The enormous cloud of volcanic ash coming from Iceland has caused Europe's largest air travel disruption since World War II, threatening the attendance of some foreign leaders at the Polish president's funeral on Sunday.

• April 17, 2010

U.S. help is needed to dispose of the remaining solid-rocket engines used in Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missles.

• April 16, 2010

Government source said a reduction in the price of Russian gas depended on Ukraine ending cooperation on nuclear energy with a U.S. company.

• April 16, 2010

The liquidation of LEO LT, the returning of the VST to the state, the structural transformation of the electricity sector – the Government names core energy activities. The annual report prepared by the Government of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius points out that the previous Government was implementing the energy strategy that did not comply with the situation.

• April 16, 2010

Kygyzstan's deposed president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, has flown from his stronghold in the southern city of Jalalabad to neighboring Kazakhstan. Bakiyev was overthrown in a civil uprising last week.

• April 16, 2010

OAO Gazprom, the world’s biggest natural-gas producer, said an “abnormal” gap between spot fuel prices and long-term contracts is threatening investments in new fields and pipelines.

• April 16, 2010

The European Union’s Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger, on a tour of energy-rich nations in the Caspian region, underlined the importance of Turkmenistan as a supplier of energy to the EU.

• April 16, 2010

Russia's real gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed average growth rates in all other G8 countries recently, marking the country's seventh consecutive year of economic expansion.

• April 16, 2010