NATO's top military commander, General Philip Breedlove, said on Tuesday the defense alliance was looking at beefing up its exercises in the Baltic Sea region in response to a surge in Russian military maneuvers there late last year.

• Date: 13.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 13.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone on Saturday that a four-way summit to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine would not take place until there was real progress on the Minsk peace plan.

• Date: 11.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's prime minister blamed Russian intelligence on Thursday for a hacker attack against German government websites, for which a pro-Russian group claimed responsibility.

• Date: 08.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Iran denied on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the United States to ship its surplus enriched uranium to Russia under new concessions aimed at clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal with six world powers.

• Date: 05.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Iran denied on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the United States to ship its surplus enriched uranium to Russia under new concessions aimed at clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal with six world powers.

• Date: 03.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip prevented on Sunday a group of Palestinian children who lost parents in the July-August war with Israel from making a rare goodwill visit to the Jewish state, organizers of the trip said.

• Date: 28.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict.

• Date: 28.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new military doctrine, naming NATO expansion among key external risks, the Kremlin said on Friday, days after Ukraine made fresh steps to join the Atlantic military alliance.

• Date: 26.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.12.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/