As Pure Speculation has remarked previously, the global grab of commodities now being orchestrated from Beijing did not, until recently, include one commodity close to our heart.

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from theaustralian.com.au

Lithuania asked Belarus to provide further clarification and information on the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. As Telegraf journalist learnt, the Belarusian side is ready to provide Lithuania all the documents of interest

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Turkey’s facilitator role in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West (specifically the P5+1) has resumed with some change in form. After much noise and clatter after Turkey voted “no” to the United Nations Security Council’s resolution on a number of sanctions against Iran, the parties chose İstanbul as the venue for their meeting slated for late January 2011, which confirms Turkey’s objective and neutral role and position in these talks.

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

The Nuclear Security Summit planned for 2012 in Seoul is expected to have one additional participant — Belarus.

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from koreatimes.co.kr

Firms from Korea, Japan and Russia will make a joint bid in January for the rights to develop a large coal mine in Mongolia.

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from chosun.com

Kyrgyz Prime Minister set off on a working trip to Russia. It is a first foreign trip of Almazbek Atambayev in the status of the head of the Kyrgyz Government

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

In public appearances, Turkmenistan's leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov tends to maintain a stern visage, a look befitting a man who heads one of the most repressive states on earth.

• Date: 25.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

A report prepared by the World Energy Council's Ankara-based Turkish National Committee (DEK-TMK) suggests that Turkey's dependency on foreign energy will continue to increase in 2011 in parallel with the its notable economic growth.

• Date: 25.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from trend.az