Yesterday, Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete met with Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian VicePresident and Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), in Teheran. © European Union, 2018 / Source: EC - Audiovisual Service Arias Cañete, in charge of Climate...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci and the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades during the Cyprus talks. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré Anastasiades and Akinci will meet in Geneva to continue negotiations about...
Read moreSpain contracts Bominflot to provide assistance at Brussels Airport
Vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar Germany-based Bominflot, Bomin, has been granted a contract by the Spanish Ministry of Defence to provide assistance to Spanish military aircrafts at the Brussels airport and other places. According to what has being...
Read moreGeorgia, Russia, Armenia and Iran agree to create a single common electricity market
Energy Charter Conference in Tbilisi. December 4, 2015 According to sources, on April 13, the ministers of Energy of Georgia, Russia, Armenia and Iran met in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, where they agreed to create a single, common electricity market...
Read moreTusk, Mogherini attend the 4th Nuclear Security Summit in Washington
Nuclear Security Summit 2010. Credits:TWH On behalf of President Juncker and accompanying the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the HRVP Federica Mogherini attends the 4th Nuclear Security Summit which takes place in Washington, on 31 March...
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Nuclear plant in Tihange, Huy (Belgium) Belgian power utility Electrabel it restarted a nuclear reactor at its ageing Tihange plant, just days after being forced to shut it down following a fire in the electricity supply system. An Electrabel spokesman...
Read moreIran open account at European bank to receive money from exporting petrochemical products to Europe
EU, Iran crude oil statistics, 2015 - 2009 Iran opened an account at a Spanish bank aiming to receive money from exporting petrochemical products to Europe, said Mehdi Sharifi Niknafs, Managing director of Iran’s Petrochemical Commerce Company. For the...
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A Bicommunal Cyprus Dialogue Forum is launched
Turkish Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Özdil Nami. Photo credits: Bruno Mariani & UNDP UN SGSA Cyprus Espen Barth Eide: optimism growths on the possibility of Cyprus talks restarting in spring. European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen visited...
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South Stream & Nabucco The rivalry between Azerbaijan and Russia trying to gain access to the market of Southeast Europe have became Moscow's halting of the South Stream pipeline according to Azerbaijani sources. If Azerbaijan has already provided supply...
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Energy ministers of Euro-Mediterranean countries as well as representatives of financial institutions, associations of regulators, transmission system operators and industry, will gather at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome on 18 and 19 November for...
Read more4,6 billion dollar deal secures gas for Ukraine and EU
EU, Ukraine, Russia gas deal Brussels, 30 October 2014 After seven rounds of gas negotiations, last night's talks moderated by Günther H. Oettinger, Vice-President of the European Commission, yielded finally a breakthrough: A 4,6 billion dollar winter...
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