Bulgaria’s entry into the European Union will inevitably bring increased unemployment, cuts in social spending and inflation to the country’s population. The EU is currently using Bulgaria, which has the lowest wages in all of Europe, to set standards that could become a model for all of Europe.

• Date: 11.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from wsws.org

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch" in creating a new energy policy

• Date: 11.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from sott.net

Russia has successfully completed a vital pre-launch test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, the country's nuclear export agency said on Tuesday.

• Date: 11.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Oil prices fell below $101 a barrel after a big jump the day before as traders anticipated a further rise in weekly U.S. crude inventories in a sign of weakening demand. The dollar strengthened against the euro but was steady against the yen.

• Date: 10.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from ajc.com

Russia is a vast country that is exceptionally rich in mineral resources. Therefore, a fairly commonly held view is that prospecting for minerals outside Russia, for example, in Africa, is not a sensible proposition. Does this viewpoint reflect the way things really stand?

• Date: 10.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

President Dmitry Medvedev marked the anniversary on Monday of victory over Nazi Germany with a promise to arm Russian troops with the latest weapons and push reform of a military plagued by low morale and poor equipment.

• Date: 10.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.05.2011  |  Security  |  from Yahoo! news

Japan remains committed to nuclear power despite the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Prime Minister Naoto Kan indicated Sunday, as workers moved closer to repairing the crippled plant by opening the doors of a damaged reactor building.

• Date: 09.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Eight militants and one member of the security forces were killed in clashes in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan Sunday, where Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency, authorities said.

• Date: 09.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo news