In the new Russia, Italy sees a sound political and economic partner, having given a careful reading of the socio-political events in Russia, accurately interpreting Russia’s complex geopolitical spheres of interest.

• Date: 17.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rian.ru

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko convened the third session of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission on February 15 in Washington, DC. The Commission's aim is to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

• Date: 17.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from newsblaze.com

Ukraine aims to attract private investment in government-run coal mines to increase production, Deputy Coal and Energy Minister Ihor Popovych said. The government has drawn up investment plans for state mines in 2011 envisaging 5.5 billion hryvnia ($691 million) of spending, Popovych said in an interview published today by official government newspaper Uryadovyi Kurier.

• Date: 16.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

Poland will probably import electric energy from the Russian nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad Oblast which is currently under construction

• Date: 16.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from warsawvoice.pl

Japan and India signed a free trade pact Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian giant pledged to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of goods within a decade

• Date: 16.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Turkmenistan is seeking a price linked fuel oil or naphtha for the natural gas it plans to sell to India through a USD 7.6 billion pipeline passing through Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Date: 15.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Russia is perplexed as to whether to keep its efforts for the construction of the second Bulgarian nuclear power plant "Belene" or to renounce the deal and seek penalty payments from Bulgaria

• Date: 15.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

A senior Iranian oil official has announced that the country is to export 1.5 million litres of petrol and diesel per day to Armenia.

• Date: 14.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az