A Chinese firm is looking at investing in Pakistan's hydel power projects that would add nearly 9,000 MW of electricity to the national grid, a media report said Wednesday.

• Date: 06.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

A senior member of the Armenian parliament slammed today Azerbaijan and Turkey for their  coordinated  efforts to demand the closure of the Armenian nuclear power plant. Speaking to journalists, Hrayr Karapetian, chairman of  a parliament committee  on defense and  national security issues form the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun,  said the ultimate goal of Baku and Ankara is to damage Armenia’s economic potential.

• Date: 05.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from arka.am

Astana, April 04: Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev was re-elected in Sunday's presidential election with 95.5 percent of the votes counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced Monday.

• Date: 04.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from siasat.com

The Council of Senate of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (the Upper House of the parliament) adopted a resolution on the holding of elections of aksakals and their advisors to self governing bodies in May-June 2011.

• Date: 02.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from trend.az

Japan's natural and nuclear disasters could worsen an inflation problem already looming over Asia's fast-growing economies.

• Date: 01.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from marketwatch.com

It is in Azerbaijan’s interest to develop cooperation with Bulgaria not only in the energy sector, but also in the sectors of agriculture, education and healthcare, where Bulgaria has broad experience, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador in Sofia Emil Kerimov told journalists, Standart newspaper reported

• Date: 31.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Uzbekistan is a land-locked country in Central Asia, and was once a member of the former Soviet Union. The country hosts impressive mineral reserves, including gold, copper, molybdenum, silver, zinc and uranium. The mineral sector has been the country's main economic engine, its most significant resource being gold.

• Date: 30.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.03.2011  |  Markets  |  from ibtimes.com

Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.

• Date: 28.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from time.com