Bulgaria invites Chinese investment as the country offers the lowest taxes within the European Union, a senior Bulgarian official said Monday.

• Date: 12.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Five parties have passed the 5- percent threshold at the Kyrgyz parliamentary election, according to the final data obtained through the Central Election Commission 's automated vote count system till late Monday.

• Date: 12.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from ce.cn

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin’s ruling party triumphed easily in regional elections here in Siberia and elsewhere in Russia on Sunday, demonstrating that its standing has not suffered, despite several challenging months for the government.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from nytimes.com

Five parties passed the threshold on Monday to win seats in Kyrgyzstan's new parliament after a landmark election aimed at shifting the strategic Central Asian nation away from failed authoritarian rule.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from Yahoo! news

Bulgaria's contract with Russia's Atomstroyexport, commissioned to build the planned 2,000 megawatt Belene nuclear plant on the Danube River, which has stalled over lack of funding, will be extended by six months, reports say.

• Date: 11.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov has appointed Dovlet Mommayev a new head manager of the state concern "Turkmengas" by his decree.

• Date: 09.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

While Eastern Europe and Central Asia are emerging from the worst global recession since the 1930s, recovery has been weak, with a jobless rebound in some nations and uneven growth from country to country, the World Bank said

• Date: 09.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from People's Daily

Developments in the energy sector, the closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, increased dependency on the constantly rising prices of natural gas: all these factors have led to the need to update the National Energy Strategy.

• Date: 09.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com