Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius assured that Lithuania is prepared to appeal to the EU institutions with a proposal of imposing restrictions and certain rules on trading electricity from the third parties, which are planning to generate electric power under conditions that do not comply with the requirements of nuclear safety.

• Date: 22.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Japanese companies can participate in production of natural gas in eastern Russia.

• Date: 21.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from boston.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed prospects for further cooperation within the EurAsEC framework, the pace of formation of the Customs Union, as well as a range of regional problems, including the situation in Central Asia, aide of the Russian president Sergei Prikhodko said speaking about a meeting of the two countries’ leaders held on Friday.

• Date: 19.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

Russia on Thursday weighed alternatives for its ambitious South Stream gas pipeline project amid reports that Turkey was purposely delaying its approval of the route through its Black Sea waters.

• Date: 18.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from france24.com

Since 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, together with the relevant authorities responsible for nuclear and radiation safety and environmental issues has strived to ensure security of nuclear power project planned in Belarus and its safe distance from the capital of Lithuania, Foreign Ministry said in a released statement.

• Date: 18.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Russia is to build a nuclear power station for Belarus and provide the $9.4 billion required as a loan to its smaller neighbor.

• Date: 16.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from boston.com

A simmering dispute over the Kuril Islands fades as Russia reaches out to Japan in wake of deadly tsunami

• Date: 14.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from globalpost.com

Ukraine's State Property fund says it has sold state telecommunications company Ukrtelecom for $1.3 billion to an Austrian investment firm.

• Date: 12.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from boston.com