Japan's nuclear crisis will speed the elimination of nuclear power from some European countries and render many planned projects too risky, ultimately increasing Europe's dependence on gas.

• April 2, 2011

The Obama administration on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a state-owned energy company in Belarus over a $500 million investment with an Iranian firm accused of contributing to Iran's suspect nuclear program.

• March 30, 2011

The way the European Commission react on the nuclear disaster at Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan does not coincide with the common idea of clumsiness of the European bureaucracy machine.

• March 29, 2011

As African political upheaval boosts gold prices, Scotiabank economist Pat Mohr suggests the nuclear crisis in Japan will delay, not derail the nuclear renaissance in a number of nations.

• March 29, 2011

US Congressman Jim Moran has said that Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station does not meet modern safety standards.

• March 29, 2011

Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.

• March 28, 2011

Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze urged the Georgian authorities to immediately start negotiations with the Armenian authorities over the safety of the Metsamor nuclear power plant. Reports about the Armenian nuclear power plant’s state "cause severe anxiety", Shevardnadze said in an interview

• March 28, 2011

The chairman of Russian energy giant Rosneft has said he wants to push ahead with its alliance with BP.

• March 27, 2011