The European Commission proposed on Thursday to secure an additional EUR 185 M from 2013 to help Bulgaria dismantle four Soviet-era reactors at its sole nuclear power plant in Kozloduy.

• Date: 24.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Azerbaijan and Turkey have started work on a trans-Anatolian pipeline project to carry Azeri gas across Turkey, the president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday that Iran won't retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, denying claims that it seeks atomic weapons. Key ally Russia gave the Islamic Republic a major boost, rejecting tighter sanctions despite a U.N. watchdog report detailing suspected arms-related advances.

• Date: 11.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from yahoo.com

The active phase of the joint Armenian-Russian tactical training with firing practice was held on Alagyaz training ground of Armenia.

• Date: 11.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2011  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Nato has embraced many former Soviet bloc countries but Georgia remains for now just a partner because of its 2008 war with Russia.

• Date: 09.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Bulgaria's industrial production climbed by one per cent month-on-month in September 2011 after contracting two per cent the previous month, preliminary seasonally-adjusted data by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed

• Date: 08.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2011  |  Markets  |  from sofiaecho.com

Georgia claimed victory on Thursday after arch-foe Moscow agreed to its conditions in a deal paving the way for Russia to end its tortuous 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization.

• Date: 04.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.yahoo.com

On October 25 in Izmir, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, witnessed the signing of agreements on the delivery and transit of Azerbaijani gas to Turkey and onward to European Union territory (Trend, Anatolia news agency, Platts Commodity News, October 26-28).

• Date: 02.11.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2011  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org