EU Floats Serbia-Kosovo Talks Offer, Ratchets Up Iran Sanctions
In a bid to break the deadlock between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter's status, the EU has offered to mediate talks between the two sides in Brussels.
China offers to co-invest in Bulgaria nuclear power plant
China Development Bank offered to co-invest in the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene, Bulgaria, the Serbian government said, citing talks between Serbian Energy and Mining Minister Petar Skundric and a Chinese delegation.
India, Pakistan 'cement' ties
Cement import from Pakistan, which began three years ago mostly through the train route through the Attari border, has grown exponentially and boosted infrastructure from real estate to highways.
Tribunal has final word on water wars
If there is an interstate water dispute or if any state government senses the likelihood of a water dispute because of any executive action or legislation passed or proposed by another state, it can bring it to the Centre's notice.
Iran agrees to nuclear talks under threat of EU sanctions
Iran has announced it is ready to begin immediate discussions with Western powers about its nuclear power swap deal - just as the EU plans to levy its toughest-ever sanctions against the country's oil and gas industry.
Kazakhstan unable to get the good oil to Western markets
EVEN as the petroleum industry continues drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at considerable expense and risk, a single field here in central Asia stands ready to produce two-thirds as much oil each day as the entire gulf does, with less danger to the environment.
Five reasons for China's nuclear nonchalance
China's reported move to construct two more nuclear power plants in Pakistan was expected to be discussed at the 46-member Nuclear Supplies Group's five-day meeting at Christchurch, New Zealand last month.
West wastes energy by lecturing China
A media report earlier this week said China had overtaken the US as the world's biggest energy consumer. The report was based on an interview with Fatih Birol, chief economist of International Energy Agency (IEA). Although a day later Chinese officials refuted the claim, the Western media were quick to shed crocodile tears over an "energy-hungry dragon".
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