The influential British business newspaper The Financial Times reports that amid the rush from rival banking nations to attract Russian cash stuck on the stricken island of Cyprus, one name stood out: Latvia. Cypriot lawyers with Russian customers say Latvian banks contacted them within hours of the announcement of a bailout for the Mediterranean island, writes LETA.

• April 15, 2013

Ukraine could bring in more international majors to explore its hydrocarbon fields on production-sharing terms and become a net gas exporter by 2025, Energy and Coal Minister Eduard Stavytsky said.

• April 15, 2013

The Obama administration on Friday put Japan on notice that it was watching its economic policies to ensure they were not aimed at devaluing the yen to gain a competitive advantage.

• April 13, 2013

A senior EU official says Ukraine still has to take "decisive" action on its internal reform programme.

• April 12, 2013

Civil aviation authorities of Turkey and Russia signed a civil aviation agreement Monday to enhance cooperation in airspace use, code sharing and increasing the number of flights between the two countries.

• April 9, 2013

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has approved the agreement on the creation of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

• April 8, 2013

Ukraine's natural gas shipper said that April marks the start of a break from Russia as more supplies start coming in from nearby Poland.

• April 1, 2013

The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.

• April 1, 2013