Ukraine government presses Europe ambitions, ignores Russia
Ukraine formally gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for landmark trade deals to be signed with the European Union, disregarding pressure from Moscow for Kiev to halt its westward course.
China says will give U.N. Syria report 'thorough review'
China said on Tuesday that it would take a serious look at a report by U.N. investigators which confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 gas attack outside the Syrian capital.
France's Total interested in Russian 'tight' oil projects
French energy major Total (TOTF.PA) is in talks to join "tight" or hard to access oil projects in Russia, which by some estimates hold the world's largest unconventional oil reserves, a Total executive was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
EU spending cuts to hit Portugal's poor
Spending cuts to European Union food aid programs could leave Portugal's growing ranks of poor with even emptier plates.
Europe, waiting for Germany, could be disappointed
European policymakers have higher hopes than expectations of change in German policies after a general election next Sunday that has kept much European business on hold for months.
Chemical weapons deal wins time for Syria's Assad but at a cost
Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons bargain with Russia and the United States offers another political and military lifeline to the Syrian president, just two years after he was dismissed in Washington as a "dead man walking".
Georgia Protests Russian Border Treaty With South Ossetia
Georgia's Foreign Ministry has officially protested Russia's plan to sign a treaty delineating its border with Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
U.S. and Russia at a 'pivotal point' in Syria talks
U.S.-Russian talks on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons program have reached a "pivotal point," a U.S. official said, and both nations said on Friday they wanted to renew efforts to negotiate a peaceful end to the war in Syria.
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