Ministry of Economic Regulation (MER) of Kyrgyzstan intends to attract Turkish businessmen to develop the mining sector, as the head of the investment policy of MER Kubat Murzaev stated at a joint Kyrgyz-Turkish Business Forum.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from 24.kg

Turkey aspires to possess at least 20 nuclear reactors operating in the country by 2030, a key official from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has said.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

The Rajin-Sonbong Free Trade Zone in the extreme northeast corner of North Korea was always something of a joke. The zone was created in 1991 by the late North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung when the North was in one of its periodic flirtations with Chinese-style free markets. But nothing much came of it.

• Date: 01.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from koreatimes.co.kr

Kazakhstan's constitutional council on Monday rejected a referendum to extend President Nursultan Nazarbayev's rule until 2020, meaning the leader of Central Asia's largest economy is likely to stand for election in 2012.

• Date: 31.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

Russian experts confirmed during a presentation of the Kaliningrad nuclear power plant project in Riga yesterday that the project will have no detrimental effect on the environment.

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the first of its kind in the country, is to join the national power grid in early April, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi said

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

The Turkish Petroleum International Company Ltd. (TPIC), an affiliate of the state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), is holding talks with Kyrgyz government officials to supply the jet fuel needed by American corps based in the country, the company’s president, Mithat Cansız, has said.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Global powers seeking to ensure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons are still hoping for a response from Tehran to a fuel swap proposal seen as a step towards ending the persistent standoff, Russia said

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news