Japan seeks to restore power to remaining reactors
Japanese workers pushed ahead with efforts Monday to connect electrical power to the remaining disabled reactors at the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, as the World Bank offered an upbeat assessment on the impact of the nuclear crisis, saying the effects will be “short-lived.”
RF, Kazakhstan presidents discuss cooperation within EurAsEC
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed prospects for further cooperation within the EurAsEC framework, the pace of formation of the Customs Union, as well as a range of regional problems, including the situation in Central Asia, aide of the Russian president Sergei Prikhodko said speaking about a meeting of the two countries’ leaders held on Friday.
NATO Special Representative's visits to Georgia and Armenia postponed
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai’s first visits to Tbilisi and Yerevan that were scheduled for next week were postponed due to developments in the North Africa.
No change to nuclear plans
Poland said it would push ahead with its plans for a nuclear future despite the calamity engulfing the Japanese atomic energy sector.
Turkmenistan, Bulgaria discuss Nabucco project
The possibility of sending Turkmen gas supplies to Bulgaria was discussed at a Turkmen-Bulgarian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission meeting that is underway in Sofia on March 16-19, Bulgarian media outlets reported on Friday.
Russia weighs radical options for South Stream link
Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.
EU to apply stress tests on its nuclear plants
Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven aging reactors -- one of them permanently.
Lithuanian foreign ministry issues statement on Belarusian nuclear plant project
Since 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, together with the relevant authorities responsible for nuclear and radiation safety and environmental issues has strived to ensure security of nuclear power project planned in Belarus and its safe distance from the capital of Lithuania, Foreign Ministry said in a released statement.
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