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In a move that could expand India’s civilian nuclear power sector by opening up access to foreign suppliers, India’s government has put the finishing touches…
A top Russian government official is visiting Zimbabwe, the first high profile visit in nearly a decade. Mikhail Margelov, Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev’s special envoy,…
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In the wake of the 11 March Fukushima Dai-Ichi tragedy, Japan has had to make some major changes to its power distribution grid and supplies,…
Pakistan’s chronic energy shortages have combined with widespread perceptions that Washington is more interested in pursuing its anti-terror agenda than assisting the country financially, causing…
State energy statistics in the Islamic Republic of Iran are closely guarded state secrets.Deputy Oil Minister Mohsen Khojasteh-Mehr has told the Iranian media that "Currently,…
Russian Federation president Dmitrii Medvedev's aide Arkadi Dvorkovich stated at the annual investors' conference at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, "Russia will no longer be…
India may be a rising economy but it is laggard in paying its energy bills and the Iran National Oil Company has given New Delhi…
The Uruguayan government is upset with the administration of Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez because it has delayed authorization for Paraguayan electricity to transit Argentinean territory…
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…
Jordan’s economy has been heavily impacted by its need to import 96 percent of its energy needs, and so is pressing forward with a project…
Instead of abandoning nuclear power, France has opened a nuclear energy institute. France currently generates 78 percent of its electricity from nuclear power plants, the…
In the wake of the 11 March Fukushima nuclear meltdown, Germany’s Bundestag handed its green movement its biggest victory yet, passing a resolution to close…