Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi says Tehran's nuclear fuel exchange offer is still on the table and Iran is open for talks with the Vienna Group and the P5+1 in this regard

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

A line of 150 trucks waits to enter Kazakhstan. It takes so long to clear customs here that each rig usually only makes two round trips a month. And yet, contrary to appearances, documented discrepancies suggest the checkpoint is a smuggler’s paradise.

• Date: 09.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russia is considering pulling out of a project to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bulgaria due to persistent delays, Russian daily Kommersant reported

• Date: 09.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from nuclearpowerdaily.com

US commerce secretary Gary Locke on Monday said India needs to do much more to throw open its economy to US exports and investments

• Date: 09.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from indiatoday.in

The Polish President has said he wants to hold a four-way summit with France, Germany and Russia during the Polish EU presidency as part of a Polish-model 'ostpolitik' for the union.

• Date: 08.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from euobserver.com

Georgia is waiting for many-billion investments into its power economy: it wants to build 15 hydroelectric power stations and become the largest electrical energy exporter in the region, Business-Georgia reports.

• Date: 08.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az

An updated report commissioned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy will recommend that the Group of 20 economies undergo a major structural overhaul while also expanding the powers of the International Monetary Fund to deal with financial crises, according to one of the report's authors.
France, which holds the G-20's rotating presidency this year, has made overhauling the international monetary system, damping the volatility of commodities prices and improving global governance its top priorities. The report's authors include former IMF managing directors Michel Camdessus and Horst Kohler as well as former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. They will present their proposals to French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in advance of the Feb. 18-19 meeting of finance ministers from the G-20 industrialized and developing nations. The set of recommendations will expand on a report presented to Sarkozy two weeks ago.

• Date: 08.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from insurancejournal.com

A new U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms-control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign-policy goal of President Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions.

• Date: 07.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from seattletimes.com