Ukraine's largest private vertically integrated energy holding DTEK is planning to enter the electricity trade market in Germany, Director of Power Trade Ltd. (Kyiv), Andriy Favorov, has said.

• Date: 16.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.06.2011  |  External Relations  |  from obozrevatel.com

President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev on 13 June arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit. On 14 June, meeting of President Islam Karimov and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was held in suburban complex of Kuksaroy.

• Date: 16.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.06.2011  |  External Relations  |  from turkishweekly.net

The Chinese government is considering plans to subsidize the use of energy-efficient materials and renewable energy technologies in new buildings and is encouraging provincial and municipal governments to impose stricter efficiency standards than the national minimums, Chinese officials said Wednesday.

• Date: 15.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has sent the entire technical documentation on the build project of a nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad region, the news agency Regnum reports.

• Date: 15.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Slovenia the westernmost successor state of the former Yugoslavia has been an attractive target for more than 120 Swiss firms and investors.

• Date: 15.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.06.2011  |  External Relations  |  from expatica.com

SENIOR US officials have warned that the Fukushima nuclear emergency is far more serious than the Japanese government has acknowledged, as America moves to bolster Japan's faltering response and avoid a full-scale meltdown.

• Date: 13.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.06.2011  |  Markets  |  from theaustralian.com.au

Bulgarian Energy Minister Traicho Traikov met on Thursday with his Turkish counterpart Taner Yildiz in Kayseri, Turkey, where they took part in the signing of the Project Support Agreements (PSAs) between Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and the responsible ministries of the pipeline's five transit countries.

• Date: 11.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from balkaninsight.com

Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that China is willing to work with Kazakhstan to achieve new progress in bilateral ties.

• Date: 11.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.06.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily