Dash for Gas Raises Environmental Worries
American politicians often extol natural gas as abundant, cleaner-burning than other fossil fuels, and domestically produced, unlike Middle Eastern oil. But the process of extracting it is raising concerns among people with wells in their backyards.
Polish FM on tour of Caucasus and Central Asia
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski leaves Poland on Monday for a tour of Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan.
Did China Just Win the Caspian Gas War? - By Alexandros Petersen
While Washington and Moscow had their eyes on one another, Beijing stole the prize.
Latvian and Polish premiers discussed economic cooperation and euro introduction plans
Latvia’s Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (New Era) on Thursday had a meeting with the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk; at the meeting, Dombrovskis informed about Latvia's move to the euro and the planned adoption of the European single currency in Latvia on January 1, 2014, as Dombrovskis' press secretary Liga Krapane told LETA.
Prime Minister Putin promised development of a oil center project in Chechnya
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled ambitious development goals for the volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, promising 400,000 new jobs, an oil center in Chechnya and ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas
Sofia vows to speed up South Stream
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov pledged yesterday to speed up work on Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline project, in a move to secure cheaper gas deliveries.
Putin Promises Oil and Ski Jobs to North Caucasus
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled ambitious development goals for the volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, promising 400,000 new jobs, an oil center in Chechnya and ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas.
Lithuania and Belarus signed a communication on cooperation in energy and transport sectors
Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky and Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius have signed a communication on economic cooperation, focusing on energy security issues mostly.
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