Iran's president gifts airplane to Turkmenistan counterpart
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday sent an Iran-made two-seat airplane to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov who is here to attend the celebrations for International Day of Nowruz, the semi- official Fars news agency reported.
Ex-President: Georgia should immediately start negotiations with Armenia over ensuring Metsamor NPP's safety
Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze urged the Georgian authorities to immediately start negotiations with the Armenian authorities over the safety of the Metsamor nuclear power plant. Reports about the Armenian nuclear power plant’s state "cause severe anxiety", Shevardnadze said in an interview
After Japan, Will China Scale Back Its Nuclear Ambitions?
Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.
Dombrovskis confirms Latvia’s readiness to join the Euro-Plus–Pact
On March 24-25, the European Council meeting was held. During the meeting the Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) countries discussed the economic situation in the EU and agreed on the measures to retain financial stability and promote economic growth, as well as discussed the situation in Japan and in the southern neighbouring region of the European Union, particularly in Libya.
Russia will profit from the crises in Mideast, Japan
Only a year ago, Russia's dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. But with the world now shaken by Japan's natural disasters and uprisings across the Middle East, the country is back at the heart of the market - and cashing in
BP's deal with Russia's Rosneft 'could still go ahead'
The chairman of Russian energy giant Rosneft has said he wants to push ahead with its alliance with BP.
Russian, Kyrgyz foreign ministers to discuss bilateral ties in Moscow
Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev will visit Moscow on March 27-28 to discuss bilateral ties between Russia and Kyrgyzstan with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said
Russia to Test Nuclear Plants for Ability to Survive Quakes
Russia, responding to the Japanese nuclear crisis, will perform a “stress test” on all its reactors to judge their ability to withstand earthquakes more powerful than the original design anticipated, the Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom said
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