Turkmenistan wins backing for Europe pipeline
Turkmenistan has won support from its Caspian neighbours to lay a pipeline under the sea and become a major gas supplier to Europe, a senior official said, boosting plans for the EU-backed Nabucco project.
In China's Orbit
After 500 years of Western predominance, Niall Ferguson argues, the world is tilting back to the East.
Russia, Afghanistan top NATO agenda
NATO will invite Russia to take part in a U.S.-European missile defense shield at a summit on Saturday, a move that would herald the closest cooperation between the powers since the end of the Cold War.
Azerbaijan, Iran sign energy cooperation deal
Azerbaijan and Iran have signed an energy cooperation deal prior to the start of the third Caspian Summit, according to media reports Thursday.
Silence speaks volumes in Russia-Iran dispute
The stakes could not have been higher for the presidents of Russia and Iran as they huddled behind closed doors here to address their biggest-ever rift in relations.
International Oil and Gas Signs MOI with Uzbekistan
OTCOB-listed oil and gas exploration and development firm International Oil and Gas Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uzbek state oil and gas company, Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company.
Bulgarian premier details revival of Syria, Turkey energy, transport ties
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has stated that he will extend official invitations to hold ministerial-level meetings between Syria, Turkey, and Bulgaria in the coming days. He said that this is in order to discuss cooperation between the three states in the fields of energy, natural gas, and transportation.
India needs 'quantum step' in investment
India's central bank governor has warned that the country needs a "quantum step" in investment to achieve the ambitious double-digit economic growth rate forecast by Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister.
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