Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday afternoon to discuss the president's recent visit to a disputed island north of Japan.

• Date: 14.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

As Russia's Vladimir Putin heads for his first prime ministerial visit to Bulgaria on Saturday, differences of opinion between the two countries may cast a shadow on his tour.

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

The bidding for Pakistan's part of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project would commence shortly, Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told the visiting Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Thursday.

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

The deal was signed and hailed as part of a visit to Kyiv by none other than Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. But some fear Ukraine is far from certain of getting its own source of nuclear fuel and thus lessening its energy dependence on Moscow.

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

The leaders of Russia and Japan will meet on the sidelines of a regional summit, talks certain to be dominated by their latest flare up over islands both claim

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

A U.S. official said on Wednesday Russia was warming to the idea of cooperation with NATO on a European missile defence system ahead of a summit next week expected to seal warmer relations between the Cold War rivals.

• Date: 11.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Finland has cleared the country's power grid operator, Fingrid [FGRDO.UL], to build a 320 million euro ($441 million) cable under the Baltic Sea linking it with Estonia, the government said

• Date: 11.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Croatia will not take part in the construction of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant, while Serbia is reportedly asking for a larger stake in the project.

• Date: 10.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from balkaninsight.com