IMF wants ability to tap financial markets
The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has proposed a plan to allow the multilateral lender to directly tap financial markets to be able to help member nations in crisis, according to a document published Thursday.
Russia vows to build base on the Moon
Russia has vowed to build a base on the Moon within two decades which it plans to use as a staging post for a manned mission to Mars.
Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis
Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines to help in its fight to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said
Chinese firm to invest in Pakistan hydel power projects
A Chinese firm is looking at investing in Pakistan's hydel power projects that would add nearly 9,000 MW of electricity to the national grid, a media report said Wednesday.
Norway supports Lithuania’s and other Baltic countries’ energy independence
President Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Discussion in the meeting focused on Lithuanian-Norwegian bilateral relations, cooperation in the field of foreign policy and security as well as economy and energy, and elimination of Baltic energy isolation.
Bulgaria, Russia officially freeze construction of nuclear power plant for 3 months
Bulgaria and Russia have signed a memorandum to stop construction of the Belene nuclear power plant for three months, Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK) said
Ukraine, EU Holding Negotiations On Association Agreement
Representatives of Ukraine and the European Union are due to meet in the EU headquarters city of Brussels for another round of negotiations toward reaching an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
Azerbaijan and Turkey seek to damage Armenian economy
A senior member of the Armenian parliament slammed today Azerbaijan and Turkey for their coordinated efforts to demand the closure of the Armenian nuclear power plant. Speaking to journalists, Hrayr Karapetian, chairman of a parliament committee on defense and national security issues form the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun, said the ultimate goal of Baku and Ankara is to damage Armenia’s economic potential.
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