Kazakh investors are showing great interest in a series of hydropower plants. Kyrgyz Energy Minister Askarbek Shadiyev noted that the Kyrgyz side is ready for further negotiations. Kazakhstan is ready to build the “Datka-Kemin” power line in Kyrgyzstan based on a concession agreement.

• June 27, 2011

Russia and Ukraine are among seven nations that will join an EU nuclear stress test program to examine whether nuclear power plants can withstand accidents and disasters.

• June 27, 2011

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday categorically stated that country’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes and it would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.

• June 27, 2011

India and Pakistan concluded their two days of peace talks in Islamabad on Friday and pledged to work towards peace and decrease any prospect of conflict.

• June 25, 2011

The nuclear safety plan drafted by the National Nuclear Safety Administration is expected to be finished in August and submitted to the State Council, China's Cabinet, for approval, the China Securities Journal reported Friday, citing a relevant insider.

• June 24, 2011

Much to the surprise of the government in Sofia, Russia has announced it has not been informed of Bulgaria's decision to freeze Belene nuclear project for another three months as of July.

• June 24, 2011

In the wake of the world’s second-worst nuclear disaster, confidence in what had been one of the most promising forms of alternative energy has faded, but talk of nuclear energy’s demise has been greatly exaggerated.

• June 24, 2011

Kazakhstan's Senate was guided by the weight of public opinion in voting down a bill to send troops to Afghanistan, Speaker Kairat Mami said in Astana today.

• June 23, 2011