U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday to increase intelligence sharing between Moscow and Washington on Islamic State militants, focusing on a common enemy even as deep divisions remained over the crisis in Ukraine.

• Date: 15.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's ruling Communist Party believes it has offered enough concessions to Hong Kong in the past, and will give no ground to pro-democracy protests because it wants to avoid setting a precedent for reform on the mainland, sources told Reuters.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened on Tuesday to unravel the delicate peace in neighbouring Turkey after the Turkish air force bombed Kurdish fighters furious over Ankara's refusal to help protect their kin in Syria.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin's order to withdraw troops to their bases in southern Russia is a move towards easing the Ukraine crisis, but Moscow has made previous pledges which it has not fulfilled, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed a new defence minister on Monday after the previous incumbent resigned amid sharp criticism over a rout of Kiev's troops by Russian-backed separatists in late August.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week.

• Date: 12.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Statements by NATO's new chief do not raise hopes of a rapid improvement in relations between Russia and the military alliance, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.

• Date: 09.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/