Bulgaria and Russia have signed a memorandum to stop construction of the Belene nuclear power plant for three months, Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK) said

• Date: 06.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

Representatives of Ukraine and the European Union are due to meet in the EU headquarters city of Brussels for another round of negotiations toward reaching an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

• Date: 05.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Russian and Israeli tourists can now travel visa-free between their two countries, yet U.S.-Russian trade relations continue to be stymied by a Cold War law censuring the Soviets for holding up Jewish emigration.

• Date: 04.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from seattletimes.com

The United Nations' highest court threw out Georgia's complaint accusing Russia and separatist militias of years of ethnic cleansing in two breakaway Georgian provinces.

• Date: 02.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from nujournal.com

The first stage of a program to modernize Ukraine's gas transportation system with international participation will be launched in June, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

• Date: 02.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2011  |  Markets  |  from rian.ru

Russia is setting up a special motorised infantry brigade of troops ready to fight in the Arctic as tensions over the region's allegedly vast oil and gas wealth reserves grow.

• Date: 01.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk

Polish-Russian relations fluctuate to the rhythm of political events: from a thaw following President Dmitriy Medvedev's visit, to a cooling after the publication of the Interstate Aviation Commission [MAK] report [investigating the presidential plane crash near Smolensk last year]. Is it possible for business deals to be struck under such conditions?

• Date: 31.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from tradingcharts.com

The Obama administration on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a state-owned energy company in Belarus over a $500 million investment with an Iranian firm accused of contributing to Iran's suspect nuclear program.

• Date: 30.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from seattletimes.com