Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday it was essential that both Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fully observed a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine clinched nearly a month ago.

• Date: 03.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Latvians look likely to back their hawkish centre-right ruling coalition in a parliamentary election on Saturday amid increased tensions with giant neighbor Russia, Riga's communist-era ruler, over the Ukraine crisis

• Date: 02.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin dismissed Western sanctions as "utter foolishness" on Thursday and said they would not stop Russia developing into a stronger economic power.

• Date: 02.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A European Union deal to cut fuel use and increase renewable energy would be a better punishment on Moscow than more sanctions as it would clearly show the EU means to cut reliance on Russian gas, Denmark's foreign minister said on Thursday.

• Date: 02.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2014  |  Energy  |  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/

Amendments to a EU-Ukraine trade deal at the centre of tensions between Russia and the West can only be agreed between Brussels and Kiev, the head of the European Commission has said.

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

NATO's new leader offered an olive branch to Russia on Wednesday, saying he saw no contradiction between a strong alliance and building a constructive relationship with Moscow.

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

The European Commission on Tuesday announced a new set of measures, worth up to 165 million euros, to help fruit and vegetable producers hit by a Russian ban on agricultural imports.

• Date: 30.09.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.09.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/