The Eastern Europe unanimously placed its bet on the South Stream. Plain fact is that the new Europeans chose to protect their national interests in spite of all temptations and threats from Brussels and Washington.

• April 9, 2013

Turkmen trade turnover increased by 1.9 times as a result of the successful policy pursued by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, Turkmen Minister of Economy and Development Babamyrat Taganov said at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Baku on Monday.

• April 8, 2013

Despite two days of intensive negotiations, Iran and six world powers "remain far apart" on Tehran's controversial nuclear program, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Saturday in Kazakhstan.

• April 6, 2013

Kazakhstan's press service says that President Nursultan Nazarbayev has discussed the development of bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector during an official visit to China.

• April 6, 2013

Ukraine has not received concrete complaints from Russia concerning gas supplies from Europe, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky has said.

• April 5, 2013

World powers and Iran have begun two days of talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

• April 5, 2013

Israel offered Turkey to build a gas pipeline through its territory to export its gas to world markets, the Sabah newspaper reported with reference to a source in the Turkish government on Wednesday.

• April 3, 2013

Russian gas giant Gazprom is reporting a nearly 34 percent jump in natural-gas exports for March.

• April 3, 2013