China's fight against deeply ingrained corruption will never end, the top official in charge of tackling graft said before a meeting intended to clean up business in the world's second-largest economy.

• Date: 25.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China said on Friday it would donate 500 million yuan ($82 million) to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to battle Ebola, its largest round of aid to help contain the spread of the deadly virus.

• Date: 24.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked ECB President Mario Draghi for spelling out to leaders at an EU summit that governments must play a role in boosting the faltering euro zone economy, and said it was their firm intention to do so.

• Date: 24.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian intelligence-gathering plane that briefly entered Estonian airspace on Tuesday, the alliance said on Wednesday.

• Date: 23.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The burnt-out remains of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in fields near this small village bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

• Date: 23.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's prime minister warned on Thursday of possible attempts by Russia to disrupt an election in Ukraine at the weekend, a vote being held against a background of Russian support for separatist rebels and an unresolved row over gas.

• Date: 23.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.10.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

EU leaders will urge Russia at a summit this week to do more to stabilize Ukraine, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters, but diplomats expect no change in sanctions on Moscow in the near future.

• Date: 22.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 22.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian intelligence-gathering plane that briefly entered Estonian airspace on Tuesday, the alliance said on Wednesday.

• Date: 22.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 22.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/