Russian experts confirmed during a presentation of the Kaliningrad nuclear power plant project in Riga yesterday that the project will have no detrimental effect on the environment.

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the first of its kind in the country, is to join the national power grid in early April, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi said

• Date: 29.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

The Turkish Petroleum International Company Ltd. (TPIC), an affiliate of the state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), is holding talks with Kyrgyz government officials to supply the jet fuel needed by American corps based in the country, the company’s president, Mithat Cansız, has said.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Global powers seeking to ensure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons are still hoping for a response from Tehran to a fuel swap proposal seen as a step towards ending the persistent standoff, Russia said

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Last year was Japan Year in Turkey, and the occasion for it was the 120th anniversary of a sad event in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Today, Turkish-Japanese relations are moving closer to their true potential. These two countries, located at the western and eastern ends of Asia, are poised to form a strong partnership over the next decade.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Cash shortages and uncertainty over energy prices are delaying or cutting back nuclear power projects across Central and South-Eastern Europe, threatening energy supply and a push to abandon polluting coal.

• Date: 28.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from euractiv.com

Russian and European energy officials clashed publicly Wednesday over how the European Union could diversify its supplies of natural gas, with each side defending its pet projects as the best way of ensuring that Europe’s growing energy needs would be met.

• Date: 27.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Russia called on NATO on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the computer worm that targeted a Russian-built Iranian nuclear power plant, saying the incident could have triggered a new Chernobyl.

• Date: 27.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com