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Gazprom Negotiates with Romania to Pressure Bulgaria on South Stream
Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller held talks with Prime Minister Emil Boc, Economics Minister Ion Ariton, and other officials, on Romania’s possible participation in Gazprom projects. Adriean Videanu, economics minister until six weeks ago and (unusually in Romania) an active proponent of ties with Gazprom, attended the October 13 talks in his new capacity as first vice-chairman of the governing Liberal Democrat Liberal Party.
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Kyiv starts talks with Minsk on electricity supply to Lithuania
Ukraine on Friday, Oct. 15, will start talks with Belarus on the issue of Ukrainian electricity supplies to Lithuania through Belarus, Fuel and Energy Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boiko told journalists in Vilnius on Thursday
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Georgia: Russian WTO membership requires border deal
Russia must do a deal with Georgia over customs controls on their internationally recognized border if it is to pursue its goal of joining the World Trade Organization, Georgia's first deputy foreign minister, Giorgi Bokeria, said on Thursday.
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Ukraine government accuses Tymoshenko of fraud
Ukraine's pro-Russia government on Thursday made public new charges of fraud against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, citing a 2,000-page investigative report.
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Russia Is Seeking to Build Europe’s Nuclear Plants
The Russian nuclear industry has profited handsomely from building reactors in developing countries, including India, China and Iran. Now it is testing the prospect of becoming a major supplier to the European Union, too.
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EU, Ukraine look forward to free-trade deal after all
European Union and Ukrainian officials on Wednesday said they were likely to approve a free-trade agreement "sooner rather than later," two weeks after Ukraine's president appeared to reject the idea of a deal.
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Business calls resource strategy for Central Asia, Russia
German industry leaders called Wednesday for Berlin to draw up a new business strategy for Central Asia and Russia amid growing competition in the region from China.
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Assembly of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine backs EU common energy policy prospects
At its third Session, the of the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called for strengthening the external energy policy of the European Union (EU) to address the ongoing challenges.
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