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NATO leaders meet in ‘changed world’

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The leaders of the 28 NATO countries will gather for the first time in two years starting Thursday in Wales,

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Europe 

Four NATO ships enter the Black Sea

September 3, 2014September 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Four Nato warships will enter the Black Sea by September 7, according to a report by Russian agency Itar-Tass, citing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet’s security council adopts revised ‘Vision 2020’ ahead of Nato summit

September 1, 2014September 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

The Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet’s security council on September 1 adopted a revised version of the “Vision 2020” document that earlier

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria grapples with rewrite of controversial paper after row over ‘Russia threat’

September 1, 2014September 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian cabinet’s security council was meeting on September 1 to consider a new version of a document on a

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Romania seeks permanent Nato military presence

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Romania

A permanent Nato military base on Romanian territory was a strategic objective that Romania will discuss at next week’s military

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Europe 

Russia to send aid convoy into Ukraine

August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso that Russia was coordinating with the International

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Bulgaria 

Nato forces in South Eastern Europe should be increased, Bulgarian President Plevneliev says

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Increasing Nato forces in the South Eastern Europe region, conducting more joint exercises and making more active use of joint

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President on visit to Poland after slamming ‘aggressive and nationalistic’ Russia

July 22, 2014July 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is among heads of state from Nato countries in Central and Eastern Europe attending talks in

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Europe 

US reassures Baltics against Russian threat

July 2, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Nato, Russia, Ukraine

At a new NATO-standard airbase in Estonia, four F-16s train over the Baltic Sea, sometimes coming within 100 meters of

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