The Belarusian government is interested in supplying oil from Kazakhstan for its processing at Belarusian refineries, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency quoted Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusi as saying at a session of the Kazakh-Belarusian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Astana on Thursday.

• November 9, 2012

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that Russia is to lend Vietnam some $10 billion to build that country's first nuclear power plant.

• November 8, 2012

The main goals of the joint-stock power utility Latvenergo in the four-year period from 2012 to 2015 include keeping its leading positions in the Baltics, diversification of energy sources and balanced development of electrical grids, the company's CEO Aris Zigurs said today at a conference on the development of Latvenergo in a deregulated market.

• November 8, 2012

Although China is under pressure by Western powers due to its close relations with Iran, but China expands ties with Iran unconcerned by the pressures, IRNA quoted China Ambassador to Iran Yu Hongyang as saying on Tuesday.

• November 7, 2012

Hungary would like to import gas from Azerbaijan and Georgia, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

• October 27, 2012

On 7-8 November, Indonesian island of Lombok will host the ASEAN Tourism Investments Forum.

• October 27, 2012

Bulgaria may consider closing its sole existing nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, if Bulgarians vote against the development of nuclear energy in the country in an upcoming referendum, a Russian paper has claimed.

• October 26, 2012

Australia reversing a decades-long ban on uranium mining has cheered the industry in India and is set to provide a fresh fillip to relations between the two countries.

• October 23, 2012