Russia's oil giant Lukoil intends to develop wind and solar power plants in Bulgaria and Romania, Vasily Zubakin, deputy head of the company's main energy division, said as quoted by news agency Ria Novosti.

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from sofiaecho.com

George Perkovich, director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, confessed to his audience, "Those who really know what's going on in Pakistan's nuclear complex aren't talking about it, and those who are talking, including myself, don't really know what's going on in Pakistan's nuclear complex."

• Date: 08.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from foreignpolicy.com

Lebanese protesters have called for an end to the country’s sectarian political system.

• Date: 07.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2011  |  Security  |  from euronews.net

Vladimir Putin headed the Russian delegation and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso headed the EU delegation. The agenda of the visit of the Russian delegation included three issues: Russia’s accession to the WTO; the EU-Russia energy trade; and the free visa regime for Russians traveling to the EU.

• Date: 07.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from stopcartel.net

Amid the talk in Washington and London of military intervention in Libya, Tim Coles considers how the Anglo-American portrayal of Mu’ammar Gaddafi changed from bogeyman to friend when it became apparent that he would grant oil contracts to various Western companies.

• Date: 05.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from scoop.co.nz

China has announced a double-digit increase in its secretive military budget but insisted the annual outlay of more than 90 billion US dollars posed no external threat, despite concern worldwide.

• Date: 04.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.03.2011  |  Security  |  from smh.com.au

Kyrgyzstan represents investment interest for Russia, press-service of Kyrgyz Parliament quoted the Russian State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov, reporting on the meeting of Speaker Akhmatbek Keldibekov with his counterpart in Moscow

• Date: 03.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Belarus has not yet answered questions regarding the nuclear power plant's environmental impact, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

• Date: 03.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com