 10, 2011

Bulgaria's industrial production climbed by one per cent month-on-month in September 2011 after contracting two per cent the previous month, preliminary seasonally-adjusted data by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed

• November 8, 2011

After 13 years of planning and two years of construction, the Nord Stream pipeline will deliver its first supplies of Russian gas to an estimated 26 million homes in the EU on Tuesday.

• November 8, 2011

Director of the European Affairs Department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Tomas Gulbinas had a meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin in Kiev during which he voiced support for Ukraine's integration into the European Union, reported BC Lithuanian MFA.

• November 7, 2011