Oil imports to Turkey reduced by 21 percent reaching 1 million barrels in March 2013 compared to the previous month, the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority said today.

• May 18, 2013

Azerbaijan has started military exercises near its mainly Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

• May 15, 2013

The oil-shale oil production business plans of Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia in the USA might come to an end if the amendments to the oil shale mining industry that were revealed at the end of March by the U.S. government come in force, LETA/Eesti Päevaleht writes.

• May 9, 2013

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili harshly criticized Georgian government's statements on possible resumption of natural-gas imports from Russia.

• May 8, 2013

Turkey may become a net energy exporter in the Middle East in the medium term, specifically in light of failures to provide energy in the region due to security concerns.

• May 7, 2013

The Ukrainian government said it wants to allay European concerns over natural gas supplies by serving as a regional energy hub. Conclusions reached during a roundtable discussion in Brussels last week said Kiev deserves to be lauded for its diversification and gas transit modernization efforts.

• May 7, 2013

Russia and Syria have discussed Israel's airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital.

• May 7, 2013

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Said Jalili, in Istanbul on May 15, EU officials said.

• May 4, 2013