NATO

  • Apr 2, 2009
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BALKANS/NATO: Albania and Croatia take alliance to 28

Albania and Croatia are unlikely to be followed by other new NATO members for some time,...

Nato
  • Apr 1, 2009
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DENMARK: Capable Rasmussen may prove divisive for NATO

Rasmussen, who sent Danish troops both to Iraq and Afghanistan, is understood to have the backing...

Denmark
  • Mar 24, 2009
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EUROPEAN UNION: Crisis gives voice to enlargement foes

Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union on March 16 called for a period of "consolidation"...

  • Mar 17, 2009
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AFGHANISTAN: Community militia experiment starts badly

A pilot programme of forming 'community militias' that began in Wardak province in January was...

Afghanistan
  • Mar 12, 2009
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FRANCE/NATO: Sarkozy confirms Alliance re-integration

President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday publicly confirmed his country's intention to return to NATO...

France
  • Mar 12, 2009
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DENMARK: Junior Rasmussen lacks leader's sheen

Several unnamed cabinet ministers yesterday complained in the Danish press of the electoral...

Denmark
  • Feb 10, 2009
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WESTERN EUROPE: Nordic states mull defence integration

A report by five Nordic foreign ministries published yesterday proposes that the countries pool...

  • Feb 6, 2009
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FRANCE/GERMANY/UK: European security strategies emerge

The Munich Security Conference gets underway today, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and...

France