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Sep 28, 2009

Merkel wins as Germans choose centre-right

By Reuters

From Reuters: German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term on Sunday and a mandate to partner with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) in a government that will rein in the role of the state in Europe’s largest economy… Projections from ARD and ZDF public television showed Merkel’s conservative bloc — the Christian Democratic […]

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Sep 26, 2009

Russia won’t put missiles in Kaliningrad: Medvedev

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe… “When I announced this decision I said it was a reaction to the creation of a third positioning region,” Medvedev […]

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Sep 26, 2009

Belgium to join Sheppard AFB program

By the Times Record News

From the Times Record News: Belgium will be reentering the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program at Sheppard’s 80th Flying Training Wing next year, and the business of training NATO air warriors will continue as usual, according to ENJJPT steering committee chairman Brig. Gen. Franco Marsiglia, commander of the Italian Air Force Academy. The steering […]

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Sep 26, 2009

Before German Vote, Qaeda Threatens Europe

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: In a new recording, the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, urged European nations on Friday to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, with a veiled threat of reprisals and an allusion to past bombings in Madrid and London… For Germany, the message, which was posted online, was the fourth […]

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Sep 25, 2009

Germany and Russia: likely bedfellows

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: Germany is Russia’s closest ally inside Europe. Berlin remains a pragmatic advocate for Russia within the EU and Nato – to the point of defending Moscow from attacks by the new EU members of eastern Europe. There are, of course, sound reasons for this: Germany is Russia’s biggest export and trading partner. […]

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Sep 25, 2009

Europe must stand up for Georgia

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: As Europe remembers the shame of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939 and the Munich agreement of 1938, and as it prepares to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall and the iron curtain in 1989, one question arises in our minds: Have we learned the lessons of history? Put another way, are […]

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Sep 25, 2009

Shooting down a plan

By the Economist

From the Economist: But Czech and Polish politicians feel abandoned. They pushed for the scheme in the face of Russian threats and sceptical public opinion at home. They hoped that a permanent American military presence in their countries meant a stronger commitment to defend their territory than the paper guarantee offered by NATO. To make […]

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Sep 24, 2009

Eastern Europe feels like the desert of Nato

By NRC Handelsblad

From NRC Handelsblad: Nato sees Eastern Europe as “a desert”, a high-ranking Polish official said last week . . . Countries like Poland and the Czech Republic are disappointed at what it means to belong to Nato, they say. After they joined the alliance, no scenarios were prepared in the event they were attacked, which […]

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Sep 24, 2009

Russian war games worry Poland

By Polish Radio

From Polish Radio: “Russian and Belarusian army military near the Polish border is a clear warning sign to Poland from the Kremlin,” claims Defence Minister Bogdan Klich. The military manoeuvres, called “West 2009,” taking place in Belarus, are the biggest joint military training operation by Russian and Belarusian armies since the establishment of the Union […]

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Sep 23, 2009

German Eurofighter Fighter Aircraft Intercept Russian Antonov AN-72 Over Baltic

By defpro.com

From defpro.com: Take-off in six minutes and intercept in 15. These are the short times elapsed from the first scramble of the Luftwaffe Eurofighters deployed to Lithuania. The intercepted intruder was a Russian Antonov AN-72 twin-engine transport, obviously tasked with sounding the reaction of the NATO air defense organization over the Baltic. The AN-72 remained […]

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