Russia offers Japan stake in gas production
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Japanese companies can participate in production of natural gas in eastern Russia.
Japan seeks to restore power to remaining reactors
Japanese workers pushed ahead with efforts Monday to connect electrical power to the remaining disabled reactors at the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, as the World Bank offered an upbeat assessment on the impact of the nuclear crisis, saying the effects will be “short-lived.”
RF, Kazakhstan presidents discuss cooperation within EurAsEC
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed prospects for further cooperation within the EurAsEC framework, the pace of formation of the Customs Union, as well as a range of regional problems, including the situation in Central Asia, aide of the Russian president Sergei Prikhodko said speaking about a meeting of the two countries’ leaders held on Friday.
No change to nuclear plans
Poland said it would push ahead with its plans for a nuclear future despite the calamity engulfing the Japanese atomic energy sector.
Turkmenistan, Bulgaria discuss Nabucco project
The possibility of sending Turkmen gas supplies to Bulgaria was discussed at a Turkmen-Bulgarian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission meeting that is underway in Sofia on March 16-19, Bulgarian media outlets reported on Friday.
Russia weighs radical options for South Stream link
Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.
Lithuanian foreign ministry issues statement on Belarusian nuclear plant project
Since 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, together with the relevant authorities responsible for nuclear and radiation safety and environmental issues has strived to ensure security of nuclear power project planned in Belarus and its safe distance from the capital of Lithuania, Foreign Ministry said in a released statement.
Situation in S. Kyrgyzstan remains difficult
"Situation in the south of Kyrgyzstan still remains difficult,” Chairman of the State Service for Drugs Control under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Vitaly Orozaliev stated today at a press-conference.
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