Bulgaria's new Renewable Energy source act will be ready in two weeks, the country's Energy Minister has stated.

• December 15, 2010

Plans by Belarus to build a nuclear power plant 50 kilometres away from Vilnius are a worry for Lithuania, the country's foreign minister, Audronius Ažubalis, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

• December 15, 2010

South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy said on Wednesday that domestic companies would increase development of oil and gas operations to make up 13 percent of overall imports in 2011, from this year's 10 percent.

• December 15, 2010

India is exploring a communications and telecoms security pact with United States, that will enable both countries share and standardize procedures to evaluate mobile phone networks, cooperate on encryption details and put in place a mechanisms to check softwares before it is used.

• December 15, 2010

2010 has seen a change in Russia's relations with the West. The Obama administration came to office promising a "reset" in relations with Moscow, and in the past year, this new mood of cooperation has begun to deliver tangible results. Moscow and Washington are working together to reduce their nuclear arsenals, as well as to combat the proliferation of nuclear weapons to other states.

• December 15, 2010

Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks the votes are there to pass the accord with Russia. But some GOP senators have reservations.

• December 15, 2010

The Gorshenin Institute has asked experts about the key positive and negative aspects of the resolution on Ukraine adopted by the European Parliament. READ MORE

• December 15, 2010

Azerbaijan is rife with corruption and comparisons to European feudalism in the Middle Ages are hardly a stretch. But with vast reserves of oil and natural gas at stake, the US is willing to risk the embarrassment that comes with courting the country.

• December 14, 2010