While the International Monetary Fund unveils a new lending program for Ukraine, the government considers structural reforms in the energy sector.

• August 18, 2010

Investors of Nelja Energia acquired on Tuesday the shares of Lithuanian wind park developer Naujoji Energija UAB, writes LETA/Postimees Online.

• August 18, 2010

It is August 2010, the month when the last United States combat troops are scheduled to leave Iraq. It is therefore time to take stock of the situation in Iraq, which has changed places with Afghanistan as the forgotten war.

• August 18, 2010

Oil terminals owner Baltic Oil Terminals has select a preferred bidder to conduct pre-engineering and feasibility studies for the construction of its grain terminal in Baltysk.

• August 17, 2010

The first nuclear plant in Poland will likely be built on the Baltic Coast. In an initial analysis energy giant PGE, which is responsible for the €11 billion project, has indicated that Żarnowiec, Kopań and Lubiatowo-Kopalino, all located on the Baltic coast, are potential locations for the plant.

• August 17, 2010

China and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to improve nuclear security in the region, the UN nuclear watchdog said, as its chief made his first visit to Beijing.

• August 17, 2010

China Huaneng Group Corp and Datang Corp, the country's top power producers, plan to float shares of their renewable energy units in Hong Kong in offerings that could raise over $US2 billion ($A2.22 billion), sources close to the deals say.

• August 17, 2010

Residents of the Veshnyaki neighborhood in southeast Moscow were in for a surprise last month when the radiators in their apartments started heating at full blast while it was nearly 40 degrees Celsius outside.

• August 17, 2010