Bulgaria Close to Getting EU Nuclear Decommissioning Aid
The European Parliament announced that it will put to the vote on Thursday the proposal for financial assistance with respect to the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
Clean energy sources powering ahead
On the coast of China's Jiangsu province, one of the most prosperous regions in the country, there is a cluster of nuclear power plants and wind farms either in operation or soon to come online. Using technology both developed domestically and overseas, they are changing the energy landscape of the area.
Ukrainian media interviews President Medvedev
Ahead of his visit to Kiev on Monday, May 17, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview to the Ukrainian mass media. RT presents a full translation of the event.
NATO in Afghanistan: World War in One Country
Since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in 2003 the amount of troops serving under that command has grown from 5,000 to over 100,000.
Kyrgyzstan: Roza Rules! Marching Back to Normality in a New Geo-Political Cycle in Central Asia
Amid stories of rebellion and a crackdown in the south, rumours of unrest and gossip about coup and counter-coup, the information coming out of this troubled Central Asian ex-Soviet Republic points towards a growing degree of control by the interim government of Roza Otunbaeva, both in legislative and military terms, as a hundred criminal cases are brought against ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
Postcard from Europe: Clouded by crisis
Europe's current crises are bad enough to make anyone feel down. Our Vienna correspondent Kerry Skyring has been visiting his native Australia and concludes that Europe's bad news is best viewed from a sunny beach.
Russia opens a new pipeline of diplomacy
Russian diplomacy has been on a roll in recent months, the revival of ties with Ukraine being the most dramatic manifestation. But a string of successes, major and minor, sung and unsung, has been notched up below that high point - in Poland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Norway and Syria.
S.Korea utilities find alternatives to costly Australia coal
Utilities in South Korea are turning to cheaper alternatives to their main source of coal, Australia, as prices there hit an 18-month peak and have stayed high, industry sources said on Friday.
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