In course of 2010 in Ukraine the development rate of alternative energy industry has significantly increased due to investments from NAER, credits provided by IFC and EBRD, ratification of an agreement between Ukraine and NEFCO and, finally, the adoption of law “About the green tariff.”

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from theopenpress.com

President Barack Obama heads to Asia Friday, with diplomatic ambitions undimmed by domestic political woes, seeking a permanent place for the United States in a region fundamental to its future.

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from spacewar.com

In March 2009 in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pressed the “reset button” to restart the frozen Russia–U.S. relationship

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from heritage.org

Tokyo is to temporarily recall its ambassador to Moscow amid renewed tensions over a territorial dispute.

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Turkmenistan resumed natural gas shipments to China via the Central Asia pipeline on Oct 27 after a nearly two-week break for maintenance of the only gas processing plant, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday.

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from neurope.eu

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.

• Date: 30.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from antaranews.com