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Emportal.rs: Greece, Russia boost transport tieshttp://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/106958.html 10. December 2009. | 07:30 Source: ANA
Visiting Russian transport minister Igor Levitin and Greece's minister of infrastructure transport and networks Dimitris Reppas on Wednesday discussed further development of bilateral cooperation in the sectors of road, rail and air transports. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Reppas noted the traditional good relations between Greece and Russia, and announced that a committee of experts of the two ministries has been set up which will have completed its work in 2010 aimed at the signing by the two ministers of a new agreement on road transports, which he said will boost the trade cooperation and economic relations between the two countries. On air transports, the two ministers stressed their determination to improve the existing framework, aimed at boosting tourism movement between Greece and Russia. Regarding rail transports, Reppas did not rule out the prospect of a Thessaloniki-Moscow route being established within 2010, with a frequency of two routes weekly. Levitin, in turn, described his talks in Athens as very satisfactory, stressing that the dialogue on the transports sector will continue, adding that there is a series of topics that could be advanced so as to facilitate the work of the transport companies of both countries. PressTV.ir: Kiriyenko: Bushehr plant ready next year http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113334§ionid=351020104 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:22:47 GMT Sergei Kiriyenko, General-Director of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has declared that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will come on stream next year. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kiriyenko discussed Rosatom's cooperation with Russian and foreign partners and the corporation's development plans for 2010 in a meeting on Wednesday. "Next year we will commission the Bushehr plant in Iran; we are at the final stage there, and are assembling equipment," Kiriyenko told Putin. "In 2010 we plan to commission two power plants abroad. One of them is Bushehr and the other is the first unit of India's Kudankulam, which we plan to commission jointly with our Indian colleagues," the head of Rosatom added. Western corporations began the construction of the Bushehr facility in the 1970s. However, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Western companies reneged on their commitments and pulled out of the project due to political pressure from Washington. Iran then turned to Russia to complete the project. In 1992, Tehran and Moscow signed a deal to complete the construction of the nuclear power plant. The Bushehr plant was originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, but its start-up has been repeatedly delayed. Reuters: Areva gets legal ruling over Siemens/Rosatom JVhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKGEE5B81V820091209 Wed Dec 9, 2009 4:08pm GMT * Areva/Siemens to complete mediation first * Areva CEO says relations with Siemens amicable PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Areva (CEPFi.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) said a court has blocked a nuclear power tie-up between Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) and Russia's Rosatom until the French and German companies complete mediation over their Areva NP joint venture. Siemens, which sources say was unwilling to remain a minority shareholder, and Areva parted ways last January and have yet to agree a price for Areva to buy Siemens' 34 percent stake, which the French company values at around 2 billion euros ($2.95 billion). The companies must also agree to settle a non-compete clause that prevents Siemens from setting up a rival operation before 2020. If mediation fails, both parties would likely turn to court to settle the terms of their divorce. "We have obtained (a court ruling) that Siemens would not work with the Russians until the mediation is finished. Therefore, the joint venture of Rosatom and Siemens won't be tomorrow, if there is one," Anne Lauvergeon, the chief executive of Areva, said on Wednesday. Lauvergeon, who was speaking before the foreign relations committee of the National Assembly, did not specify which court had issued the ruling. In January, Areva threatened former partner Siemens with possible legal action if the German group teamed up with the French nuclear reactor maker's Russian rival Rosatom. Under the proposed venture, the German and Russian duo would have developed the Russian pressurized water reactor technology, a new-generation nuclear reactor that would compete with Areva's 1,650 megawatt Evolutionary Power Reactor. Siemens and Rosatom were also looking to build new nuclear power plants and modernise existing plants, turning them into a direct rival of Areva, which is also competing with Westinghouse Electric, a unit of Japan's Toshiba (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research). Areva said its contract with Siemens forbade the German company from competing against Areva until 2020. Lauvergeon struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday. "We are conducting the mediation nicely. We are not angry at Siemens," she said. (Reporting by Nina Sovich, Marie Maitre, Benjamin Mallet; editing by Simon Jessop)
Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom has announced willingness to finance the multi-billion nuclear project in the Bulgarian Danube town of Belene, which has stalled over lack of funding. “We are ready to sign an agreement with Bulgaria within days,” Rosatom General Director Sergey Kirienko said, as cited by Interfax. This is Russia's second offer to pour money into Bulgaria's second nuclear plant Belene after Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, gave the green light to a EUR 3,8 B loan at the end of May. Bulgaria's new government of the center-right GERB party has said however that it is not willing to provide any state guarantees for loans and is yet to decide whether to scrap or push ahead due to purely economic terms. Bulgaria's previous Socialist-led cabinet picked German utility RWE for a 49-percent stake and contracted Russia's Atomstroyexport along with French Areva and Germany's Siemens to build the plant. Belene's reactors are to be of the Russian VVER-1000 class, while the Western companies are providing instrumentation and control systems. State power utility NEK has a majority stake in the plant. RWE's departure from Bulgaria's new Belene nuclear plant put extra pressure on government to find new shareholders while it redefines the scope of investment it needs. The new government, which has put Belene under review due to rising costs, plans to cut its shares in the project from 51% to 20-30%, which will still allow the country to keep its blocking quota. Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 183.17 Kb. Share with your friends:
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