Kazakhstan President may seek another 10 years
Kazakhstan's aging leader will seek to extend his rule until 2017 in the energy-rich central Asian nation's next election and may even seek to stay in power until after 2020, dampening speculation about potential successors.
Boiling point nears over China's trade tactics
"It's in our long-term interest to have a healthy, fruitful, productive relationship with China," said U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk
Eesti Energia holds a major procurement to renovate local power grids
The Estonian state-owned Eesti Energia Distribution Grid is carrying out an international state procurement to find partners for regular maintenance and repair works, liquidating malfunctions and building new electricity networks
US takes two China trade cases to WTO
Trade tensions between the United States and China ratcheted up another notch Wednesday, as Washington called on the WTO to probe unfair Chinese trade practices.
Azerbaijan seeks price agreement with Iran to boost gas supply
Azerbaijan will be ready to boost supplies to Iran to 1 billion cubic meters a year once a pricing agreement is reached, an Azerbaijani Energy Ministry official said.
For the first time in 16 years Lukashenka cannot appeal to Moscow
The Belarusian authorities were obviously hasty to set the election date. According to the Constitution, the election is to be held two months before the expiry of the term of the president at the latest. Expiry of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s powers is on April 6, 2011. So the election could be set for February 6
Ukraine eyeing nuclear fuel production with Russia, Kazakhstan
Ukraine, along with Russia and Kazakhstan, is poised to produce nuclear fuel, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich announced during a joint press conference with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nazarbayev agrees to increase Kazakh oil transit through Ukraine by 8 million tonnes
Ukraine and Kazakhstan have agreed to increase the transit of Kazakh oil across Ukraine by eight million tonnes, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
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