NATO
NATO/CAUCASUS/RUSSIA: Moscow hinders NATO presence
Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli held talks with senior NATO officials in Brussels...
NatoALBANIA: Berisha new leadership may prove effective
Berisha has had a relatively easy start to his term as prime minister, helped by the fact that...
AlbaniaBULGARIA/ROMANIA/US: US focus shifts to Black Sea
The US ambassador to Bulgaria said last week that Washington was negotiating with Bulgaria and...
BulgariaARMENIA: Prospects for army reform remain bleak
The recent increases in the budget for military spending cannot rule out an arms race, in which...
ArmeniaGEORGIA: Ex-foreign minister will join opposition
Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli dismissed Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili on October 19....
GeorgiaRUSSIA: How small groups influence Kremlin thinking
As the state consolidates control over the media, Kremlin decisionmakers increasingly rely on a...
RussiaBALTIC STATES/RUSSIA: Jet crash embarrasses everyone
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania meet their counterparts from Denmark,...
Baltic StatesUKRAINE/EU: Kyiv fails to meet its integration goals
All Western governments understand that the new leaders must be given time to settle -- some may...
Ukraine
