Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the first of its kind in the country, is to join the national power grid in early April, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi said

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

The Turkish Petroleum International Company Ltd. (TPIC), an affiliate of the state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), is holding talks with Kyrgyz government officials to supply the jet fuel needed by American corps based in the country, the company’s president, Mithat Cansız, has said.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Global powers seeking to ensure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons are still hoping for a response from Tehran to a fuel swap proposal seen as a step towards ending the persistent standoff, Russia said

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

India's acquisition of 126 new medium multi-role combat aircraft will play an essential role in India's transformation from a regional power to a global giant, according to a South Asia expert.

• Date: 27.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2011  |  Security  |  from mangalorean.com

The United States said it was ending export restrictions for India's defense and space industries, eyeing trade with a nation shunned for a decade over its nuclear weapons program.

• Date: 26.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from mmail.com.my

The European Union is set to receive gas from the Caspian region within ’two to three years’ after a recent visit to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan produced significant supply pledges, the bloc’s top energy official said Tuesday, Monsters and Critics reported.

• Date: 26.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from apa.az

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

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