A 300-megawatt (MW) grid-connection agreement between Romania’s grid operator Transelectrica, and a joint venture between GE (NYSE: GE) and German wind farm developer Prowind GmbH, will play a major role in the expansion of Romania’s wind power sector. It will pave the way for Prowind, a renewable energy provider, to build four wind farms in northeastern Romania.

• August 4, 2011

Bulgaria's state-owned electricity utility NEK was preparing to file a claim against Atomstroyexport, the Russian contractor for the Belene nuclear plant, with the lawsuit to be brought in the court in Geneva, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov said.

• August 4, 2011

India has a strong intention to build large and modern nuclear units and to cooperate with our country in this field.

• August 4, 2011

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Vice President of the International Informatization Academy of the United Nations in general consultative status Alexei Tikhomirov, the Turkmen government said.

• August 3, 2011

“Christian Science Monitor runs an article about the US government’s interest in Saudi Arabia’s plans for building nuclear power plants to generate electricity.”

• August 3, 2011

The meeting between deputy Energy Minister of Iran Mohammad Behzad and Minister of Energy and National Resources of Armenia Armen Movsisyan took place in Tehran, during which the parties underscored importance of enhancing cooperation in the field of energy.

• August 2, 2011

Almost exactly three years after the brief war between Russia and Georgia, Washington and Moscow are trading challenging statements over its unresolved legacy, in another sign that the "reset" of relations between the two cold war enemies is coming under pressure.

• August 2, 2011

An International Monetary Fund official on Monday praised Romania for sticking to austerity measures, saying the East European nation can afford to increase public sector wages as the economy rebounds.

• August 1, 2011