Court orders Eesti Energia to pay private energy company 3.1 mln kroons
Viru County Court ordered Estonia-based state power company Eesti Energia (Estonian Energy) to pay an energy enterprise Baltic Energy Partners (BEP) 3.1 million kroons in compensation of damages, BBN/LETA reports, referring to Aripaev.
Uzbek leaders complain about pollution amid water row
Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.
Russia rejects force against Iran, says sanctions may not work
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out a military strike against Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences for the whole region, from the Caucasus to the Middle East, and has called for increased dialogue to resolve disagreements over Iran’s nuclear program.
EU China talks over how, not if, to sanction Iran
European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved to the issue of how to target sanctions and away from whether sanctions should be applied at all, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said on Friday.
Putin orders Arctic cleaning mission
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered that a million abandoned barrels of Soviet-era fuel be removed from the Arctic because they are polluting the environment
North Sea oil platforms less risky than BP rig which exploded
Oil from an undersea well is spreading in the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank. Platforms in Europe's North Sea are much safer as they are permanently anchored in place and less likely to sink.
For Yanukovych, A Fleet-Footed Dash To Repair Russia Divide
Ukraine's ousted pro-Western leadership. Yanukovych extended by at least 25 years a lease held by Russia's Black Sea Fleet for the use of a former Soviet naval base at the port of Sevastopol
Belarus leader warns against Kyrgyz-type turmoil
Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned citizens Tuesday to be on guard against Kyrgyz-style turmoil, suggesting outside forces were bent on pushing him from power as a 2011 presidential election approaches.
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