The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the expansion of non-banking services in the Kyrgyz Republic with a US$ 3 million loan equivalent to Microfinance Company Kompanion Financial Group for on-lending to micro and small enterprises (MSEs).

• Date: 25.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from finchannel.com

Belarus on 17 January concluded an agreement with Ukraine that will give it access to crude oil from the Black Sea while bypassing Russian pipelines. Ukrtransnafta and the Belarusian Oil Company signed the two-year contract for the guaranteed annual transit of four million tons of oil through Ukraine’s oil transport system using the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline to the Belarusian oil refinery in Mozyr.

• Date: 24.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from neurope.eu

Negotiations in Istanbul over Iran’s nuclear program broke up on Saturday with no agreement between Tehran and the UN Security Council permanent members—the US, China, Russia, Britain and France—plus Germany (P5+1). Such was the gulf between the parties that no further meeting was scheduled

• Date: 24.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from wsws.org

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated Friday for a fourth term. Sometimes called "the last dictator in Europe," Lukashenko now may see his rule stretch for 21 years.

• Date: 22.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from voanews.com

Russia will cooperate in a range of energy projects including the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan (TAPI) pipeline, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai said

• Date: 22.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Six world powers began fresh talks with Iran today in a bid to resolve tensions over its controversial nuclear drive, but the United States warned against building up hopes of a breakthrough.

• Date: 22.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from nation.co.ke

Rejoicing over the progress in the path towards ensuring energy independence, President Dalia Grybauskaite highlights the importance of liquefied gas terminal, renewable energy sources and modern waste incineration, informed BC presidential press service.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

For all the excitement over Wyoming coal making its way to Chinese power plants, the trend reveals a dampening outlook for the industry here in the United States. Coal proponents and opponents alike seem to agree that the lack of a U.S. energy policy hasn’t served anybody well, including the mining industry.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from newwest.net