Category: NATOSource

Poland criticizes Russia’s mock attack on Sweden

By Matthew Day, Scotsman

From Matthew Day, Scotsman:  Poland has accused Russia of causing “unnecessary alarm” in Europe after Russian aircraft carried out a mock attack on Sweden. Radek Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, yesterday said he had been in touch with Nato’s secretary general over the training exercise which involved two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons […]

Russia plans to deploy fighter jets, base in Belarus

By Andrei Makhovsky and Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters

From Andrei Makhovsky and Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters:  Russia plans to deploy fighter jets in Belarus this year and eventually establish an air base in the former Soviet republic, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

Car bomb attack at French Embassy in Libya

By AP

From AP:  A car bomb targeted the French Embassy in the Libyan capital Tuesday, wounding two French guards and a Libyan teenager and underscoring the central government’s inability to stop the oil-rich North African nation’s slide toward deepening lawlessness.

De Maiziere defends Germany’s reluctance to deploy combat troops

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

De Maiziere: Germany does not want an EU army

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  In defence, the German role is to make France more Nato-minded, and to make Great Britain more European-minded. I have made it quite clear. My first priority in defence is Nato. In all other political aspects, economy and currency, my first priority is the EU.

Germany’s Minister of Defense warns that if Britain left the EU, ‘it would weaken NATO’

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Britain’s standing as a leading military power with the ability to influence events beyond its own borders will be jeopardised if the country leaves the European Union, the German minister of defence has warned.

U.S. and Lithuania sign agreement on countering nuclear smuggling

By Department of State

From Department of State:  Today, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius strengthened their countries’ partnership to combat nuclear terrorism by signing an agreement to advance protection against nuclear and radiological smuggling.

NATO condemns ‘in the strongest possible terms… North Korea’s provocative actions’

By NATO

EU-U.S. trade deal seen reaping rapid benefit

By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters