The proposed merger of the electricity assets of state-run Russian gas giant Gazprom and the privately owned Renova Group is likely to face a stern regulatory challenge as the deal would effectively roll back recent efforts to privatise the country's electricity generation sector.

• Date: 08.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.07.2011  |  External Relations  |  from ihs.com

Kyiv and Chisinau will coordinate their efforts on joining the European Union. Such an agreement was reached at a meeting between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko and Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca, which was held during the Ukrainian minister's visit to Moldova.

• Date: 08.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.07.2011  |  External Relations  |  from nrcu.gov.ua

Senator Javaid Ashraf Qazi, the member Standing Committee of Senate for Textile Industry, said Iran and Turkmenistan gas supply projects would help overcome gas crisis.

• Date: 07.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from brecorder.com/

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his visiting Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu signed on July 7 2011 a declaration pledging co-operation between the two countries’ governments in a wide range of areas.

• Date: 07.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.07.2011  |  External Relations  |  from sofiaecho.com

Fresh doubts have emerged over the delivery of Britain's nuclear ambitions, after EDF said it would issue an "adjusted timetable" for construction and RWE admitted it was still deciding "how to move on with the project".

• Date: 06.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.07.2011  |  Energy  |  from telegraph.co.uk

On March 26, the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor would have celebrated its 40th birthday, making it a senior citizen, where once, utilities estimated reactors' life spans to be 30 to 40 years.

• Date: 06.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.07.2011  |  External Relations  |  from asahi.com/

A major battle between Slovakia’s environmentalists and the government is emerging as Greenpeace charges that the country’s recently completed nuclear power plant at Mochovce in Nitra has in fact violated the public’s rights.

• Date: 06.07.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.07.2011  |  External Relations  |  from oilprice.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