The participants of the European Defence Industry Summit engaged in an intense debate over the perspectives and challenges in internal and external dimension within a new framework of activation of Lisbon Treaty clause on Common Defence. The European defence industries have already presented more than 50 projects for approval of the EU bodies and implementation…
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Amb.Chizhov: Russia and EU are key actors in Europe
H.E. Ambassador of Russian Federation to the EU Vladimir Chizhov The promise of a Russia-EU continental fulcrum In December 1994, only months after Russia and the EU had signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which was to guide their relationship for decades to come, the CSCE Budapest summit proclaimed the creation of a “genuine partnership”…
Serbia-NATO: cautious cooperation
Aleksandar Mitic, OPINION Serbia’s Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin is meeting in Brussels with the NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller to discuss further cooperation within the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme but his intention will certainly be to cement Belgrade’s commitment to military neutrality which excludes NATO membership. Serbia is implementing the Individual Partnership Action…
Ukraine defence to receive $500 millions from USA
The US Senate passed roughly $700 billion for National Defense, foreseeing budget of $500 million to support Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said. “The US Senate approved the draft, providing for the allocation of $500 million to support Ukraine in the field of security and defense,” Poroshenko wrote on his official Twitter page. pic.twitter.com/wKcH78A2Ry — Петро Порошенко…
Russian nuclear bombers flights in Far East
Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown over the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, prompting Japan and South Korea to scramble jets to escort them, Russia said on Thursday, 24.08.2017. Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on mission near South Korea, Japan https://t.co/oIiP0vwkug — Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2017…
Lavrov: NATO ambitions “never changed”
NATO’s plans have never changed and have always been aimed at acquiring free geopolitical space, including in Eastern Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Belarusian mass media on occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties, Russian ITAR-TASS agency reports. “We have repeatedly realized that all these preparations, which…
Juncker: feeling safe is universal right
President Juncker Prague while attending the high-level conference on defence and security in Prague, 9.06.2017. He delivered a keynote speech on Europe in which underlined that feeling safe and secure in your own home “is the most basic and universal of rights”. No @NATO is not an option for the EU. Together we can better provide security…
Taormina hosts G7
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and the United States will hold talks on terrorism, Syria, North Korea and the global economy at G7 Summit in an ancient city of Taormina, Italy on 26-27 May, 2017. Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the world’s rich nations at the…
NATO new headquaters in Brussels
“NATO is the most successful Alliance in history because of the remarkable service and sacrifice of the men and women of our armed forces. And because we stand united. And because we change when the world changes” – Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the inauguration ceremony of a new NATO offices building in Brussels….
NATO Summit on terrorism
“We have two major items on our agenda: Stepping up NATO’s role in the fight against terrorism and fairer burden sharing in our Alliance. We are making progress on both”, – said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his opening remarks at Brussels Summit. [ONLINE] Doorstep by #NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg ahead of #NATOmeeting https://t.co/FRK67bCajz…
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