China's Foreign Ministry called on Spain on Friday to prevent the launch of further lawsuits which seek to probe alleged Chinese rights abuses in the restive region of Tibet.

• Date: 07.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was confident Syria would meet a June 30 deadline to eliminate its entire chemical weapons program under a US-Russian plan.

• Date: 06.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia signaled on Wednesday that it could toughen demands for gas payments from Ukraine if Kiev fails to fulfill existing agreements, increasing pressure on an ex-Soviet neighbor gripped by an economic and political crisis.

• Date: 06.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

An initial agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program was "not perfect" but bought time to try to secure a comprehensive deal, U.S. officials said on Tuesday in response to sharp criticism from Congress.

• Date: 05.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while activists said civilians in Aleppo were fleeing deadly barrel bomb raids by President Bashar al-Assad's air force.

• Date: 04.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China has unveiled new rules telling officials not to cover up what should be publicly available information using the excuse it is a state secret, in what state media said was a move towards greater government transparency.

• Date: 03.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Western governments pressed Ukraine's president to compromise with protesters camped on the streets, prompting a war of words with Russia on Saturday and offering treatment to an opposition activist who says he was tortured.

• Date: 03.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's crackdown on risky lending has driven borrowers into an even darker place in their search for capital - underground banking.

• Date: 31.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/