Kiev signed a two-year agreement with a Belarusian oil company for guaranteed supplies of oil through the Odessa-Brody pipeline, an energy official said.

• January 19, 2011

Georgian Prime Minister participated in the 4th World Future Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi

• January 19, 2011

Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia has purchased 90% of bio-energy producer Valkas bioenergijas kompanija shares, newspaper Dienas Bizness reports. Valkas bioenergijas kompanija was renamed Enefit Power&Heat Valka yesterday.

• January 19, 2011

Bulgaria was still hesitating to build the Belene nuclear power plant and to participate in the South Stream pipeline construction, Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said here Tuesday.

• January 19, 2011

Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev met with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan Elliott here Monday, agreeing on maintaining security in the ex-Soviet nation and resuming bilateral consultations.

• January 18, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev this week embarks on a rare visit to the Middle East in an effort to push forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process after US-brokered talks stalled last year.

• January 18, 2011

As India takes its seat on the U.N. Security Council as the new nonpermanent member after nearly a two-decade hiatus, its latest move vis-a-vis Iran has signaled New Delhi's desire to be viewed as a responsible rising power and a potential permanent member of the Security Council.

• January 18, 2011

Estonia on Friday signed a $1.3 billion contract to build power stations, the largest investment in the Baltic state's 20-year history.

• January 18, 2011