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Ukraine's Pro-Western Coalition Collapses - Speaker

KIEV (AFP)--Ukraine's governing coalition fell apart Tuesday, the parliamentary speaker said, throwing into doubt the country's pro-Western course.

DJ Turkish Watchdog Says No Veto On Refinery Applications -IHA

Turkey's energy watchdog EPDK hasn't rejected any application for building a refinery in the country, head of the regulator Hasan Koktas said late Monday, the Ihlas News Agency, or OHA, reported Tuesday.

INA Board Sees MOL Offer Price As Acceptable, Supports Bid

The board of directors of Croatian refiner INA d.d. (INA.ZG) said Monday that the public buyout price offered by Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Nyrt. (MOL.BU) for all outstanding INA shares not owned by the government is acceptable considering the current business environment, according to a release published on the Web site of the Zagreb stock exchange.

Iraq Pipeline Attack Halted Kirkuk Flow To Turkey - Spokesman

An attack against the northern export pipeline had suspended Iraq's Kirkuk crude oil shipment to the Turkish Ceyhan port since Wednesday, an Iraqi Oil Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

DJ EU OKs Gazprom,Centrex,Enia To Buy Italian Energy Trading Cos

Iran Oil Min Warns OMV To Hurry Up On Nabucco Deal

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari warns Austrian-based energy company OMV AG (OMV.VI) not to delay signing contracts on the Nabucco gas pipeline project in an interview published in Friday's edition of Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung.

Additional Pipeline Projects No Danger To Nabucco

Alternative projects pose no threat to the European Union's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Budapest Monday.

Russia's Medvedev: No Changes In Russian Economic Policy

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday said there is no need to change the country's economic policy and called for more domestic capital to be invested in Russian financial markets.

Iran Oil Min: Higher Dollar Behind Fall In Crude Price

Iran's Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said Sunday crude oil prices are dropping due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, the oil ministry's official Shana Web site reported.

Iran Has Not Suspended Uranium Enrichment

Iran is continuing to defy U.N. demands it suspend uranium enrichment, the U.N. atomic watchdog said Monday

Enel: Gazprom Has Indicated Power Plant It Wants A Stake

Chief Executive Fulvio Conti of Enel SpA (ENEL.MI) said Saturday OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) has "indicated" the power plant in Italy it wants a minority stake in, as part of the Russian energy company's plans to enter the Mediterranean country.

British Energy Bd To Meet On "Potential" New EdF Offer-Source

U.K.-based nuclear operator British Energy PLC's (BGY.LN) board is going to meet soon to study a "potential" sweetened takeover offer from French state-controlled electricity giant Electricite de France (1024251.FR), a source familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

Albania seeks to become major wind energy producer

In the first initiative of its kind, an Albanian wind park will produce energy for export to Italy. Several similar projects are in the works. Albania is building its first wind park and plans to export energy to Italy under a new initiative. Two companies -- Italy's Moncada Costruzioni and Enpower Albania -- are behind the project, which could provide a capacity of 500MW.