China's failure to respond on the matter of a Taiwan man missing on the mainland is causing his family "anxiety and panic", Taiwan's ruling party said on Saturday, as it called on authorities to protect the rights of Taiwan people.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia has the European Union in a bind.

The bloc is divided between eastern European and Baltic Sea countries that see a new pipeline carrying Russian gas across the Baltic making the EU a hostage to Moscow - and those in northern Europe, most especially the main beneficiary Germany, for whom the economic benefits take priority.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

The head of a Japanese nationalist school at the heart of a political scandal said in sworn testimony in parliament on Thursday that he received a donation of 1 million yen from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife in her husband's name.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

China said on Thursday that it hoped the entry into service of Japan's second big helicopter carrier, the Kaga, did not mean a return to the country's past militaristic history.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

British police cordoned off streets in Shoreditch, east London, on Thursday and were investigating a suspect package, a day after an attack at the country's parliament killed three people and put the city on high alert

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine accused Russia of "state terrorism" after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine suspects the Russian military or its separatist rebel proxies were responsible for blowing up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at an eastern military base early on Thursday morning, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com