Armenian leaders are ecstatic that Russia is getting involved in the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Metsamor. Environmentalists and technical experts are far less enthused, saying that a new Metsamor unit poses considerable risks.

• Date: 31.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from eurasianet.org

Kyrgyzstan launched a $200m hydroelectric power station yesterday, its first since the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a move likely to intensify competition for Central Asia’s scarce water resources.

• Date: 31.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from thepeninsulaqatar.com

India's parliament approved a final, critical piece of a long-delayed landmark civil nuclear agreement Monday, a pact regarded as a cornerstone of a Bush-era effort to transform the relationship between the United States and the world's largest democracy.

• Date: 31.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from mercurynews.com

With the help of Russian experts, fuel loading into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which started on Aug. 21, is set to finish in a week, after which the Bushehr nuclear power plant will become operational.

• Date: 31.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from China Economic Net

Lithuanian energy minister said that diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, news agency UPI reports.

• Date: 30.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Russia, Greece, Iran and Iraq will officially not be posing any threat to Turkey soon. Turkish media said that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan intends to considerably revise the national security strategy in October 2010. The head of the Turkish government will reportedly exclude the above-mentioned countries from the list of external threats.

• Date: 30.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from pravda.ru

Diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, the Lithuanian energy minister said.

• Date: 30.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from commodityonline.com

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych faced a tough grilling over press freedom in an interview with the German media before a visit to Berlin on Monday. The president had hoped to focus on economic issues.

• Date: 30.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle