The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is helping to modernise Kazakhstan’s energy generation network with a senior secured loan of 3.1 billion Kazakh tenge (equivalent to €15 million) to AES Sogrinsk CHP power plant.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from finchannel.com

Ukraine, the former Soviet Union state in Eastern Europe, is keen to share its expertise in nuclear power plant technology with Malaysia as part of efforts to enhance bilateral trade and investment linkages.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from bernama.com

Lithuania is in talks with Japan about cooperation on nuclear energy after Korea Electric Power Corp. withdrew a bid to build an atomic facility in 2010.

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Up to a dozen militants have staged a daring attack on the capital of a southern Russian republic popular with downhill skiers and budget tourists

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  Security  |  from abc.net.au

First, Germany announced that it would suspend its draft, ending one of the touchstones of its post-World War II society. Then Britain and France, frequent rivals since at least the Norman Conquest, announced plans to share military equipment and research. And smaller countries across Europe are cutting defense budgets and shrinking militaries that were never large to begin with.

• Date: 26.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.02.2011  |  Security  |  from twincities.com

In Kyrgyzstan, deputies initiate formation of parliamentary commission of inquiry into involvement of people, detained by special services, into terrorist acts, deputy Kanybek Osmonaliev announced the suggestion at today’s session of the Parliament

• Date: 25.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2011  |  Markets  |  from trend.az

Russia's decision to plough more than 400 billion pounds into upgrading its armed forces is motivated by a fear of China and radical Islam on its southern borders.

• Date: 25.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2011  |  Security  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Bangladesh has signed here a "primary deal" with Russia for installing a 2,000 MW nuclear power plant, which would be its first.

• Date: 25.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from mangalorean.com