NATO warplanes have had to scramble 400 times this year in response to an increase in Russian air activity around Europe not seen since the Cold War, the alliance's chief said on Thursday.

• Date: 20.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 20.11.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia warned the United States on Thursday against supplying arms to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, hours before U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden was due to arrive in Kiev.

• Date: 20.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 20.11.2014  |  Security  |  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/

Volkswagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) growth in China is expected to slow to around 10 percent this year from 16 percent in 2013 due to a conservative strategy that has limited its production capacity, the head of its Chinese operations said on Tuesday.

• Date: 18.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 18.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

German government and business computers are coming under increasing cyber attack every day from other states' spy agencies, especially those of Russia and China, Germany's domestic intelligence (BfV) chief said on Tuesday.

• Date: 18.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 18.11.2014  |  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 said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia's denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels.

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

NATO is concerned about convoys of trucks taking artillery and supplies into east Ukraine from Russia, and wants to see international borders respected, the supreme allied commander said on Tuesday.

• Date: 11.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/