Thermal coal producers in Asia Pacific are likely to feel some short-term financial impact from Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

• March 24, 2011

Poland broke ground Wednesday on a gas terminal on the Baltic Sea aimed at diversifying energy sources and lessening the country's reliance on Russian gas, dpa reported.

• March 24, 2011

Future prospects for cooperation between China and Kazakhstan were high on the agenda during President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Beijing on February 21. This overshadowed all other complicated and long-drawn out issues like the water sharing on Ili and Irtysh Rivers, on which a preliminary agreement was reached and the talks on Transborder Rivers, as it was disclosed to journalists, will be finalized during the trip by the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Kazakhstan scheduled for June.

• March 24, 2011

Impact on global markets likely to increase price of fossil fuels for years

• March 23, 2011

Expressing support for Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy 'consistent with their international obligations', India has called for intensification of efforts to address the Iranian nuclear issue through peaceful dialogue.

• March 23, 2011

Only a year ago, Russia's dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. But with the world now shaken by Japan's natural disasters and uprisings across the Middle East, the country is back at the heart of the market - and cashing in.

• March 23, 2011

Ukraine deserves a special partnership with the EU – experts

Anticipating the first meeting of the Eastern Partnership’s Parliamentary Assembly (Euronest), Gorshenin Institute asked experts about its potential impact on the development of the EU-Ukrainian relations, its possible outcome without the participation of Belarus, and Ukraine’s chances for the EU integration when compared with neighboring states. READ MORE

• March 23, 2011

Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius assured that Lithuania is prepared to appeal to the EU institutions with a proposal of imposing restrictions and certain rules on trading electricity from the third parties, which are planning to generate electric power under conditions that do not comply with the requirements of nuclear safety.

• March 22, 2011