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Foreign energy companies in Bulgaria reviewing investment plans
Foreign energy companies with operations in Bulgaria are weighing up options to restructure their businesses or reconsider investment plans in an attempt to address the sector's stalled growth in Europe amid lowering electricity prices and slump in demand.
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Kyrgyz leader urges new parliament to agree on PM
A U.S. official said on Wednesday Russia was warming to the idea of cooperation with NATO on a European missile defence system ahead of a summit next week expected to seal warmer relations between the Cold War rivals.
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Bulgaria sees environmental threat from Russian oil pipeline
A planned pipeline to ship Russian oil to Greece could pose an environmental threat, Bulgaria said Tuesday, effectively stalling the project days before talks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Tajikistan leads quest for energy stability
Tajikistan has emerged after a bloody civil war following independence, to become a functioning democracy that is a model for the region.
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Lithuania Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plant with Poland
Lithuania returns to plans of constructing a nuclear power plant in cooperation with Poland, Estonia and Latvia, and wants to select the strategic investor in November
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Bulgarian government offers nuclear power plant shares to Croatia
The Bulgarian government has invited Croatia and Serbia to participate as shareholders in the construction of the nuclear power plant Belene on the Danube
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Soured ties with China, Russia pull down Japan's premier ratings
Approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government plunged as more people expressed dissatisfaction with its handling of diplomatic problems with China and Russia, a news report said Monday.
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Russia Rethinks Its Central Asia Strategy
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia's foreign policy establishment is rethinking the concept of empire. In the case of Moscow's approach towards Central Asia, ideas about territorial domination no longer play a significant role in the formulation of strategy, according to a source with access to Russia's policy-making mechanisms.
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