Mike Weightman, Britain's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations and the head of a delegation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to journalists after meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto at the foreign ministry in Tokyo May 25, 2011. A delegation from the IAEA arrived in Japan Tuesday to begin investigations at the troubled Fukushima nuclear complex through June 2, and present their findings at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member states on June 20

• May 26, 2011

Royal Dutch Shell will shut its Caspian office for the giant Kashagan oil field at the end of this month, effectively putting the crucial £30bn ($50bn) project on ice for at least two years.

• May 25, 2011

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said he wants to pursue European Union membership for the former Soviet republic that is also being wooed by a Russian-led customs union with the lure of lower natural-gas prices.

• May 25, 2011

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday agreed details of criteria for conducting "stress tests" on the bloc's 143 nuclear power plants from the beginning of June.

• May 25, 2011

ISSUE #18
05/23/2011
On 17 May 2011, the Supreme Council of Ukraine adopted the law “On amending some Ukrainian state procurement acts.” The mass media reported that the new law envisioned several innovations. The most important of them are described below. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

BREAKING NEWS

Prosecutor-General's Office tried to arrest Yuliya Tymoshenko
After eight hours of interrogation Yuliya Tymoshenko left Prosecutor-General's Office
On 24 May 2011, at about 1100 a.m Ukrainian media burst out with reports alerting that the former prime minister, leader of the opposition Fatherland party, Tymoshenko, was detained at the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGO) when summoned to an interrogation. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

Only a clear inciting agent can rapture diplomatic ties with Czech Republic – experts
In response to the expulsion of Czech diplomats from Ukraine, the Czech Republic blamed Ukraine for non-diplomatic behaviour and informed of an intention to act reciprocally. The Gorshenin Institute has conducted an opinion poll asking experts about the effect of the diplomatic scandal on relations between Ukraine and Europe and on the prospects of Ukrane’s European integration as well as the risks of diplomatic ties between the two countries being broken. READ MORE

• May 25, 2011

Libya's rebels took their diplomatic offensive to NATO's sole Muslim member Turkey on Monday, a day after the European Union opened a mission in their Benghazi bastion.

• May 24, 2011