Canadian troops join Nato exercises in Poland
Fifty soldiers from Canada arrived in Poland on May 2 to take part alongside Polish and American counterparts in US-led
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Worsening Ukrainian crisis holds economic risks for the region, Romanian president says
Romanian president Traian Basescu warned on May 4 that a possible civil war in Ukraine would spread instability across the
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Pro-Russian activists storm Odessa police station in Ukraine
Hundreds of pro-Russian militants stormed the police station in the southern Ukraine city of Odessa Sunday, and won the release
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Romania rejects rumoured conscription plan amid tensions in Ukraine
The Romanian defence ministry has dismissed rumours that a process is underway of mobilisation of reservists or recruitment of young
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Turkish prime minister Erdogan: Normalisation of ties with Israel coming soon
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that an agreement to normalise relations with Israel will soon be concluded, the
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Turkey and Israel prepare for the reinstatement of diplomatic relations
The process of the restoration of the diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey, which had reached a critically low point
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Ukrainian forces tighten grip on rebels in embattled Kramatorsk, Sloviansk
Ukraine’s counterterrorism operation continued and even gained traction in the country’s gritty industrial east on Saturday, as its security forces
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Parliamentary elections in Kosovo to be held on June 8
The holding of parliamentary elections on June 8 2014 been proposed by prime minister Hashim Thaci, who is awaiting consensus
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Fighting resumes in Sloviansk, two Ukrainian soldiers killed
Ukraine’s defence ministry said that two soldiers of Ukrainian army were killed in Sloviansk during an operation that meant to
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