China is likely to reach its target of closing small coal-fired power plants totaling 10 million kilowatts of capacity by August, said a government official.

• July 7, 2010

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov pledged yesterday to speed up work on Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline project, in a move to secure cheaper gas deliveries.

• July 7, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled ambitious development goals for the volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, promising 400,000 new jobs, an oil center in Chechnya and ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas.

• July 7, 2010

Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky and Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius have signed a communication on economic cooperation, focusing on energy security issues mostly.

• July 6, 2010

Bulgaria plans to overcome its overwhelming dependence on Russian energy by building new gas pipeline links with neighboring Greece, Romania, Turkey and Serbia, a draft energy strategy showed on Monday.

• July 6, 2010

Normal life is disrupted in parts of India as opposition parties begin a 12-hour strike over fuel price increases.

• July 5, 2010

A 2008 civilian nuclear energy pact between the United States and India was meant to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade despite New Delhi's longstanding weapons programme, a move seen as bolstering it as a counterweight to China.

• July 5, 2010

The Finnish Parliament approved the construction of two nuclear power plants on Thursday, the latest victory for proponents of atomic energy in Europe.

• July 2, 2010