Ukraine's interim prime minister pledged on Wednesday to work to limit damage to the economy from more than two months of turmoil and said he expected Russia to disburse a further $2 billion of aid "very soon".

• Date: 29.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia will honor its pledge to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce the price of gas it supplies to its neighbor even if the opposition forms the next government, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

• Date: 29.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov offered his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, saying he hoped his departure would help towards a peaceful settlement to two months of unrest which has convulsed the former Soviet republic.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the European Union's top two officials were set to hold "clear the air" talks in Brussels on Tuesday after months of growing tension over Ukraine and trade and energy disputes.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine is borrowing another $2 billion from Russia on the same terms as a $3 billion Eurobond sold in December, in a sign that Moscow is pushing on with a $15 billion bailout despite concern about violence at anti-government protests in Kiev.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Hungary's development minister said on Sunday the government should soon complete talks with Russia on a multi-billion dollar sovereign loan that would enable it to start work on two new nuclear reactors.

• Date: 27.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Bankers expect a thorough European Central Bank (ECB) health check of the euro zone's largest banks to reignite domestic and cross-border merger activity by rebuilding confidence among lenders.

• Date: 27.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European Union and Russian leaders will trade recriminations over Ukraine at a summit on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic reels from violent unrest after spurning the EU's embrace and lurching back towards Moscow.

• Date: 27.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/