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GERMANY: Parliament extends ISAF mandate
Parliament today overwhelmingly approved a government proposal to combine the mandates for German...
GermanyAFGHANISTAN: Police training goals will not be met
Six years after its creation, the Afghan National Police is beset by training, corruption,...
AfghanistanCEE: Europeans differ over visions of NATO's future
The dividing lines between the Central-East European (CEE) and West European EU members on NATO's...
NatoFRANCE/RUSSIA: Harsher rhetoric is just that
One of the major changes ushered in by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government appears to have...
FranceAFGHANISTAN/NATO: Alliance divides threaten mission
Mission deadlines are nearing in several states vital to the NATO operation in Afghanistan in the...
AfghanistanUKRAINE: Premier's party raises divisive issues
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions has collected three million signatures for a...
UkraineUKRAINE: Parties present pre-election reforms
Parliament met yesterday despite dissolution ahead of end-September elections; the 269 deputies...
UkrainePOLAND/GERMANY: Current tensions have deeper causes
Polish-German relations have been deteriorating steadily since the late 1990s.
Poland