The Bulgarian Energy Holding is expected to pick a consultant to help it decide how to proceed and attract new investors for the planned Belene nuclear power plant by September, the energy minister has said.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Russian gas behemoth Gazprom is trying to get German power company RWE to join the South Stream gas pipeline project, a press report said on Monday, raising the stakes for a rival European programme.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from busrep.co.za

The multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline is back on India's agenda with the government planning to hold a bilateral meeting in Teheran on the issue after a gap of at least two years.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from tradingcharts.com

Cooperation with Belarus in nuclear energy projects could convince the neighbours to abandon their plans of erecting a new nuclear power plant (AE) near Lithuania, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski leaves Poland on Monday for a tour of Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from thenews.pl

The Japanese prime minister is facing an election disaster as forecasts show he lost control of the upper house of parliament in Sunday's election.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

Last week, with a neat turn of phrase, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton captured the quintessence of the United States "reset" of ties with Russia.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

While Washington and Moscow had their eyes on one another, Beijing stole the prize.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from foreignpolicy.com