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Kerry reassures Nato member nations over Brexit vote

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit, Nato

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not have an

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Europe 

Poland to revise security plans for upcoming Nato summit

June 27, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Poland’s police will have to revise its security plans for the July 2016 Nato summit in Warsaw as existing plans

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Europe 

German President Joachim Gauck talks security in Romania

June 22, 2016 Deutsche Welle Nato, Romania

German President Joachim Gauck has discussed tensions in Eastern Europe and Berlin’s policies toward Moscow with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria backs stepped-up Black Sea exercises, but only under Nato flag

June 18, 2016June 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria always has supported the idea of intensified exercises in the Black Sea, but only under the Nato flag, Foreign

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders speak on ‘Black Sea fleet’ plan, tensions with Turkey

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, in a joint briefing on June 16, dismissed talk of taking part in

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov opposes Bulgarian participation in Black Sea fleet

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed

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Europe 

Balkans look to Nato as Russia’s influence wanes

June 16, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Nato

As NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels discuss efforts to deter Russian aggression, rising tensions not seen since the Cold

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Bulgaria ready to contribute soldiers to Nato brigade in Romania

June 14, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Romania, Russia

Bulgaria could deploy about 400 military personnel to take part in training and joint exercises as part of a Nato

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Europe 

Nato to send four international battalions to Baltics, Poland

June 13, 2016 VOANews Nato, Poland

NATO will agree to deploy four international battalions to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — countries that feel most threatened

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