Debt-laden Greece and EU paymaster Germany struck hardline postures ahead of a crucial meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Monday on the future of an unpopular international bailout for Athens, but France called for a compromise

• Date: 16.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse a day after it took effect.

• Date: 16.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 16.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Top government officials rallied behind Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday after a state prosecutor said he would keep investigating accusations that she tried to cover up Iran's alleged involvement in a 1994 bombing.

• Date: 14.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Assuming a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east holds, the implementation of a special constitutional status for the region is likely to be very difficult, according to Latvia's foreign minister.

• Date: 14.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A bomb exploded at an oil pipeline from Libya's El Sarir field on Saturday, halting flows to Hariga port as the country struggles to restore crude exports battered by factional fighting.

• Date: 14.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China is planning an international tourism zone in its northeastern border area with Russia and North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, in Pyongyang's latest push for new investment.

• Date: 13.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Greece and its international creditors started talks on Friday on reforms needed to keep the country financed, increasing the possibility of a interim compromise deal between the euro zone and Athens at a ministerial meeting on Monday.

• Date: 13.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2015  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely across the east of the country on Friday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France.

• Date: 13.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/