The United States and Russia are planning to enhance cooperation in nuclear reactor design, while maintaining joint efforts to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands, officials said Tuesday.

• June 27, 2012

The United States and Russia are planning to enhance cooperation in nuclear reactor design, while maintaining joint efforts to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands, officials said Tuesday.

• June 26, 2012

European Union intends to sign contract with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on legal base of Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, materials on outcomes of meeting of foreign ministers of EU 27 member countries in Luxemburg reported.

• June 25, 2012

The EU is committed to support Central Asian countries accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the conclusions of the EU Council on Central Asia say.

• June 25, 2012

Alexey Miller, the Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom and Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF held a working meeting within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2012.

• June 23, 2012

India's Oil Ministry is adopting measures to provide insurance coverage for tankers transferring crude oil from Iran, in an attempt to prevent the US-engineered EU sanctions from disrupting Iranian oil shipments to the Asian country.

• June 23, 2012

Turkey's energy minister, Taner Yildiz, said Friday that the country continues to buy Iranian crude but that it has reduced imports to its main refiner Tupras (TUPRS.IS) by 20%.

• June 22, 2012

Iran has commonly been labeled as a rogue state by Western powers with the country’s pursuit of nuclear power being deemed a threat to global society, and something that must be addressed immediately. While Tehran insists that the development of its nuclear capacity is only for peaceful purposes, the U.S. and its allies fear that Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.

• June 21, 2012