Hannover, July 19 (Interfax) - Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power means that the country will consume more gas, but it will not rely on Gazprom to supply the entire increase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a session of the Russian-German St. Petersburg dialog in Hanover.

• Date: 19.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

Ukraine’s state-owned ore extracting company, is seeking 6.5 billion hryvnia ($810 million) in loans from state lenders to explore for uranium at the Novokonstantinovskoe deposit, Ekonomicheskie Izvestia reported.

• Date: 12.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from bloomberg.com

Estonian and Russian experts met in Tallinn to discuss the financial, economic, environmental and nuclear safety issues concerning the planned nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad

• Date: 05.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 05.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Russian nuclear power engineering company Atomstroyexport and Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD have extended their agreement to build the Belene nuclear power plant in Bulgaria until September 30, the Russian company said today.

• Date: 04.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 04.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from rbcnews.com

Russia has restored power supplies to Belarus after Minsk paid its overdue electricity bills. Belarus's struggle to meet its financial obligations highlights the country's severe economic plight.

• Date: 03.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from dw-world.de

Mongolia said Thursday that it has halved the number of shortlisted bidders seeking to develop the prized Tavan Tolgoi coking coal mine to three, and Chinese and Russian groups are still in the running.

• Date: 01.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com/

Russia and Ukraine are among seven nations that will join an EU nuclear stress test program to examine whether nuclear power plants can withstand accidents and disasters.

• Date: 27.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from www.expatica.ru

Much to the surprise of the government in Sofia, Russia has announced it has not been informed of Bulgaria's decision to freeze Belene nuclear project for another three months as of July.

• Date: 24.06.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.06.2011  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com