Turkey’s fresh fruit, vegetable and citrus exports increased by 15 percent in value while deceasing 1 percent in amount in the first five months of the year in comparison to the figures of the last year, according to a report released by the general secretary of the Mediterranean Exporter Unions.

• Date: 21.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

President Dmitry Medvedev met on Friday with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor to discuss key issues of bilateral relations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum

• Date: 18.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

Russia has not been notified by Bulgaria on plans to abandon the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Thursday.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Russia understands the reasons behind Bulgaria's decision to suspend the joint construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline and to halt the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Yuri Isakov said on Wednesday.

• Date: 17.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from peopledaily.com.cn

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Friday that Bulgaria was “giving up” on the billion-.5 billion Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project decision, and that construction on the planned Belene nuclear power plant had been suspended.

• Date: 15.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said the views that Turkish foreign policy was not so interested in developments in Central Asia were baseless.

• Date: 15.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Viewed from Washington, Turkey and Iran are strange bedfellows. One is a NATO member with a Constitution that mandates secularism, and the other, an Islamic republic whose nuclear program has been one of the most vexing foreign policy problems for the United States in recent years.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from wn.com

The development of the Russian-sponsored energy projects is strategically important for Bulgaria, according to former PM and socialist opposition leader, Sergey Stanishev.

• Date: 14.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from novinite.com