The European Parliament is set to take a close look at a report on Ukraine that could pave the way to a landmark political association and free trade deal with the European Union.

• Date: 18.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from dw.de

Foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia Ahmet Davutoglu and Sergei Lavrov discussed the Syrian crisis at a meeting on Wednesday, Turkish TRT Haber TV channel reported.

• Date: 18.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Belarus and Russia will stage a joint military exercise on Belarusian territory in September, allegedly to rehearse a defense against a Polish attack on the country.

• Date: 17.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

The pace of growth in the Russian economy, part of the once fast-moving Brics bloc of developing countries, slowed to 1.1% in the first three months of 2013.

• Date: 17.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Murmansk region will import Norwegian gas for heating instead of Russian fuel oil.

• Date: 17.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from barentsobserver.com

The latest assessment of Ukrainian natural gas reserves was lower than expected, Regal Petroleum said in its latest update.

• Date: 16.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday set up two rounds of talks in coming months in a bid to move past a fight over human rights and seek common ground on issues such as Iran, Syria and North Korea.

• Date: 16.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Russia and Cuba are preparing a joint energy project. Russia will provide a loan of 1.2 billion euros and help Cuba modernize four units of thermal power plants.

• Date: 16.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from pravda.ru