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Latvian FM: Substantial Nato presence needed in Baltics

February 26, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

Latvia’s foreign minister says NATO needs to increase its presence in the Baltic region, given Russia’s annexation of Crimea in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria plans register of young people eligible for military service

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria, which abolished conscription as of January 2008, is planning legislative amendments that will enable the compilation of a register

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Europe 

Polish official urges Nato to deploy troops to deter Russia

February 18, 2016 VOANews Nato, Poland, Russia

Poland’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged NATO to get over its reluctance to deploy troops along its eastern flank, to

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Europe 

Russia bristles at Nato expansion in Eastern Europe

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Nato, Russia

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is to meet with the head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, Friday at a security conference

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Europe 

NATO responds to migrant crisis; ships on way

February 12, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

NATO warships are heading to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece stop human traffickers, marking the entry of

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Europe 

Nato to increase ‘forward presence’ in Eastern Europe

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato defence ministers have agreed at a February 10 2016 meeting on an “enhanced forward presence in the eastern part

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves role for Nato in protecting country’s air space

February 5, 2016February 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to change Chief of Defence

January 27, 2016January 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on January 27 2016 to submit a proposal to President Rossen Plevneliev, constitutionally commander-in-chief of the armed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s first step to other Nato countries guarding airspace

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the first reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that will make

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