Ambassador of Germany to Kyrgyzstan Gudrun Sraga presented copies of credentials to Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, reported the Foreign Ministry's press service.

• August 8, 2011

In an interview Friday that was timed to the third anniversary of Russia’s war with Georgia, President Dmitri A. Medvedev said top United States officials played a key role in events that touched off the war, and offered a withering assessment of a recent Senate resolution on Georgia’s behalf, which he said reflected “the personal tastes of certain elderly members of the Senate.”

• August 6, 2011

Japan decided Friday to continue with its policy of exporting nuclear power generation technology for now after reviewing the policy in the wake of the disaster-triggered crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

• August 6, 2011

A 300-megawatt (MW) grid-connection agreement between Romania’s grid operator Transelectrica, and a joint venture between GE (NYSE: GE) and German wind farm developer Prowind GmbH, will play a major role in the expansion of Romania’s wind power sector. It will pave the way for Prowind, a renewable energy provider, to build four wind farms in northeastern Romania.

• August 4, 2011

Bulgaria's state-owned electricity utility NEK was preparing to file a claim against Atomstroyexport, the Russian contractor for the Belene nuclear plant, with the lawsuit to be brought in the court in Geneva, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov said.

• August 4, 2011

India has a strong intention to build large and modern nuclear units and to cooperate with our country in this field.

• August 4, 2011

Belarus gave a cool reception to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement he favours a merger between the two countries into one state as in the days of the USSR.

• August 3, 2011

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Vice President of the International Informatization Academy of the United Nations in general consultative status Alexei Tikhomirov, the Turkmen government said.

• August 3, 2011