Bulgaria and Kazakhstan Start Economic Partnership
Bulgarian economy minister Traicho Traikov departs on visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, after last week he held talks with officials in Azerbaijan and Georgia. He will participate in the Kazenergy 2011 forum on October 4, where EU energy commissionaire Gunther Oettinger will join him, from the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism informed. Some of the topics of the forum will be renewables, Nabucco pipeline construction, development of electricity, gas and oil infrastructure and the possible transit of Kazakh gas via Bulgaria.
South Korean Consortium Investing in Romanian Nuclear Project
According to the office of Romania’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Environment, Ion Ariton, “The representatives of the (Korea Nuclear) consortium voiced again their firm decision to participate in the project through the purchase of shares in the project company EnergoNuclear SA and through investments in building Cernavoda reactors 3 and 4.
Technology Japan, Vietnam Move Ahead On Nuclear Reactor Plans
In Japan's most aggressive move to promote exports of nuclear technology since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March, a Tokyo-based utility consortium signed a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to conduct a feasibility study for two new reactors.
EU to assist Azerbaijan to improve financial controlling systems
The European Union (EU) and Azerbaijani Finance Ministry launched a Twinning project "Support to the State Financial Control Service to improve financial controls". The project was presented in Baku on Wednesday.
Russian-Kyrgyz Company in Fuel Deal With U.S. Base
A Russian-controlled company will soon start supplying 20 percent of the aviation fuel at the strategically vital U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan, and it could eventually increase that share, officials said
North Korean prime minister in China on visit emphasizing economic ties
China and its impoverished neighbor North Korea are emphasizing trade and investment ties during a visit this week by Pyongyang’s prime minister that also highlights China’s efforts to restart talks on ending the North’s nuclear programs.
Czechs: Nuclear power good despite Japan disaster
The catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex should not be allowed to call into question of the wisdom of atomic energy, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Friday. "After the tsunami wave hit the Fukushima power plant, some governments decided not to build new nuclear power plants and some even to abandon nuclear energy as such," Klaus said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan to discuss boosting economic cooperation in Baku
The next meeting of Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission will be held September 29 in Baku, the spokesman for Industry and Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan Azer Mensimli told Trend.
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