German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited euro zone officials to a meeting in Berlin on Friday in a bid to come closer to a solution on a planned European resolution mechanism to deal with troubled banks, a German newspaper said on Friday.

• Date: 06.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 06.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that core sanctions against Iran would remain in place despite its interim nuclear deal with world powers.

• Date: 05.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's new air defense identification zone over the East China Sea has caused "significant" unease in the region, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday, adding he had stated Washington's firm objection to the move during talks in Beijing.

• Date: 05.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The European Union took steps on Wednesday towards lifting visa requirements for Turkish citizens, in a move underscoring a new thaw in relations between Ankara and the 28-member bloc.

• Date: 05.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan near Moscow and discussed the war in Syria and Iran's nuclear program, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

• Date: 04.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's Foreign Ministry made a noncommittal response on Wednesday to a query whether Beijing would provide any more aid to Ukraine, as President Viktor Yanukovich arrived in the country from his crisis-torn homeland.

• Date: 04.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will head to China on Tuesday looking for loans and investment, despite the massive protests unleashed by his decision not to sign a trade pact with the European Union.

• Date: 03.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 03.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Demonstrators are blockading government buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as they step up their campaign for the resignation of the government.

• Date: 02.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.12.2013  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/