Pro-Russian demonstrators occupied the regional government building in east Ukraine's city of Donetsk on Monday, besieging lawmakers as they voted to support the protesters but stopped short of meeting their demands for a split from Kiev.

• Date: 03.03.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. lawmakers are considering options such as imposing sanctions on Russia's banks and freezing assets of Russian public institutions and private investors because of Moscow's moves in Ukraine, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, the chairman of the Senate's Europe subcommittee, said on Monday.

• Date: 03.03.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's central bank delivered two major surprises to investors this week: it engineered a sharp decline in the yuan against the dollar and at the same time relaxed its tight grip on money markets that had kept interest rates firm.

• Date: 01.03.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin secured his parliament's authority on Saturday to invade Ukraine after troops seized control of the Crimea peninsula and pro-Moscow demonstrators hoisted flags above government buildings in two eastern cities.

• Date: 01.03.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday that Russian action was a "potentially grave threat" to Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

• Date: 01.03.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to continue talks with Ukraine on economic and trade relations and to consult foreign partners including the IMF and the G8 on financial aid, a statement on the Kremlin's website said.

• Date: 28.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region on Friday in what Ukraine's government described as an invasion and occupation by Russian forces, raising tension between Moscow and the West.

• Date: 28.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Israel urged the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Friday to go public with all information it has regarding suspicions that Iran researched how to build an atomic bomb.

• Date: 28.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/