The start of the weeks-long process brings the controversial Bushehr plant another step closer to operation. Iran says the facility will generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, but Western nations fear it is to be used to produce atomic weapons.

• October 27, 2010

The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to hodl talks on a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend

• October 27, 2010

The start of the weeks-long process brings the controversial Bushehr plant another step closer to operation. Iran says the facility will generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, but Western nations fear it is to be used to produce atomic weapons.

• October 27, 2010

European Union foreign ministers on Monday kept the threat of sanctions hanging over Belarus, but decided not to implement the threat in the hope of encouraging the authoritarian state towards democratic reforms.

• October 26, 2010

The United States has been forcing other countries to comply with the United Nations sanctions against Iran, and it has been blaming Chinese companies for breaking the embargoes on Iran.

• October 26, 2010

Turkmenistan and Russia bolstered their natural gas relationship on Friday during a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, with both sides hedging their bets as the Chinese market grows and the European one shrinks.

• October 26, 2010

Bulgarian will for sure build its second nuclear power plant at Belene, Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva has declared.

• October 25, 2010

Estonia plans to separate Eesti Gaas' gas sales and transmission divisions in two years to reduce dependence on Gazprom, the utility's biggest owner and its sole gas supplier.

• October 25, 2010