The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$78 million loan for the Kazakhstan Alma Electricity Transmission Project to the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply to consumers in the Almaty region

• Date: 17.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from worldbank.org

Bulgaria and Russia clashed Monday over the final cost of a planned nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, the energy ministry said after talks over the weekend.

• Date: 16.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from nuclearpowerdaily.com

Russia is set to become the world's biggest nuclear dump as a lucrative agreement with the US edges closer.

• Date: 16.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from sky.com

The Russian energy giant Gazprom has joined a growing list of companies that plan to drill for oil in the waters off Cuba, close to the United States but out of reach of its safety regulators.

• Date: 16.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

New Zealand will launch talks on a free trade pact with Russia and its customs partners Belarus and Kazakhstan early next year, Prime Minister John Key said Sunday.

• Date: 15.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

25-years after the world stood on the brink of nuclear war, Federated Farmers is hailing moves to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

• Date: 15.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from scoop.co.nz

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria on Saturday to discuss the South Stream gas link and Russian gas prices amid competing projects to supply the fuel to the European Union.

• Date: 14.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com

Much grousing about the expense of President Obama's India trip. This is silly and vindictive

• Date: 14.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com