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Obama urges NATO to stand firm vs. Russia despite Brexit fallout
WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, saying Britain’s vote to leave the European Union should not weaken the western defense alliance. …read more Source:...
Cyprus MPs call for lifting of Russia sanctions
The Cypriot parliament has asked to government to work for the end of the EU sanctions on Russia. MPs from the president’s party did not vote. …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 8 Jul 2016
Four police officers shot dead at US protest Eleven police officers have been shot, four of them fatally, by at least two snipers at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Dallas, Texas. Police have arrested some suspects and are investigating claims by one of them that there are bombs “all over Dallas”. One sniper is still at large...
President Plevneliev to take part in NATO summit
President Rosen Plevneliev is to head the Bulgarian delegation at the NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8 and 9. The forum will focus on the decisions from Wales, the Ukraine crisis, NATO-Russia relations and cooperation between NATO and the EU. The Bulgarian delegation includes Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev as well...
NATO tries to flex under Trump, Brexit cloud
WARSAW — President Barack Obama and his top national security advisers are in Poland to rally NATO countries around the threat of Russia and the fight against the Islamic State as they try to re-energize the Alliance in the face of isolationist movements on both sides of the Atlantic. The two-day NATO summit comes amid populist unrest in the...
Cyprus passes resolution for lifting sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
The House of Representatives in Cyprus approved with 33 votes in favour a resolution calling for the lifting of the sanctions the European Union has imposed on the Russian Federation, Thursday. The ruling party abstained from the vote. The resolution was approved by 33 votes in favour. The ruling Democratic Rally party DYSI abstained. Leader of...
NATO’s Germany problem
BERLIN — When NATO’s faithful gather to discuss the Alliance’s latest challenge, a flurry of adjectives fills the air — mercurial, unpredictable, self-righteous. The object of the frustration isn’t the bloc’s longtime nemesis to the east, however. It’s Germany. As many Alliance members become increasingly nervous...
Poland’s ‘powerholic’
ARSAW — Jarosław Kaczyński’s office is located on the first floor of a ramshackle building in central Warsaw. There’s a pool hall in the basement and a Japanese restaurant around the corner. The simple sign on the glass door reads only, “The office of member of parliament Jarosław Kaczyński.” Everyone knows not to knock without prior...
NATO should not abandon Georgia
The U.K.’s referendum to leave the European Union sent political shockwaves across Europe and has cast a shadow of uncertainty on the future of the European project. But the Continent’s lack of strategic vision could have especially dangerous consequences for those still seeking to join its ranks — and for Georgia especially. Georgia...
The Russia factor at the NATO summit
The elephant in the room at this week’s NATO summit will be Russia. Deterrence options on the table in Warsaw, including the presence of NATO forces in Eastern Europe, are attempts to respond to the Alliance’s biggest, most unpredictable neighbor. But when NATO leaders sit down to discuss relations with Russia, don’t expect any...
