• Czechs halt US missile treaties The Czech government has withdrawn treaties committing the country to the US' missile defence shield from parliament, fearing they faced defeat. The scheme is very controversial and the centre-right...
• Poland sticking to U.S. missile shield commitments - top brass (RIA Novosti) - Poland is sticking to its commitments on the deployment of U.S. missile shield elements on its territory, but the U.S. administration has to decide on the timeframe, a senior Polish...
• Clinton Suggests US Could Abandon Europe Missile Defense System (Novinite) -- US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated late Tuesday that the Obama administration might reconsider plans for a missile defense system in Europe, if Iran stops what U.S....
• Report Calls for Common Nordic Task Force: Stabilise countries in the throes of national unrest Norway's former Defense and Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg has proposed a 13-point plan for military and civilian cooperation between the five Nordic countries. One of the Nordic region's grey...
• German troops to be based in France (Press TV) -- German troops are to be posted in France for the first time in 60 years, in an effort to uphold military cooperation between the ex-foes. Paris has agreed in principle to a proposal...
• Russia resumes Europe gas supply Gazprom, the Russian gas export monopoly, has resumed gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine, nearly two weeks after deliveries were halted. Boris Sapozhnikov, a Gazprom spokesman, said that the...
• Putin warns Europe gas crisis "worsening" Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that a European gas crisis was "worsening" despite EU mediation efforts, as a transit deal with Ukraine failed to materialise. Meeting Putin at...
• Ukraine Says Russia Completely Halts All Gas Shipments to Europe (VOA) -- Ukraine says Russia has cut off all gas supplies to Europe in an escalating dispute between the two countries. A spokesman for Ukraine's state gas company Naftohaz said Russia's gas giant...
• Crisis must not affect U.S. missile shield - Polish diplomat (RIA Novosti) - The current global economic crisis should not force the U.S. administration to abandon its plans to place elements of the U.S. missile shield in Central Europe, the Polish ambassador...
• Nato backs US missile defence plan Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have confirmed their support for plans by the United States to install anti-missile defences in Europe despite strong opposition from Russia.
The ministers...
• Russia will abandon missile plans if US cancels shield Russia will abandon plans to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in Kaliningrad if the US scraps its plans to base part of a missile defence shield in Europe, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...
• Czech mayors oppose U.S. missile shield plans (RIA Novosti) - Mayors of 15 Czech cities are to ask U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to abandon the Bush administration's plans to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic, a member of...
• Russian missiles near Poland to 'offset' U.S. shield - NATO envoy (RIA Novosti) - The deployment of precision-guided tactical missiles in Russia's westernmost region would render ineffective a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe, Russia's NATO envoy said on...
• Russia's Lavrov to push new European security deal at UN (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will promote the idea of a new European security treaty this week when he attends the UN General Assembly, a RIA Novosti correspondent said...
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