Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom said on Thursday it had made "significant progress" in talks with Ukraine, a key export market and transit route to Europe, and hoped to agree on future supply terms by year end.

• December 1, 2011

APA-ECONOMICS. Until 2025, SOCAR intends to invest $15 bln in Turkey, head of SOCAR Investments Department Vagif Aliyev said, APA reports citing Turkish media.

• November 30, 2011

Russia has agreed to cut gas prices for Belarus and lend Minsk $10 billion to build a nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, according to local news agencies.

• November 25, 2011

The European Commission proposed on Thursday to secure an additional EUR 185 M from 2013 to help Bulgaria dismantle four Soviet-era reactors at its sole nuclear power plant in Kozloduy.

• November 24, 2011

Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on behalf of Russia, while inking the document for France was French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

• November 23, 2011

India looks forward to opportunities to acquire uranium mines in Australia once it reverses its policy against sale of the nuclear fuel to New Delhi.

• November 23, 2011

Turkmenistan has issued an angry response to Russian scepticism over the size of its natural gas reserves and reinforced its ambition to find new energy markets in Asia and Europe that will cut its dependence on the Kremlin.

• November 21, 2011

Iranian media on Saturday described a resolution from the U.N. nuclear watchdog expressing "deep and increasing concern" about the country's atomic programme as a victory, celebrating the fact it does not call for new U.N. sanctions.

• November 19, 2011