The project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria's Danube town of Belene is strategic and must be launched again as soon as possible, according the presidential hopeful, Ivaylo Kalfin.

• September 3, 2011

The quadrilateral meeting of heads of state of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Russia ended, adopting a joint statement pledging to strengthen regional trade and to fight terrorism and the narcotics trade.

• September 3, 2011

China has put the brakes on oil and gas investments in Iran, drawing ire from Tehran over a pullback that officials and executives said reflected Beijing's efforts to appease Washington and avoid US sanctions on its big energy firms.

• September 3, 2011

Russia is ready to invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" to join high-voltage power line and gas pipeline projects in Central Asia, President Dmitry Medvedev said in the Tajik capital.

• September 3, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych remained at loggerheads on Monday over the price of gas sold to Ukraine, with Kiev asking for reduced rates and the Moscow side refusing.

• September 3, 2011

Energy ministers from the 18-member East Asia Summit will pledge to boost cooperation in nuclear safety, the draft of a statement they plan to issue says.

• September 2, 2011

Russia is waiting for an invitation to participate in the construction of a power transmission system from Central Asia to South Asia, and it is ready to invest into the project hundreds of millions of dollars, President Dmitry Medvedev said after a meeting with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

• September 2, 2011

A deal for Turkey’s first nuclear plant to be built by Russia’s Atomstroyexport will make the country more dependent on Russia, a US diplomat says in a leaked cable

• September 2, 2011