Russian high school student Roman Shingarkin had some explaining to do when he got home after becoming one of the faces of anti-Kremlin protests at the weekend. His father is a former member of parliament who supports President Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 29.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Prime Minister Theresa May formally began Britain's divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, declaring there was no turning back and ushering in a tortuous exit process that will test the bloc's cohesion and pitch her country into the unknown.

• Date: 29.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 29.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Reuters on Tuesday that Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch air strikes against militants in Syria on a "case by case basis."

• Date: 28.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

France must curb its reliance on Russian and Ukrainian firms for its military support fleet to move troops and hardware to war zones, a parliamentary report on Tuesday showed.

• Date: 28.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

China's Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) has bought a 5 percent stake in U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) for $1.78 billion, the latest investment by a Chinese internet company in the potentially lucrative market for self-driving vehicles and related services.

• Date: 28.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 28.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to protest against Britain leaving the European Union, just four days before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the start of the formal divorce process from the bloc it joined 44 years ago.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

China's failure to respond on the matter of a Taiwan man missing on the mainland is causing his family "anxiety and panic", Taiwan's ruling party said on Saturday, as it called on authorities to protect the rights of Taiwan people.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia has the European Union in a bind.

The bloc is divided between eastern European and Baltic Sea countries that see a new pipeline carrying Russian gas across the Baltic making the EU a hostage to Moscow - and those in northern Europe, most especially the main beneficiary Germany, for whom the economic benefits take priority.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com