Turkey's first nuclear power plant, expected to be licensed by the end of 2011, would cost around 20 billion U.S. dollars, local media reported Wednesday.

• December 16, 2010

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite praised this government's efforts in reforming the energy sector, but due to unfavourable international situation she called for a pause in attempts of building a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania

• December 16, 2010

Bulgaria's new Renewable Energy source act will be ready in two weeks, the country's Energy Minister has stated.

• December 15, 2010

Plans by Belarus to build a nuclear power plant 50 kilometres away from Vilnius are a worry for Lithuania, the country's foreign minister, Audronius Ažubalis, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

• December 15, 2010

India is exploring a communications and telecoms security pact with United States, that will enable both countries share and standardize procedures to evaluate mobile phone networks, cooperate on encryption details and put in place a mechanisms to check softwares before it is used.

• December 15, 2010

Azerbaijan is rife with corruption and comparisons to European feudalism in the Middle Ages are hardly a stretch. But with vast reserves of oil and natural gas at stake, the US is willing to risk the embarrassment that comes with courting the country.

• December 14, 2010

India and France signed seven agreements in the area of nuclear energy technology, including one for setting up nuclear power plants in Haharashra

• December 14, 2010

Russia's controversial transport blockade of Georgia is threatening to inflict considerable economic damage on Armenia, the Russian regional ally that uses Georgian territory as its main commercial conduit to the outside world. The government in Yerevan is now scrambling to minimize negative consequences of the sanctions for a large number of Armenian businesses trading with Russia.

• December 14, 2010