Ukraine may ship between 15 million and 18 million metric tons of cereals in the year starting July 1, up from around 12 million tons in the year-earlier period, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.

• June 3, 2011

Belarusian environmental campaigners and political activists held a meeting at Lithuania’s Seimas (parliament) in Vilnius on Wednesday to discuss the Belarusian authorities’ plans to build a nuclear power plant in the vicinity of the Baltic state's border.

• June 3, 2011

At the end of June, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev will travel to Tashkent to discuss border demarcation with his Uzbek counterpart, Kyrgyz government spokeswoman Roza Daudova said.

• June 2, 2011

The U.N. nuclear agency urged Iran on Thursday to join a 72-nation atomic safety convention, as the earthquake-prone Middle East country prepares to bring its first nuclear power station into service.

• June 2, 2011

Gazprom is set to start increasing deliveries of liquefied natural gas to India starting from 2016-2018, a source close to the Russian gas export monopoly told Reuters on Thursday.

• June 2, 2011

Denmark hopes to attract more Chinese investors through a series of investment seminars around the country, starting Tuesday in Beijing.

• June 1, 2011

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich signed a decree on the formation of a working group to map out new routes for energy supplies from Azerbaijan through Ukraine’s territory, Ukrainian President’s official website reported.

• June 1, 2011

Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with his counterpart in Turkmenistan on Monday for urgent talks thought to be related to $1 billion in outstanding bills owed to Turkish construction companies that have revamped the capital city.

• May 31, 2011