Top officials from the United Nations, United States, Russia and European Union will meet on Saturday to discuss how they can help U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's drive for a Middle East peace deal, the EU said on Friday.

• Date: 31.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 31.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  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/

European Union and Russian leaders will trade recriminations over Ukraine at a summit on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic reels from violent unrest after spurning the EU's embrace and lurching back towards Moscow.

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

Russia will tap into a rainy-day fund for most of the $15 billion bailout it promised Ukraine after Kiev scrapped plans for European Union deals that would have pulled it further from Moscow's orbit, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

• Date: 25.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 25.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

There is as high as a one-in-five chance that prices could start to fall in the euro zone, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist said on Tuesday.

• Date: 24.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia will tap into a rainy-day fund for most of the $15 billion bailout it promised Ukraine after Kiev scrapped plans for European Union deals that would have pulled it further from Moscow's orbit, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

• Date: 24.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/

New York-based Human Rights Watch accused China on Tuesday of failing to embark upon political reforms which meet the people's demands for real change and of pursuing anti-corruption activists despite its declared crackdown on graft

• Date: 21.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/