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Ukraine expects to get loans for universal nuclear safety program
Ukrainian National Energetic Company ( NEC) "Energoatom" expects to receive about one billion EUR loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Agency for Atomic Energy "Euratom" to implement a universal program on improving safety of the country's nuclear power plants, the company said
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Iran 2010: Enriching Uranium, Saudi Arabia Buying Fighters
The Obama Administration plans to sell 84 F-15 Eagle jet fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the next ten years for a total of $30 billion.
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Australia Opposition Would Export Uranium To India If Elected
Australia's main opposition Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties said Tuesday it will open up uranium exports to India if it wins power in an election to be held Aug. 21.
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Serbia Decides on Bulgaria's Nuclear Plant in Fall
The majority in the Serbian cabinet supports the country’s participation in Bulgaria’s Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, according to the Serbian newspaper “Vecherne Novosti.”
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Russian president visits breakaway Abkhazia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived Sunday in Abkhazia, one of the separatist territories over which Russia and Georgia warred two years ago, the state-run Interfax news agency reported.
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EGF Forum Outlook: Assessing Gazprom’s Next Movements
 (86 Kb) In a recent briefing on Russia, this Forum expressed the view that Moscow is becoming an increasingly assertive regional player in the wider Black and Caspian Sea (BCS) basin and that energy remains a key Russian priority for the region. We commented in that report that the Russian state-controlled energy holding, Gazprom, provided Moscow with a significant instrument to exercise power in the region. READ MORE
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Tadic: Serbia to Back Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant
Serbian President Boris Tadic has arrived to Bulgaria’s Varna for high-level bilateral talks with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
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Surge in nuclear power projects imperils Belarus program
According to Belarusian First Vice-Prime Minister, Vladimir Semashko, the end of July 2010 was scheduled to mark the finalization of an agreement between Belarus and Russia to build the nuclear power station at Astravets in the Hrodna region with construction of the station to start next July (Svobodnye Novosti Plyus, July 14-21), unsurprisingly, given recent tensions between the two countries, that did not happen.
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