President Vladimir Putin raised the pressure on Ukraine on Wednesday, saying Russia would wait until it forms a new government before fully implementing a $15 billion bailout deal that Kiev urgently needs.

• Date: 30.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

South Korea approved on Wednesday a $7 billion project to build two nuclear plants, a boost for an industry struggling to emerge from the shadow of Japan's Fukushima disaster and the first approval since a policy review sparked by a safety scandal at domestic reactors.

• Date: 29.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's interim prime minister pledged on Wednesday to work to limit damage to the economy from more than two months of turmoil and said he expected Russia to disburse a further $2 billion of aid "very soon".

• Date: 29.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia will honor its pledge to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce the price of gas it supplies to its neighbor even if the opposition forms the next government, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

• Date: 29.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov offered his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, saying he hoped his departure would help towards a peaceful settlement to two months of unrest which has convulsed the former Soviet republic.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the European Union's top two officials were set to hold "clear the air" talks in Brussels on Tuesday after months of growing tension over Ukraine and trade and energy disputes.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine is borrowing another $2 billion from Russia on the same terms as a $3 billion Eurobond sold in December, in a sign that Moscow is pushing on with a $15 billion bailout despite concern about violence at anti-government protests in Kiev.

• Date: 28.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Hungary's development minister said on Sunday the government should soon complete talks with Russia on a multi-billion dollar sovereign loan that would enable it to start work on two new nuclear reactors.

• Date: 27.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.01.2014  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/