The main goals of the joint-stock power utility Latvenergo in the four-year period from 2012 to 2015 include keeping its leading positions in the Baltics, diversification of energy sources and balanced development of electrical grids, the company's CEO Aris Zigurs said today at a conference on the development of Latvenergo in a deregulated market.

• November 8, 2012

Although China is under pressure by Western powers due to its close relations with Iran, but China expands ties with Iran unconcerned by the pressures, IRNA quoted China Ambassador to Iran Yu Hongyang as saying on Tuesday.

• November 7, 2012

Hungary would like to import gas from Azerbaijan and Georgia, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

• October 27, 2012

On 7-8 November, Indonesian island of Lombok will host the ASEAN Tourism Investments Forum.

• October 27, 2012

Bulgaria may consider closing its sole existing nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, if Bulgarians vote against the development of nuclear energy in the country in an upcoming referendum, a Russian paper has claimed.

• October 26, 2012

Australia reversing a decades-long ban on uranium mining has cheered the industry in India and is set to provide a fresh fillip to relations between the two countries.

• October 23, 2012

Belarus plans to import 5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity from Russia in 2013, Belarusian Energy Minister Alexander Ozerets said at a press conference in Minsk Friday. "The electricity balance with Russia has been entirely agreed. We are looking at deliveries of 5 kilowatt hours from Russia, of which 3 billion kilowatt hours is guaranteed import and 2 billion can be purchased within the balance if it is economically sound," Ozerets said.

• October 22, 2012

Azerbaijani gas supply to Turkey, suspended because of an explosion on the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) is resumed, IHA agency quotes Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz as saying on Wednesday.

• October 20, 2012