Rejoicing over the progress in the path towards ensuring energy independence, President Dalia Grybauskaite highlights the importance of liquefied gas terminal, renewable energy sources and modern waste incineration, informed BC presidential press service.

• January 21, 2011

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich to discuss economic and energy cooperation.

• January 20, 2011

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

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

The EU signed a major political deal yesterday to import Azeri natural gas and help curb Europe's reliance on Russia, its traditional main supplier.

• January 17, 2011