Standing at the village polling station where she will oversee Ukraine's parliamentary election on Sunday, Irina Sobko points across a field of wilted sunflowers to a town controlled by Russian-backed rebels where she says there won't be any voting

• Date: 24.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2014  |  Markets  |  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/

Aircraft makers Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China have launched a joint pilot project to turn used cooking oil into jet fuel.

• Date: 22.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 22.10.2014  |  Markets  |  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/

Waiting for a lull in fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels, Nikolai Batyshchev ventures out with his chainsaw and wheelbarrow to collect firewood to fend off the damp autumn chill.

• Date: 21.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/