Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Friday that he would not negotiate with armed groups, appearing to scupper peace talks that Russia and the United States hope to bring about next month.

• Date: 11.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 11.12.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' governing majority is looking fragile as crunch time approaches for a pension reform that will test his resolve to impose painful measures to satisfy Athens' international creditors.

• Date: 11.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 11.12.2015  |  Markets  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) has agreed to buy Hong Kong's flagship English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), in the most politically sensitive acquisition by the e-commerce giant to date.

• Date: 11.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 11.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

European Union nations postponed a decision on December 9 on renewing the bloc's economic sanctions against Russia after Italy called for a debate on the matter.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Moscow has rejected accusations by Turkey that Russia has been conducting ethnic cleansing operations in Syria against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Georgia says a Russian military helicopter has violated its airspace.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Turkish officials say Russia has stopped construction work at Turkey's first planned nuclear power plant, amid a bitter row between Moscow and Ankara.

• Date: 09.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 09.12.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Turkey has carried out new air raids on suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

• Date: 09.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 09.12.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.rferl.org/