Rejoicing over the progress in the path towards ensuring energy independence, President Dalia Grybauskaite highlights the importance of liquefied gas terminal, renewable energy sources and modern waste incineration, informed BC presidential press service.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

For all the excitement over Wyoming coal making its way to Chinese power plants, the trend reveals a dampening outlook for the industry here in the United States. Coal proponents and opponents alike seem to agree that the lack of a U.S. energy policy hasn’t served anybody well, including the mining industry.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from newwest.net

China may reach an initial agreement with Russia on natural gas pricing - a subject of great contention for years - by the middle of 2011, industry experts close to the matter said.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

Uzbek President Islam Karimov will pay a visit to Brussels early next week, foreign media quoted European Commission representatives as reporting.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Alexander Lukashenko is due to be inaugurated for a fourth term as Belarus's president in the capital Minsk, after his election last month.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on $45 billion in U.S. export deals and to give U.S. companies greater access to China's $88 billion-plus government contracts market at the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich to discuss economic and energy cooperation.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

The EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton said the European Union is set to adopt 'targeted measures' against the Belarusian regime, possibly including a travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from dw-world.de