2 week ago[email protected] put the Art7 procedure against Hungary on the agenda of the next GAC Council on October 16. It is the first GAC @EUCouncil after the EP asked to start the procedure in September with a 2/3 majority
2 week agoLocal media say more than 30k turned out for a protest in Banja Luka against the govt on eve of nat'l elections. A smaller group rallied in Sarajevo. The murder of 2 boys became a rallying cry against corruption, cronyism and nationalism entrenched in the system.
2 week agoIn Banja Luka ppl still protest to get justice for David Dragičević (21) who died suspiciously. Family, friends and many supporters ask RS authorities 'Ko je ubio Davida' / 'who killed David'
2 week agoRally continues this evening in Magas, Ingushetiya. More people than yesterday
Russian forces and tanks are deployed for the first time in the city of Bu Kamal with forces loyal to Iran
France interior ministry says the family of the Interpol president hasn't heard from him since Sept. 25.
2 week agoUtah man charged with sending castor beans to @POTUS, @FBI director and @DeptofDefense says he also mailed similar threatening letter to @jeffsessions, the queen of England and Russia President Putin.
2 week agoRepublic of Srpska is preventing the free movement of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the entity of Republic of Srpska on its territory due to announced protest in Banja Luka.
Armenian MoD spox: Armenian border guards have identified a person attempting to infiltrate the border from the Nakhichevan-Yeraskh direction.
Woman with anthrax hospitalized in Zhytomyr region of Ukraine
Moldovan workers detained at the order of the Transnistrian "MGB". Chisinau demands explanations
Moscow Church in Belarus urges The Ecumenical Patriarchate not to provide autocephaly to Ukrainian Orthodox Church
2 week agoView of prayers and protest today in Magas
Bosnjiakovski: 'No, official meeting was held between @Zoran_Zaev and @MariaSpyraki'
Junker: The Balkans are threatened by a war if the EU perspective rejected
Russia's major state banks see forex outflow amid sanctions threats
2 week ago2 Russian border guards killed in occupied Abkhazia as tree hit their van
2 week agoUkrainian President Petro @poroshenko and has been presented with plans for a bridge connecting Ukraine and Romania across the Danube river during a visit to the Odesa-Reni highway, @dumskaya_net report. The estimated cost for the project is 243 million euros.
Georgia: health official says Russia's allegations about Lugar Lab in Tbilisi are false
2 week agoVideo from Mig-29 crash site in Moscow region
RTRS team was attacked in the center of Banjaluka
2 week agoSecurity forces cordon during prayers in Magas
2 week agoRosGuard soldiers are taking part in Friday prayers in Magas amid protests
A man drove a car into a cafe in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, injuring several people but there are no indications that the incident is terrorism-related, German police said on Friday.
Latvia barred from entrance chief editor of Russian website NewsBalt Andrey Vypolzev
Novi Sad: man sentenced for five years in prison for drugs and weapons
A month ago there was an attempted terrorist attack in Odessa: a half a kilogram of explosives armed with a destructive element was planted under the car, - the head of the Odesa region police Golovin
Ukrainian border guards chief denied allegations made by Lukashenko "of huge amounts of weapons flowing from Ukraine". It is all about payments from Kremlin to Minsk, - he said
2 week agoMassive prayers today in Magas, Ingushetiya
President of Serbia: "We are continuously faced with such shocking statements. We expect immediate reaction from international community, which will for sure just like before, miss out ." - reaction on Thaçi statement.
Thaçi: "Dream of all Albanians, both in Albania and Kosovo is unification."
Russia and India have outlined large-scale long-term plans - Putin
Russia signs contract for S-400 missile supply to India, Kremlin says
NATO E3 Sentry AWACS LX-N90453 NATO07
2 week agoJust spotted over Yerevan IL-76 followed by 4 fighter jets.
2 week agoPhoto: Mig-29 fully destroyed after crash in Moscow region
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop sexual violence
Ukraine proposing to create free trade zone between GUAM countries
Mig-29 crashed in Moscow region, pilots have ejected
2 week agoFrench president @EmmanuelMacron and Armenian PM Nicol Pachinian arrive at the Invalides to bid farewell to Charles Aznavour.
2 week agoEIB to invest EUR 100m in Serbia for the "highway of peace" towards Kosovo and Albania. Together with @EBRD and WBIF to further support the European connectivity of the Western Balkans.
Danske Bank memo reveals 'highly profitable' strategy — known as mirror trading — for customers to move money out of Russia. Mirror trades are a red flag for prosecutors of money laundering.
2 week ago"Spy mania" says the caption on the state rolling news channel Rossiya 24.
Ukraine to launch massive military games in Azov Sea soon
2 week ago22nd Battalion of 2nd Brigade of Georgian Armed Forces accompanied by Chaplain Father Josef from Senaki en route for deployment in Afghanistan.
2 week agoDeputy Defence Minister Colonel General Alexander Formin met with PM Advisor of the Lebanese Republic George Shaaban
Russian prison official claims that Oleh Sentsov has stopped his hunger strike. He held it since May 14th.
2 week agoOn the GRU hacking scandal: the pro-Kremlin press slams Western "spy-mania". But one Russian paper, writing up the story, accuses the Kremlin of "putting at risk the economy, foreign relations and the reputation of Russians."
Moldova's parliament has overridden its pro-Russian President's veto to pass legislation that will transfer the site of an old Soviet-built stadium in Chisinau to the US for a new embassy.
LX-N90459 - NATO Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS
2 week agoA C-2A Greyhound launches from @USSHARRYSTRUMAN while operating in the #US6thFleet area of operations.
Russian government spokesman this morning: New US accusations do not hinder Putin-Modi talks, says Kremlin
2 week agoIngush protesters lasted all night and are still camping out near the parliament building.
2 week agoIn Magas, Ingushetia, south Russia, mass protests against land transfers to Chechnya continue for the second consecutive day
Government of Ukraine Airbus A319 UR-ABA UKN1120
13 killed, 4 wounded as result of collision of 2 buses near Nekrasovo village in Tver region of Russia
2 week agoVolodymyr Groysman today in Chisinau for GUAM ministerial summit
Croatia's PM @AndrejPlenkovic comes to Bosnia-Herzegovina to the election rally of the nationalistic HDZ BiH. The rally starts by playing the Croatia's anthem. The anthem of Bosnia-Herzegovina is missing.
The court has rejected the petition of Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was accused of links with Syrian militants and claimed violations during the investigation.
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 20 times. 3 soldiers were wounded
Vučić: "I do not know what EU expects from us, but Serbia won't recognize Kosovo's independence."
Parliament of Chechnya unanimously ratified the new borderagreement between Chechnya and Ingushetia
2 week agoMajor flash flooding in Catania, Sicily this afternoon, October 3. Report: Yvonne S. / partners Cyclone Of Rhodes
Turkish foreign ministry criticises Greek Cyprus' unilateral action on hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean – Anadolu Agency
Vučić to Mekalister: If you beat me on the poles, I will never admit Kosovo
Russian Foreign Ministry: Netherlands story staged as Russian hackers don't need to be on the site to hack something, it can be done remotely
Macedonian PM rejects opposition demand for interim gov.
2 week agoFBI poster "armed and dangerous."
2 week agoPeople in Magas are going to protest until the morning
UK attributed 6 attacks to GRU-backed hackers and identified 12 hacking group code names as fronts for the GRU – Fancy Bear, Voodoo Bear, APT28, Sofacy, Pawnstorm, Sednit, CyberCaliphate, Cyber Berku, BlackEnergy Actors, STRONTIUM, Tsar Team and Sandworm.
Charges of Moscow in the preparation of cyber attacks are staged action - Russian Foreign Ministry
Yevkurov signed a law establishing the border with Chechnya
2 week agoRally continues in Magas, Ingushetiya. People will stay for night
Hungary's actions are symmetrical with the statements of Russian politicians - Turchinov
At least 10 members of Ingushetiya Parliament say that voting on land deal with Chechnya was falsified
Turchynov promises to review sanctions against 112 Ukraine and NewsOne TV channels at NSDC
Bellingcat and @the_ins_ru: 305 individuals registered their car to the same address as Aleksei Morenets, one of the four accused GRU officers. At Komsomolskiy Avenue 20 in Moscow
US Senate recognised the Holodomor, the 1930s famine in Ukraine organized by the Communist leadership in Moscow, an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people
2 week agoRussia continues to strengthen its Black Sea Fleet: Project11356M Russian Navy BSF's brand new Adm. Grigorovich class frigate Admiral Makarov transits Bosphorus for the first time towards Black Sea. 799 is armed with Kalibr SS-N-27 missiles and DTA-53 533mm torpedoes.
According to the UK, who today published a report saying the #CyberCaliphate is actually Russia's military intelligence service not ISIS
Vice President Pence: "What the Russians are doing pales in comparison to what China is doing across this country," says Beijing using "covert actors" to spread propaganda in business and entertainment industries
Pentagon: Information provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the development of biological weapons in Georgia is pure disinformation
"As a senior career member of our intelligence community recently told me, what the Russians are doing pales in comparison to what China is doing across this country," adds @VP.
KCNA: "A delegation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry led by Vice-Minister Choe Son Hui left here on Thursday to attend the DPRK-China negotiation in Beijing and the DPRK-Russia negotiation in Moscow as well as the DPRK-China-Russia negotiation."
Secretary General of @NATO, @jensstoltenberg, pledged to provide assistance to Ukraine from the alliance to establish a cyber defence centre
NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: "We believe this treaty is in danger because of Russia's actions"
Russian military intelligence directed a host of cyberattacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sports to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, says the U.K.
Russia must be held accountable for cyber attacks: Mattis
US Atty Scott Brady at DOJ presser: GRU officers used Bitcoin to buy servers, register domains, pay vendors, etc
It's propaganda
Russian Ministry of Defense claims that 73 people killed in U.S. Lugara lab in Georgia during testing of chemical/biological substances
"(Hacking) allegations show defendants thought anonymity would allow them to act with impunity. They were wrong." @TheJusticeDept
DOJ indicts 7 GRU officers for hacking charges. Their victims include FIFA, hundreds of athletes, and a Pennsylvania-based nuclear power company that supplied power to Ukraine
The Pentagon vows to hold the Iranians accountable if they target US facilities or US citizens
Canada is subject to cyber attacks and holds Russia responsible
2 week agoYesterday, US state of secretary Pompeo met German FM Maas.
Romania PM Dancila criticized the European Commission's CVM reports during her speech at the debate in the European Parliament plenary session on Wednesday, October 3, which focused on the latest reform of Romania's judicial system
Pentagon chief says Russian violation of key arms control treaty 'untenable'
Russian energy minister says does not rule out oil price reaching $100 per barrel
Moscow blasts 'heavy-handed' Western meddling to drag Macedonia into NATO, EU
2 week agoTactical exercises of missile and artillery units held in Azerbaijan army
Tiny openly pro-Kremlin party United Macedonia threatens violence against VMRO MP's who might vote on name issue constitutional amendments: " if any of VMRO MP's agrees to the constitutional changes () he/she won't make it to the state border during their escape attempt."
2 week agoMilitary reinforcement has been deployed in Magas
SecGen: It's imposible to imagine any military conflict in the future without a cyber dimension. @NATO Allies are using better intelligence and better coordination of intelligence to defend our systems against cyber attacks and disrupt potential future attacks. DefMin
Russian deputy FM: Israel should not turn Syria into an arena for settling accounts. I hope they will behave rationally
2 week agoThe Netherlands briefed NATO DefMin on the targeting of the offices of the @OPCW in The Hague by a hostile cyber operation carried out by the Russian military intelligence service. It was disrupted by Dutch intelligence services in partnership with the UK – SG @jensstoltenberg
SecGen: Russia must stop their reckless pattern of behavior including aggressive activities toward its neighbors, interference in democratic elections and cyber and hybrid attacks. DefMin
2 week agoReports that Ingushetiya police refused to clear the road blocked by protesters for military convoy
SecGen: In an unpredictable world, we are strengthening @NATO's defense and deterrence capabilities. This includes conventional, cyber and nuclear capabilities. We are planning to make sure we have the right tools in place. DefMin
Moscow Taxi company "Be Taxi" confirmed authenticity of their receipt. Says driver Tsvetkov is still working
Russia calls Dutch chemical weapons watchdog hacking claims "absurd"
2 week agoJustice Department says it will announce charges today against 7 Russian GRU intelligence officers. Press conference at 930.
2 week agoPhotos: section of Kerch bridge collapsed into water
Responding to @MFA_Ukraine's similar step, Hungary declares Ukraine's consul persona non grata, FM Szijjarto tells journalists
UK PM May,Netherlands Rutte accuse Russia's GRU of 'disregard for global values'
2 week agoGRU cyberoperator, Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets, appears to have registered his vehicle at the address for the military academy of Russia's Defense Ministry in Moscow - Komsomolskiy Prospekt 20.
2 week agoPictures of security forces and armoured vehicles deployed in Magas.
2 week agoVučić: We consider both Europeans and Russians as our true friends
Cyber attacks: NATO warns Russia to halt 'reckless' behaviour' after the revelations by Netherlands and UK
"Nord Stream 2" will be launched in 15 months on January 1, 2020 - Gazprom Chairman Oleksiy Miller
2 week agoTurkey's FM Mevlut Cavusoglu tells the TRTWorldForum that the Idlib deal with Russia has prevented another humanitarian catastrophe in Syria and regional refugee crisis
2 week agoRussian military releases photo showing B-52 bomber flying above Syria
2 week agoHere are the 17 nationalists who are prosecuted after the violent march in Gothenburg.
The European Parliament calls for a ban on the sale of weapons and Internet monitoring technology to the UAE
2 week agoOne of the phones was identified to have been activated for the first time in Moscow near GRU's office on 9th April
Dutch defense minister says Russian intelligence officers targeted files on MH17 plane crash investigation.
2 week agoOne section of railway bridge in Kerch(under construction) collapsed into the sea
2 week agoPolice and civil guards demand the resignation of Pedro Sánchez before the headquarters of the PSOE in Ferraz
US Department of Justice will publish charges against Russians this afternoon.
Russian Ambassador to Netherlands has been summoned to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Similar action to take place across Europe. NATO Secretary General has been briefed.
European Parliament endorses resolution condemning continuation of war in Yemen
UK Ambassador: "We are stepping up our collective activity against malign activity and specifically against the GRU"
UK Ambassador: "GRU is an aggressive, well-funded arm of the Russian state"
The GRU officers planned to travel to the OPCW in Spiez, Switzerland. Train tickets found showing route Basel and Bern.
Russian GRU hackers: One of the laptops had data on putting it at scene of WADA in Lausanne and Kuala Lumpur close to the MH17 investigation.
2 week agoAzerbaijan's Minister of Energy: Providing flexible, transparent and high-quality management in energy sector is strategic goal of Azerbaijan
2 week ago4 Russian GRU hackers: Google map printouts, train tickets and web searches all form part of evidence trail
2 week agoLogin details. Surprised GRU operatives use WiFi hotspots
2 week agoOne of Russian spies had a taxi receipt from the day of the trip to NL, travelling from the GRU high-tech HQ (where hacking on the DNC server was conducted),to Sheremetievo airport
Dutch authorities: One of the Russian officers had a taxi receipt that was from the street where the GRU is based to Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow.
Dutch intelligence recovered taxi receipts showing journey from GRU barracks to Moscow airport
2 week agoHow can we know they were not just in NL on holiday Question raises a chuckle in the room. Tried to destroy phones and removed litter from hotel. Carrying large amount of cash (more than you'd normally take on hols)
2 week agoCyber hacking kit set up in boot of car
2 week agoCounter-intelligence. Travelled on diplomatic passports Moscow - NL. Escorted from Schiphol by member of Russian embassy in The Hague
2 week agoThe IDs of the four GRU operatives tracked by the Dutch in relation to an attempted hack of the OPCW.
Dutch government says it disrupted a Russian operation in April to hack the WiFi network at chemical weapons watchdog OPCW
An explosion reported at the Rosmorport building in Petersburg
Dutch expelled four Russians over operation targeting chemical weapons watchdog, intelligence agency says
Verkhovna Rada voted to ask NSDC to impose sanctions on 112 and NewsOne TV channels
2 week agoLive at noon: press conference of Dutch Defense ministry about espionage by Russia
Ingushetiya Parliament members approved land deal with Chechnya
Kabardino-Balkaria: Security forces shot dead two suspects in the murder of a policeman from the village of Atazhukino
Ukraine expels Hungarian consul after passport row: statement
2 week agoProtests began near the Ingushetia parliament building in Magas after the approval of the agreement on the border with Chechnya. The security forces opened fire in the air after the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Yevkurov came out to the crowd of protesters
2 week agoThe security forces blocked the road to Magas, and the protesters came on foot to the center of the capital of Ingushetia. About 2000 residents of Ingushetia went today to the building of the Ingush parliament.
2 week agoPhotos: Joint Serbia-Russia drill #BARS2018
Spoksewoman of MFA Russia Zakharova: Steps towards implementing the Memorandum of Understanding on Stabilisation of the Situation in Idlib's De-escalation Zone, signed by Russia and Turkey on September 17, have a special bearing on the situation in Syria
UK accused Russia's military intelligence agency GRU of carrying out 4 high-profile cyber attacks
