Section: Africa&ME
France offers Russia €785 million to ditch warship deal
France has offered Russia 785 million euros to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a report said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
France offers Russia 785 mln euros to ditch warship deal: report
France has offered Russia 785 million euros to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a report said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Baltics request permanent Nato troop presence
VILNIUS: The three Baltic countries are asking Nato to permanently deploy an army brigade to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as a deterrent against an increasingly assertive Russia. The states, all with ethnic Russian minorities, fear they could become a target of Kremlin pressure after a pro-Moscow rebellion in eastern Ukraine and President...
Britain scrambles Typhoon jets to escort Russian bombers
British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian long-range bombers near UK airspace north of Scotland, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. Intercepts of Russian aircraft by NATO have increased over the last year amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow over the Ukraine...
Ukraine slams Russia comments on Crimea nuclear arms
NATO and the Ukraine have slammed Russian comments regarding the stationing of nuclear weapons in Crimea. …read more Source: World...
Hollande denounces ‘unacceptable’ violations of Ukraine ceasefire
France’s President Francois Hollande on Thursday denounced as “unacceptable” ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after speaking briefly with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Germany. …read more Source: The Daily...
France’s Hollande denounces ‘unacceptable’ violations of Ukraine ceasefire
France’s President Francois Hollande Thursday denounced as “unacceptable” ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after a brief conversation with …read more Source: The New...
Talking Syria in a Turkish beach resort
Syrian crisis sidelined by Ukraine and Afghanistan issues at NATO foreign ministers in Turkey’s popular holiday city. …read more Source: AL...
Baltic military chiefs to call for permanent NATO presence
By Andrius Sytas Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are preparing an appeal to NATO command for a permanent presence of NATO troops on their territory to counter increased Russian air and naval activity, the Lithuanian army said on Thursday. The states, all with ethnic Russian minorities, fear they could become a target of Kremlin...
Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn Ukr …read more Source: The New...
