Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will look for ways to settle a dispute over natural gas supplies and end months of conflict in east Ukraine at talks in Italy this week.

• Date: 15.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's ruling Communist Party believes it has offered enough concessions to Hong Kong in the past, and will give no ground to pro-democracy protests because it wants to avoid setting a precedent for reform on the mainland, sources told Reuters.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened on Tuesday to unravel the delicate peace in neighbouring Turkey after the Turkish air force bombed Kurdish fighters furious over Ankara's refusal to help protect their kin in Syria.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners.

• Date: 14.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin's order to withdraw troops to their bases in southern Russia is a move towards easing the Ukraine crisis, but Moscow has made previous pledges which it has not fulfilled, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed a new defence minister on Monday after the previous incumbent resigned amid sharp criticism over a rout of Kiev's troops by Russian-backed separatists in late August.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia and China signed energy, trade and finance agreements on Monday proclaimed by Moscow as proof that a policy turn to Asia is bearing fruit and will help it to weather Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Sunday for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbors was possible.

• Date: 12.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/