U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia's behavior in Ukraine as "unacceptable" and urged Moscow to abide by a September peace deal and pull military forces out of the country.

• Date: 21.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for deeper ties with North Korea to improve regional security, a day after holding talks with a personal envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

• Date: 19.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 19.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European Union governments moved to put more Ukrainian separatists under asset freezes and travel bans on Monday but took no action to step up economic sanctions on Russia despite voicing alarm about an upsurge of violence in Ukraine.

• Date: 17.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 17.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday he does not believe tighter sanctions against Russia will help resolve the Ukraine crisis even though Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the European Union is considering further sanctions.

• Date: 16.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine.

• Date: 16.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian soldiers parachuted into open fields in western Serbia on Friday as part of an unprecedented joint military drill that has stirred controversy in the European Union candidate-country given the West-Russia standoff over Ukraine.

• Date: 14.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday, as he made recommendations for top positions in a new coalition government.

• Date: 14.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A deal between China and the United States to combat global warming is "heartening" although it falls short of the action needed to avert the worst impacts, the head of the U.N. panel of climate scientists said on Wednesday.

• Date: 12.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/