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Turkish, US officials to meet in Washington amid dispute Turkey

Turkish, US officials to meet in Washington amid dispute

August 7th, 2018 A delegation of Turkish officials will head to Washington in two days to discuss an ongoing row between the two Nato allies, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources. Relations between the two countries have steadily worsened, strained by differences on Syria policy and over the trial of US pastor Andrew...
Trump says Putin summit 'even better' than Nato meeting Americas

Trump says Putin summit 'even better' than Nato meeting

July 17th, 2018 President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning cast his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a glowing light and attempted to discredit the widely held perception that the day he spent with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, was detrimental to the United States. "While I had a great meeting with Nato, raising vast amounts of...
Trump claims victory after forcing Nato crisis talks Europe

Trump claims victory after forcing Nato crisis talks

July 12th, 2018 US President Donald Trump hailed a personal victory at a Nato summit on Thursday, saying allies had sharply increased defence spending commitments after he provoked a crisis session with a tirade at European leaders. "I told people that I would be very unhappy if they didn't up their commitments," an ebullient president told reporters...
Nato formally invites Macedonia to join alliance World

Nato formally invites Macedonia to join alliance

July 11th, 2018   By Humeyra Pamuk Nato leaders agreed on Wednesday to invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance, extending its reach in the Balkans in defiance of Russia following a landmark accord with Greece over the ex-Yugoslav republic's name. Macedonia will become Nato's 30th member state, though its...
Abrasive Trump demands allies double Nato spending Europe

Abrasive Trump demands allies double Nato spending

July 11th, 2018   By Jeff Mason, Sabine Siebold and Robin Emmott US President Donald Trump accused Germany on Wednesday of being a "captive" of Russia due to its energy reliance in a startling outburst before a Nato summit where he pressed allies to more than double spending on their own defence. Having lambasted Nato members for...
Our View: Akel’s claim of a hostile West is a big lie Opinion

Our View: Akel’s claim of a hostile West is a big lie

June 17th, 2018 AFTER a meeting with the US ambassador on Thursday, Disy leader Averof Neophytou repeated the position of his party, which was that “with Cyprus’ entry into the EU, the country also predetermined its political orientation, a political orientation, which based on the positions of Europe and United States is Western.” Although...
Greece approves F-16 fighter jet upgrade deal with the U.S. Greece

Greece approves F-16 fighter jet upgrade deal with the U.S.

April 28th, 2018 GREECE on Saturday approved a deal with the United States to upgrade dozens of its F-16 fighter jets at a cost of roughly €1.2bn, a measure the bailed-out country said would not harm its future fiscal progress. The potential deal to overhaul the aircraft came to light during a visit by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence to visit Greece and Cyprus Cyprus

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence to visit Greece and Cyprus

April 7th, 2018 Thomas W. Goffus, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and NATO Policy, will visit Greece and Cyprus next week for contacts with the two governments. According to well informed sources Goffus will meet Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and other government officials to discuss bilateral cooperation in defence...
NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, limits size of mission Russia

NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, limits size of mission

March 27th, 2018 NATO has expelled seven diplomats from Russia's mission to the alliance and blocked the appointment of three others over the nerve agent attack in Britain this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. Stoltenberg said he had also cut the maximum size of the Russian mission to 20 people from 30, in the latest...
France commits to boosting defence spending Europe

France commits to boosting defence spending

February 8th, 2018 France plans to increase defence spending by more than a third between 2017 and 2025 with the aim of meeting a Nato target of spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product on the sector. Presenting the multi-year military spending plan on Thursday, the Armed Forces Ministry said its budget would increase by 1.8 per cent to €34.2...
An adolescent’s foreign policy Opinion

An adolescent’s foreign policy

February 8th, 2018 In the first part of a series that will explore Year Two of the Trump presidency, John Tirman has serious misgivings about his misguided worldview and the potentially dire consequences for global stability. If there’s one thing President Donald Trump demonstrated in his first year in the White House, it is a penchant for...
Angelina Jolie urges Nato to tackle sexual violence in war World

Angelina Jolie urges Nato to tackle sexual violence in war

January 31st, 2018 UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie called on Nato on Wednesday to help stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, as the Hollywood star broadened her international efforts to protect women's rights. Jolie, who earlier this week visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, made her appeal to the US-led alliance's top...
Macedonia told to resolve Greece dispute to join Nato Europe

Macedonia told to resolve Greece dispute to join Nato

January 18th, 2018 Macedonia's must resolve a decades-long dispute over its name, implement judicial reform and build good relations with neighbouring countries to join Nato, the Western military alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. The country's efforts to join Nato and the European Union have been been blocked by Greece,...
'Bad news for our enemies': EU launches defence pact Europe

'Bad news for our enemies': EU launches defence pact

December 14th, 2017 European Union nations, now unfettered by Britain's decision to quit, achieved a 70-year-old ambition on Thursday to integrate their defences, launching a pact between 25 EU governments to fund, develop and deploy armed forces together. European Council President Donald Tusk deemed the move "bad news for our enemies". First blocked...
Erdogan says pulls troops out of Nato exercise, Nato apologises Middle East

Erdogan says pulls troops out of Nato exercise, Nato apologises

November 17th, 2017 Turkey is pulling 40 soldiers out of a Nato exercise in Norway, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, after his name was included in a list of enemies on a poster at the drill, an incident that drew an apology from Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Turkey has the second-largest army in the alliance and borders with Syria,...
Nato chief urges full implementation of N. Korean sanctions Asia

Nato chief urges full implementation of N. Korean sanctions

October 31st, 2017 Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg urged all United Nation members on Tuesday to fully and transparently implement sanctions against North Korea, which he said has emerged as a global threat able to fire ballistic missiles as far as Europe and North America. "North Korea's ballistic and nuclear tests are an affront to the United Nations...
Greece plays down financial impact of any F-16 jet deal Greece

Greece plays down financial impact of any F-16 jet deal

October 19th, 2017 A potential deal with the United States to upgrade dozens of Greece's F-16 fighter jets is not expected to harm its fiscal progress and should not worry its EU lenders, a Greek government spokesman said on Thursday. Defence spending has been reduced during Greece's seven-year debt crisis, which shrank the size of its economy by more...
Turkey 'will take own security measures after Russia defence deal' Turkey

Turkey 'will take own security measures after Russia defence deal'

September 13th, 2017 President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed on Wednesday Western concern over Turkey's deal to procure an S-400 air defence system from Russia and said the Nato member will continue to take its own security measures. "They went crazy because we made the S-400 agreement. What were we supposed to do, wait for you? We are taking and will take all...
'Recognise new reality', Macedonia asks Greece Greece

'Recognise new reality', Macedonia asks Greece

August 31st, 2017 Macedonia called on Greece on Thursday to recognise the "new reality" in the country and support its bid to join the European Union and Nato, a move that would require overcoming the row over the country's name. Greece has vetoed the ex-Yugoslav republic's attempts to join the two bodies because of a decades-long dispute over the name...
Germany's SPD rejects NATO 2 pct defence spending target World

Germany's SPD rejects NATO 2 pct defence spending target

August 6th, 2017 By Andrea Shalal   Germany's Social Democrats on Sunday rejected NATO's target of spending 2 percent of national output on defence and accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives of kowtowing to the demands of U.S. President Donald Trump. With Germans set to vote in a national election next month, SPD...
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Europe's Nato members, Canada to raise defence spending in 2017

Europe's Nato members and Canada will jointly raise defence spending by 4.3 per cent in 2017, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, partly aimed at showing the United States they are committed to shouldering more costs. US President Donald Trump has made more expenditure his priority for Nato, using his first...
Trump sours on Russia, warms to China and NATO Americas

Trump sours on Russia, warms to China and NATO

April 13th, 2017 The presidents of the United States and Russia on Wednesday both presented souring views of the relationship between their two countries, exchanging sharp words as Moscow extended an icy welcome to the United States' top diplomat in a face-off over Syria. In Washington, President Donald Trump said the United States' relationship with...
NATO, Russia and trade top the agenda for Trump talks with Britain's May Britain

NATO, Russia and trade top the agenda for Trump talks with Britain's May

January 27th, 2017 US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, who share an unusual bond as the products of anti-establishment uprisings, will sit down on Friday for what could be a difficult search for unity on NATO, Russia and trade. The meeting will mark Trump's first with a foreign leader since taking power a week ago, and it...
Obama, EU leaders agree to stick together, stay tough on Russia World

Obama, EU leaders agree to stick together, stay tough on Russia

November 18th, 2016 US President Barack Obama and European leaders on Friday underscored the importance of working together in Nato and chided Russia for its bombing of Syria and failure to implement a Ukrainian peace accord. The White House statement followed a meeting at which Obama sought to reassure his counterparts from Germany, Britain, Spain,...
Some Turkish military officers at Nato seeking asylum - alliance chief Turkey

Some Turkish military officers at Nato seeking asylum - alliance chief

November 18th, 2016 Some Turkish military officers posted to Nato in Europe have requested asylum since the abortive coup in Turkey in July, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. Reuters exclusively reported in October that Turkish authorities had dismissed hundreds of senior military staff serving with Nato in Europe and the United...
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