Category: NATOSource

Italy to send 1,200 more soldiers to Afghanistan

By DPA

From DPA:  Italy wants to expand its troop presence in Afghanistan by more than a third, Italian media quoted Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa as saying Saturday during a meeting with US General David Petraeus in Milan. ‘We have decided to increase our contingent in Afghanistan to 4,000 troops by the end of the year,’ […]

US Ambassador: NATO EU cooperation “happens haphazardly, if at all”

By Ivo Daalder, the International Herald Tribune

From Ivo Daalder, the International Herald Tribune:  Thousands of miles from the “capital of Europe,” NATO and E.U. forces work side by side to achieve common security objectives. Yet we rarely bridge the four miles between the two headquarters in Brussels, and as a result our efforts are far less effective than they can and […]

Spain ends Bosnia military mission after 18 years

By DPA

From DPA:  Spain on Monday ended its military mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon described Spanish troops as having ‘fulfilled’ their task, Spanish media reported.

International commission starts to investigate Kyrgyz interethnic clashes

By Interfax

From Interfax:  An international commission has started to investigate interethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, which killed over 400 people in June 2010. The commission aims to find out the causes of the outbreak of violence, commission head, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative for Central Asia Kimmo Kiljunen said at […]

Latvia hosts “Sabre Strike 2011” multinational exercise

By the Ministry of Defense of Latvia

From the Ministry of Defense of Latvia:   "Sabre Strike 2011” – the joint multinational military training of land forces and air forces – will be held in Ādaži Training Area (ATA) and adjacent regional areas from October 17 to 31.

French Report New Threat of Terrorist Attack in Europe

By Scott Sayare and Eric Schmitt , the New York Times

From Scott Sayare and Eric Schmitt , the New York Times:  Saudi intelligence officials have informed France that Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen may be planning an attack in France or Europe, the French interior minister said Sunday. The minister, Brice Hortefeux, said in an interview broadcast on French radio and television that France had received […]

France, Germany and Russia begin Trilateral Summit

By Ben Hall and Quentin Peel, the Financial Times

From Ben Hall and Quentin Peel, the Financial Times:  France and Germany are hoping to do their own pressing of “the reset button” on the European Union’s uneasy relationship with Russia at a two-day trilateral summit that starts on Monday.

British Intell Chief: “Cyberspace is contested every day, every hour, every minute, very second.”

By the International Institute for Strategic Studies

From the International Institute for Strategic Studies:  On 12 October 2010 Iain Lobban, Director of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) urged greater awareness of the threats posed by cyber attacks in a speech at the IISS in London.

Turkey’s conditions for NATO missile defense

By Zaman

From Zaman:  Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül, who held talks with his counterparts from the US and other allied countries during a NATO meeting in Brussels on Thursday, told reporters in Ankara on Friday that the ongoing talks were on how to “NATO-ize” the missile shield plans

NATO receives Danish Defence Minister’s Communication Prize

By NATO