Greece, Athens - Russian President Putin was in Greece last week and said that Romania and soon Poland will be in the cross-hairs of Russia, due to the hosted U.S. missile defense shield newly based in these two countries, which is seen…
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Hungary, Budapest - On 3 May, Hungarian Minister of Defence István Simicskó met Macedonian Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski and they held a press briefing in Budapest. Hungary reaffirmed her support to Macedonia's integration into the European Union and NATO.
The two…
Moldova, Chișinău - From 3 to 20 May, Moldva is hosting the Dragon Pioneer 2016. It's a series of drills of the Moldovian armed forces but also of the US armed forces. According to the Moldavian Defence Ministry Alla Diakonu , it…
Finland - Finns are against their country joining of NATO and the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö said to be opposed to the adhesion.
Finland and Sweden have been considering joining the intergovernmental military alliance, though the nation has historically been militarily…
USA, Washington - The US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said to the Wall Street Journal that Russia has an "extraordinary provocative behavior". In the same time, NATO is getting more troops based around Russia and aim to include Sweden and Finland.…
Poland - Poland counts on Turkey to secure the NATO's East side against Russia, by Olivier Bault.
I made a phone interview with Artur Dmochowski, the spokesman for the Ministry, after the declarations of Witold Waszczykowski, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Poland,…
Germany - Germans do not want to defend Poland and the Baltic states against Russia, by Olivier Bault.
A poll conducted in early March by TNS for the Polish Instytut Spraw Publicznych (ISP) and Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation might worry allies…
Latvia, Jumala - Last week, delegations from Scandinavian, Baltic and Visegrád countries met in Jumala, Latvia. They discussed about cooperation and security. It had been decided that Visegrád's countries will send troops to the Baltics in 2017.
According to leta.lv, a political…
Poland, Warsaw – On Friday, April 22, after their meeting, the Polish President Andrzej Duda and the Slovenian president Borut Pahor stated that they are against isolating Russian Federation and the dialog between NATO and Russia should be based on partnership.
President…
Romania, Bucharest - Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko met his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis on Thursday, April 21. They discussed about regional cooperation and security.
Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko went on last Thursday to Bucharest. He met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, and…
Slovakia - According to a poll carried out on 1000 respondents between January 31 and February 7 by the Slovak Atlantic Commission (SAC) and the Central European Policy Institute (CEPI), Slovakia does not claim to be either pro-West, or pro-Russia.
The poll, supported by the…