Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 60km NNW of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
Greek prosecutors launch criminal proceedings against Russian bitcoin suspect
US national security adviser John Bolton welcomes French steps toward an Iranian diplomat accused of plotting an attack targeting Iranian dissidents.
2 year agoUK Secretary of Defence and 12 NATO Allies have signed a Declaration of Intent to join forces for introducing Maritime Unmanned Systems.
EU considers trade sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
Putin signed the law on raising the retirement age
In Paris yesterday SecDef Mattis commended France for its contributions to global security and discussed the importance of NATO to European military security.
SecGen: Russia illegally annexed Crimea and deliberately tries to destabilize
SecGen: On defense investment, Allies have stopped the spending cuts and last year, European Allies and Canada increased defense spending by 4.8% or nearly $14 billion. We have further to go, but much progress has been made. DefMin
SecGen: Productive NATO-Georgia Commission meeting today.
According to official data, over 3,300,00 citizens are registered to vote in Bosnia's upcoming election - but 250,000 fewer citizens have ID cards. And this might create many more possibilities for serious election fraud.
Germany calls for increased pressure to reach a political solution in Syria
Albanian FM @AlbanianDiplo @ditmirbushati attacks Serbia's policies in relation to Kosovo
Ukrainian freighter lands in Benina airport in Benghazi coming from Holland in an unscheduled flight
2 year agoNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: "We are of course concerned about the situation in the Azov Sea. We have seen that commercial vessels have been impeded by the Russian presence". Warns of Russia's "ongoing campaign to undermine the stability of Ukraine."
2 year agoIn Feb Italian ENI reported that, had struck a major gas formation at Calypso field (48km/26ml to TR EEZ) in Block 6,which lies on the continental shelf claimed by Turkey. Also Turkish Cyprus awarded the rights of contested block overlapping Block 3 to Turkish oil company
Russian media report that CEO of state-owned oil company @RosneftEN Igor Sechin spent $30.6 million on a newly built 1,200 sq m apartment set across 5 floors, in Moscow's historic Ostozhenka district. Sechin is a close Putin's business associate
Man arrested in CórdobaEsp with two pistols with the serial number manipulated
Ukraine is set to expel Hungary's consul in the western city of Berehove tomorrow for allegedly giving Hungarian citizenship to Ukrainians. Budapest says it will respond in kind to such a move.
Peterborough kidnap: Six men jailed after man attacked
2 year agoIraqi, Russian, Iranian and Syrian officials and senior military personnel celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the establishment of Intelligence Sharing centre
Salvini on Juncker "This gentleman is the head of the Government of 500 million Europeans, a gentleman who comes from a tax haven such as Luxembourg If you look up google 'Juncker sober' or 'staggering', you will see sometimes impressive images."
2 year agoVIDEO: Japanese and UK armies hold the first-ever joint drill in the Asian country as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to widen military cooperation with allies
2 year agoAir Defense troops of Russia Western Military District held drill with S-300PM
2 year agoPutin: Espionage, like prostitution, is one of world's most important professions. (Applause.) Nobody has been able to put an end to it yet.
2 year agoLAMBERHURST: Air ambulance called to incident at/near The Vineyard pub at Furnace Lane in Lamberhurst around 12:30pm today. Possible medical incident. Vid @ChillyComet23
Security Service of Ukraine warns about preparation of provocations by Moscow Church after The Ecumenical Patriarchate will grant independence to Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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Video: Ukrainian military suppressed Russian forces fire position after ceasefire violation
The Kremlin will again increase subsidies (by +12%) for Chechnya and Dagestan in 2019, new budget reveals. Both regions are in the top five most subsidized in Russia. Other top-5 members (Yakutia, Altai, Kamchatka) get no increase.
2 year agoPutin: Skripal is a spy, traitor of Fatherland
NATO invites Russia to monitor Trident Juncture military drills
2 year agoThese are the land, sea and air boundaries of exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE. Source: Norwegian armed forces
Putin on Skripal: "People are trying to make some sort of human rights activist out of him. He's just a spy who betrayed his country. He's a scumbag."
Security Service of Ukraine watches situation with Hungarian passports in Transcarpathian region, but cannot do anything cause of current laws
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: Russian military increased trainings for offensive operations
Putin: oil price growth result of Trump administration moves
2 year agoA man threatens to blow up a gas cylinder at the walls of the Kremlin
Putin calls for pursuing objective of no troops of third countries, including Russia, in Syria
Shell CEO says if U.S. sanctions Russian gas projects, shell will have no choice but to follow the legislation
2 year agoPutin on Nord Stream 2: The project will be implemented. We have no problems here. If there will be problems, we will solve them.
2 year agoPutin: The United States makes a colossal mistake, undermining confidence in the dollar. This is a typical mistake of all empires. It seems that everything is so stable, so powerful that there will be no negative consequences. But no. They are coming.
Related: today Ivanic, current Serb member of the state presidency, suggests number of ethnic Serbs in RS around 900k, a significant drop from 2013 census. Likely similar pattern across BiH. Emigration and disillusionment — twin crises in Balkans.
No plans to upgrade Union State of Belarus and Russia - Minsk
2 year agoSecurity Service of Ukraine records significant increase in activity of Russian secret services in Ukraine to create "controlled chaos"
2 year agoEyewitnesses reported shooting in the building of the Moscow Regional Court
Romanian PM Viorica Dancila told MEPs that alleged threats to the rule of law in the country were 'fake news'.
The leader of Bosnia's Serbs, Milorad Dodik said that unification of Republika Srpska entity and Serbia "is natural" project which should not be abandoned.
2 year agoCooperation of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine will be beneficial for our people and countries. MFAs @Tudor_Moldova and @PavloKlimkin held talks in Kyiv.
2 year agoJeremic: Vucic did not deny that Blair on his behalf is negotiating about Kosovo
2 year agoThe protests in Tirana against the son of the MP were not followed by national medias
Italy to hold Libya conference in Palermo on 12-13 November
Police detained two militants in Kostiantynivka
We don't have to talk about delimitation - but we certainly won't be talking about recognizing Kosovo, either, says Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
2 year agoMalysheva plant in Kharkiv has refurbished 16 tanks T-80 and T-64, 6 BTR-4. Handed over to army
2 year agoThe Prime Minister @RamiHamdalla calls Germany to take immediate action to pressure Israel to stop its violations, especially in Al Khan Al Ahmar
Mykola Kniazycki: #Ukraine ready to cooperate on the exhumation in Volyn regiom. But won't give up the UPA monument
2 year agoHellenic AF AEWandC (374 / E-145) doing tracks W of Cyprus as USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14848 snooping to the east
2 year agoSecurity Service of Ukraine exposed one of head of Kharkiv districts in cooperation with Russian secret services
2 year agoTroops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence of South Military District of Russian Federation held large-scale drill at Prudboy firing range in Volgograd redion
Climbing out from Latakia AB Used for transporting Russian S-300 air defence systems to Syria Russia Russian Air Force An124 RA82032 RFF8053
Armenian parliament tried to convene, but no session was held due to absence of quorum.
2 year agoPolice seized a grenade from man in Kyiv
Israeli air force to step up use of F-35 stealth fighters in response to Russia's S-300 handover to Syria.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 52km NE of Yelizovo, Russia
Russian President Putin will oversee signing of $5 billion deal to supply Dehli with S-400 air defense systems during his visit to India this week, Kremlin says
2 more protesters against land deal with Chechnya were detained in Ingushetiya. Jailed for 12 days
2 year agoRussian TV releases footage of an S-300 battery being unloaded from a Russian plane in Syria
2 year agoUSA welcomes the new France actions against Iran terror plans in Europian countries
LX-N90459 - NATO Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS
2 year agoRussian Defence Ministry shares first photos and video footage of the Russian S-300 air defence systems arriving in Syria
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 34 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was killed, 2 wounded
US Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk UAV
Space communication field stations are deployed according to an "alarm" in Western military district of Russia
Russia arrests second historian of Stalin's Terror - Human Rights in Ukraine
Multiple sources say St. Petersburg governor Georgiy Poltavchenko will hand his resignation to Putin tomorrow.
Private aircraft of Ukrainian Tycoon Medvedchuk Dassault Falcon 900EX P4-GEM
Pashinyan: This is a new, completely new, phase. In your chants, your posts, your expressions, refrain from personal insults aimed at any political figures, from any party.
Ukraine switches to unified list of dual-use goods meeting EU standards in state export control system in Oct
Pashinyan: It was a cordial, friendly atmosphere. We drank coffee, and talked. The conversation was not conclusive.
It's 1am in Armenia. Pashinyan just walked out of the room where he was negotiating with Ara Babloyan, Speaker of the Parliament.
PM Nikol Pashinyan has been inside parliament for two hours negotiating to resolve the issue of snap elections in the country. Thousands continue to remain on the grounds of the parliament, waiting to hear the results.
2 year agoPer Eurocontrol, the Shannon (EISN) FIR has suffered a 'complete radar failure' and has been 0 rated (no flights) until at least 2300UTC.
Much of Irish airspace closed this evening after 'radar failure' in Shannon
2 year agoLive picture @flightradar24 shows Ireland's airspace clear apart from Dublin airport
Radar failure in west of Ireland resulting in a "zero flow rate" in Irish aerospace at present.
Macedonia name deal in the balance as Russia hints at UN veto
Sergei Kanev, one of the Russian journalists working on the Chepiga story, who just fled to the Baltics: "One person warned that a provocation was being prepared."
Pashinyan continues to negotiate with National Assembly Speaker Ara Babloyan (Member of the Republican Party), behind closed doors. Meanwhile, thousands waiting outside, holding posters demanding the Republican and Prosperous Armenia parties to resign.
2 year agoRevised @DefenceHQ statement on A400M deployment to Indonesia:
2 year agoEx-chief of Yanukovych bodyguards Konstantin Kobzar asked court for additional questioning on Chepiga
2 year agoYerevan now: on the stairs of the parliament building
2 year agoBIRCHINGTON: Unconfirmed report of a possible medical incident in Alfred Road at Minnis Bay. Air ambulance landed in The Dip by The Parade. Pic @Max_Orrin
Ambassador Hutchison: I was not talking about preemptively striking Russia. My point: Russia needs to return to INF Treaty compliance or we will need to match its capabilities to protect US and NATO interests. The current situation, with Russia in blatant violation, is untenable.
Police did not detain participants of a motor rally held against the new border between Chechnya and Ingushetia.
Orban to bankers: Return the unfair money or I will take everything you have.
2 year agoYelk Alliance members come out to the balcony of the parliament building.
2 year agoArmenia is back at it again in support of PM Pashinyan against an attempted counter-revolution by the former ruling party. Here, people are gathered around cars listening to radio coverage
2 year agoMarch demanding justice for #ZakKostopoulos in Athens. Zak was lynched to death on 21 September. Serious omissions and attempts of covering up the circumstances of his murder by Greek police and mispresentations by Greek media.
2 year agoPeople are in the front of Parliament Waiting for Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan from negotiations about new Parliamentary Elections
The current political situation in Armenia: After initially agreeing to a gov program that included snap parliament elections, the Nat'l Assembly has just passed a provision that makes it almost impossible to hold snap elections.
The citizens have entered the outer premises of Armenia's Parliament. They're chanting "HHK, leave, BHK leave" (HHK - Republican Party of Armenia, BHK - Prosperous Armenia Party)
Tens of thousands gathered in front of Armenia's parliament to protest a parliamentary decision to obstruct special elections. NikolPashinyan calling for peaceful monitoring of the situation as he attempts to negotiate.
Yerevan: people have entered the garden of the parliament. Not inside the parliament building (yet).
Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan: "This parliament is not a legitimate body. Now, they are taking positions that obstruct the development of the country and creating a constitutional crisis."
2 year agoKnifeman 'goes on rampage' and stabs commuters on east London train sparking evacuation at Hackney Central station
2 year agoOSCE SMM Report 01 Oct: On two occasions, the SMM temporarily lost communication with its mini-UAV due to signal interference while flying near Bohdanivka (government-controlled, 41km S-W of Donetsk)
According to Armenia's Prime Minister @nikolpashinyan, today during an extraordinary session of the parliament, the Republican faction pushed forward a resolution aimed at altering the procedural rules regarding the snap elections in the event of prime minister's resignation
2 year agoYerevan's Baghramyan Avenue right at the moment.
Pashinyan As PM I have the right to enter parliament 24/7. Now, I will go up Demirchyan Str, and during that time, nothing else will happen. Nothing, no cars, no trees, no parliamentarians will be touched.
Those Ministers who present Prosperous Armenia and ARF parties are dismissed from their positions- PM Nikol Pashinyan claims at the rally taking place in front of the Parliament building in Yerevan.
Pashinyan signing directives firing coalition ministers.
People are starting protests in Armenia's second and third largest cities, Gyumri and Vanadzor respectively.
Pashinyan: Now, we will have elections at the end of October, beginning of November.
PM Pashinyan just declared he will resign soon.
Pashinyan said he is going to the parliament to negotiate with RPA.
Pashinyan: the RPA and its allies have announced officially a counter-revolution.
Ukrainian Minister of Internal affairs @AvakovArsen confirmed that Chepiga identified as one of participant of "Yanukovych evacuation"
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu reported about S-300 delivery to Syria
2 year agoThe latest Bellingcat find is a photograph of Anatoly Chepiga on the wall of Hero of Russia awardees at the DVOKU military academy where he studied. Surprise surprise—it looks a lot like "sports nutrition salesman" "Ruslan Boshirov"
Ex-President of Ukraine Kuchma resigned from Minsk contact group
[email protected]: I would like to emphasize that NATO and European intervention in the Balkans has saved the region from becoming the 'Middle East' of Europe.
The Mossos detained the president of the Diputación de Lleida in an operation against corruption
Armenia PM: Snap parliamentary elections will be held in December
2 year agoApprox. 30 thousand people take part in the protest of uniformed services in Warsaw - said to Onet Rafał Jankowski, head of the NSZZ Policemen
European Commission Renews Warning on Romania's Rule of Law
PM Pashinyan to make urgent statement on "revanche of counter-revolution, internal policy and elections"
Serbian PM Brnabić: Kosovo is an autonomous region of the Republic of Serbia
France decides to suspend sending its new ambassador to Iran pending clarification from Tehran
Russia must halt its covert development of a banned cruise missile system or the United States will seek to destroy it before it becomes operational, Washington’s envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.
2 year agoFrench Interior Ministry froze the assets of two Iranian individuals as well as those of Iran's Intelligence Ministry in relation to a plot to carry out an attack against an MEK rally in Villepinte on June 30
Stoltenberg on Tuesday told a news conference Brussels, dedicated to a meeting of NATO defense ministers, that he would travel to Belgrade, Zagreb, and Ljubljana next week. Stoltenberg to attend disaster relief exercise in Serbia
2 year agoMacedonia can become a NATO member in 2019 only when it implements the Agreement, says Stoltenberg
Vučić: I talked to Putin about the concrete steps I can not speak publicly
Polls indicate that in the upcoming regional election in Bavaria the CSU will gain about 35% and lose its absolute majority. The biggest winners will be the Greens and the AfD on about 16% and 12-13% respectively
Danish ferry company says 294 passengers stranded after engine breakdown in Baltic Sea
NATO's Stoltenberg will pay official visit to Slovenia next week, unofficially to discuss defence spending and West Balkans
In Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine, coal miners are again striking in protest over wage arrears at state-owned mines:
Russia: the governors of the Lipetsk and Kurgan regions resigned
2 year agoExplosion reported at Lithuanian Regina Seaways ferry with 335 people on board in international waters of Baltic Sea in exclusive maritime economical zone of Russia near Kaliningrad. All passengers were evacuated and safe
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has attacked Theresa May's handling of Brexit and has urged Conservative activists to "chuck" her Chequers proposals
2 year agoAll the workers of the basic companies of Guayana, again on the street. The whole city locked. They demand respect for their labor conquests.
Putin to Vučić: We have to talk about the situation in the Balkans
Russia's Southern Military District is holding its largest drills in 30 years. They are taking place at eight shooting ranges in Russia, Armenia and Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
.@EBRD buys stake in Moldova largest commercial bank @MAIB_Moldova. "Government showed strong political will and resolve to clean up the banking sector,"
Over 7,000 servicemen and 2,000 T-72B3 tanks, BTR-82AM APCs and other equipment involved in large-scale 49th and 58th Combined Arms Armies on combat exercises with Black Sea Fleet troops and 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army incl Crimea and Rostov regions
Russian Oil Output Rises to Record as OPEC Cuts Rolled Back
Germany to stop reconnaissance missions over Iraq, Syria: document
2 year agoFrench police seized cocaine worth 52 millions euro, detained 2 drivers, Dutch citizens, of truck with Ukrainian registration
Dacic: Serbia will not allow the destruction of Republika Srpska
2 year agoVucic in Russian thanks Putin for defending interest of Republic of Serbia
2 year agoBanners on the protest of uniformed services in Warsaw
Iranian ballistic program is a threat, says French defense minister
2 year agoVucic gifts Putin a book "my wonderful Serbia"
2 year agoVučić Putin: We are far from the solution for Kosovo and Metohija
French Defense Minister: Iranian influence and activities in the region are of concern to us
2 year agoRussian Ministry of Defense: pre-flight training of joint Serbia-Russia drill "Bars-2018"
US commitment to transatlantic alliance "iron-clad" – US Secretary of Defense James Mattis
2 year ago"Government of Salvini, murderers. Government of Salvini, murderers. " Slogans at the event of Naples against the visit of the Minister of the Interior
With protest actions at seven German and numerous foreign airports, employees of ground handling services want to draw attention to their working conditions. This has no impact on aviation.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls for Catalan politics to "return to parliament" from the streets after violent clashes
2 year agoPopovic: The real moment for the Kosovo and Metohija negotiations to be returned to UN
Opposition sources claim that Iranian troops at Tiyas military airport near T4 station will be replaced by Russian units, who allegedly brought along S-300 systems.
UN says 34 migrants sank in western Mediterranean and 26 others rescued
5 hospitalized in Odesa region, doctors suspect anthrax
NATO E3 Sentry AWACS LX-N90453 NATO07
2 year agoThe mayor of Riace, a town in the south of Italy is under house arrest, accused of illegal immigration. On Saturday, October 6th, in Riace there will be a demonstration in solidarity with with him
2 year agoUkrainian Air Force continues preparation for "Clear Sky" military games
2 year ago#USSBulkeley (DDG 84) arrived at port at @NSA_SoudaBay Greece, Oct. 1, 2018.
2 year agoUkrainian MFA launches campaign #CorrectUA. Should be Kyiv instead of Kiev transliterated from Russian language #KyivNotKiev
2 year agoOver 800 policemen and National Guards deployed today in central Kyiv amid demonstration near Verkhovna Rada
Salvini: Junker comments damaging to Italy, spread
Polish PM: "we need to renew the elites, build elites; pro-state elites, patriotic elites".
[email protected] gives more details of NATO's upcoming TridentJuncture 18 exercise at press briefing, says it will involve around 45,000 troops. - That's 5,000 up from last estimate - Scenario will test NATO's collective response to an armed attack.
NATO SecGen: We welcome the support that Georgia supplies to @NATO. Georgia continues to be one of the main contributors to our efforts in Afghanistan and contributes significantly to security as a partner in the Black Sea region.
2 year agoRussian ships, CG VARYAG(CG011), ADMIRAL PANTELEYEV(DD548) and AOR BORIS BUTOMA, will visit Hakodate city, Hokkaido. The JMSDF ship HAMAGIRI(DD155) plans to open ship with Russian warships at Minato-machi pier in Hakodate city on Oct 6.
2 year agoWaterspout over the Ligurian sea between Vada and Marinadicecina, Tuscany, N Italy yesterday, Oct 1. Report: Meteo in Toscana
NATO SecGen: We remain concerned about Russia's lack of respect for its international commitments, including to the INF treaty. All Allies agree that Russia must address these concerns in a thorough manner.
NATO SecGen: There is a new sense of urgency to invest in defense. Real progress has been made. I expect all Allies to stay on course and honor their commitments.
Armenia, Azerbaijan FMs to meet by the end of this year
2 year agoChief of Foreign intelligence of Russia Naryshkin says that Skripal case is a provocation cause Russian spies cannot fail in such a manner
Scoop: Entire issue of local paper describing Kremlin TV chief's Crimean residence is withdrawn from circulation. (Villa's name: Cock t'est belle.)
Russia Southern Military District have redeployed tactical aviation to North Caucasus for drill
2 year agoSyrian Coalition Discusses Idlib's Situation and Ways to Consolidate Civil Administration Following the Russian-Turkish Agreement
France announces asset freeze on Iran's ministry of security and intelligence
2 year agoRussian Ministry of Defense:Video of Joint Russian-Mongolian exercise #Selenga2018 kick-off in Buryatia
2 year agoRussian and Belarus airborne troops started joint drill at Brest firing range
5 Russian helicopters have violated Georgian airspace
2 year agoU.S. Defense Secretary Mattis arrives at the French Ministry of Armed Forces in Paris.
2 year agoAt the airport of Batajnica, an international tactical exercise BARS2018 began with the participation of members of the Army of Serbia and the Air Force of the Russian Federation
Russian Strategic aviation is active today
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin today in Moscow, and the main topic of talks will be the rise in tension in the Balkans
PARIS - The assets of an Islamic organization in northern France have been frozen as part of an anti-terrorism operation
#France: anti-terrorist operation against the Zahra center linked to Hezbollah and the Iranian government in Grande-Synthe (Nord)
2 year agoNational Corps(Azov) activists gathered at Verkhovna Rada in support of foreign volunteers
2 year agoCSTO military drill "Air bridge" launched in Yekaterinburg
2 year agoDrill of 95 airborne brigade: 600 reservists airdropped from Il-76 and An-26 during a drill
2 year agoRussian forces used laser against Ukrainian border guard near Maryinka, serviceman hospitalized
Searches at activists who protested against hand over of Ingushetiya lands to Chechnya
Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense: ceasefire regime was violated 34 times
UN mediator says Prespes deal should return to FYROM's parliament
