Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) on Monday cancelled a project to construct the South Stream pipeline to supply gas to southern Europe - an apparent casualty of the dispute between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

• Date: 01.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Moscow may limit food shipments from Belarus and Ukraine to Kazakhstan across Russian territory because of attempts to sell banned imports in Russia, the head of Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) was quoted as saying on Thursday.

• Date: 30.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  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/

Bulgaria on Wednesday rejected Russian accusations that it was betraying its former Soviet-era ally by considering replacing its ageing Russian warplanes with ones built in the West.

• Date: 08.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Turkey signalled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern border with Syria.

• Date: 01.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Romania's energy minister said on Tuesday Russia was playing games with gas supplies to cause concerns in EU states, after analysts warned that Moscow could use the flows to retaliate against sanctions imposed over its role in Ukraine.

• Date: 16.09.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.09.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Syrian warplanes bombed a bakery run by Islamic State in the city of Raqqa, killing 25 people, in air raids on Saturday that also hit a major training camp used by the insurgent group for a second day running, a group monitoring the war said.

• Date: 06.09.2014  |  Published on EGF: 06.09.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the clearest signal yet that Israel is intent on eliminating the group's military leadership after a failed attempt on the life of its top commander this week.

• Date: 21.08.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.08.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/