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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,...
NatoDENMARK: Capable Rasmussen may prove divisive for NATO
Rasmussen, who sent Danish troops both to Iraq and Afghanistan, is understood to have the backing...
DenmarkEUROPEAN UNION: Crisis gives voice to enlargement foes
Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union on March 16 called for a period of "consolidation"...
AFGHANISTAN: Community militia experiment starts badly
A pilot programme of forming 'community militias' that began in Wardak province in January was...
AfghanistanFRANCE/NATO: Sarkozy confirms Alliance re-integration
President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday publicly confirmed his country's intention to return to NATO...
FranceDENMARK: Junior Rasmussen lacks leader's sheen
Several unnamed cabinet ministers yesterday complained in the Danish press of the electoral...
DenmarkWESTERN EUROPE: Nordic states mull defence integration
A report by five Nordic foreign ministries published yesterday proposes that the countries pool...
FRANCE/GERMANY/UK: European security strategies emerge
The Munich Security Conference gets underway today, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and...
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