Lithuania's government gave its final approval to several plans aimed at reducing its dependency on Russian energy sources on Wednesday, including a new nuclear power plant which it said could cost up to 7 billion euros ($9.10 billion).

• Date: 09.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

A small Chinese company has struck oil in Kyrgyzstan, and leaders of the impoverished former Soviet republic said they hoped the first find by a foreign oil firm would encourage investors to explore its undeveloped energy and metals resources

• Date: 09.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 09.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from silobreaker.com

World powers should focus on scrapping nuclear weapons and abiding by their own non-proliferation commitments rather than speculating about Iran's peaceful atomic work, the Iranian foreign ministry said

• Date: 08.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from ynetnews.com

Resisting US pressure to further scale down oil imports from sanction-hit Iran, India today made it clear that it has to look at the issue involved beyond the energy trade as it has "vital" security stakes in the Gulf region.

• Date: 08.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 08.05.2012  |  Energy  |  from indiatimes.com

Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, in a poll that was seen as a test of democracy in Russia's main ally in the South Caucasus region.

• Date: 07.05.2012  |  Published on EGF: 07.05.2012  |  Markets  |  from mcall.com

Russia was interested in participating in energy projects in Kyrgyzstan, a Russian official said here Friday.

• Date: 28.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from english.peopledaily.com.cn

Kazakhstan and Germany have vast potential to further enhance their economic and trade relations and raise bilateral cooperation to a new level. First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Serik Akhmetov, delivered this message at the Third Raw Materials Conference in Berlin held on April 25.

• Date: 28.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2012  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.inform.kz/

Iran is preparing public opinion for possible concessions on its nuclear programme in renewed talks with six world powers.

• Date: 27.04.2012  |  Published on EGF: 27.04.2012  |  Energy  |  from thenational.ae