Kazakhstan has entered the final stage of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov said it during the online conference today.

• July 15, 2011

Chinese fiscal assistance is allowing Pakistan to begin rebuilding its energy infrastructure in its portion of the contested Himalayan state, which it labels “Azad Kashmir,” heavily damaged during last year’s flooding.

• July 15, 2011

The beginning of commercial production of natural gas along the Turkmen shelf of the Caspian Sea was a significant event in the successful development of the country’s rich hydrocarbon reserves, Turkmen media reported.

• July 14, 2011

Japan has no choice but to reduce its reliance on nuclear power, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday, as the country battles to end a four-month-old radiation crisis at a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.

• July 13, 2011

Boosting cooperation between countries sharing the waters of the Amu Darya, Central Asia's longest river, could be key to future peace and security in the region a new report launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

• July 13, 2011

Pakistan is pressing ahead with work on two transnational natural gas pipelines, and is talking about a third, as it looks to expand its regional influence after the war in Afghanistan, officials and analysts said.

• July 11, 2011

President Andris Berzins is of the opinion that Latvia's participation in the Baltic countries' nuclear plant project in Lithuania's Visaginas is unlikely at this time, nevertheless, this matter is yet to be discussed, Berzins stressed speaking to reporters

• July 11, 2011

Ukraine’s state-owned ore extracting company, is seeking 6.5 billion hryvnia ($810 million) in loans from state lenders to explore for uranium at the Novokonstantinovskoe deposit, Ekonomicheskie Izvestia reported.

• July 11, 2011