U.S. Ambassador in Greece: Dear @petrosoutsis @viadiplomacy , I assure you the United States is not making proposals of the sort you suggest here(on demilitarization of islands). That is not the nature of our alliance. As I've said often, a strong and secure Greece is in America's interest
A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in public and does not apportion blame. - Reuters
10 month agoLukashenka security forces are smashing cars on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk
10 month agoMinsk. Between the metro stations "Pushkinskaya" and "Sportivnaya" security officers are looking in the car. In this car, for example, they found a white-red-white flag
State Duma deputy Agayev dies of coronavirus
"The United States cannot consider [Alexander Lukashenka] the legitimately elected leader of Belarus," a @StateDept spokesperson tells @BuzzFeedNews News. This comes after Lukashenka's secret inauguration ceremony in Minsk earlier today
10 month agoVideo: stun grenade explosion at Serebryanka in Minsk
10 month agoMinsk Serebryanka: Protest continues
10 month agoVideo: Taxi driver in Minsk helped a protester being chased by riot policeman to get away
10 month agoClashes between protesters and police at Pushkinskaja metro station in Minsk
Ukrainian FM: Ukraine has never interfered in internal affairs of Belarus & will always support the Belarusian people. Taking into account the election campaign & what followed, today's "inauguration" of Lukashenka does not mean his recognition as a legitimate head of Belarusian state
10 month agoProtesters at Kamennaya Gorka (on the photo) and in several other Minsk quarters block the roads
Turkmen leader was the first to congratulate Lukashenka on taking office as president
It's propaganda
Russian Ministry of Defense again claims that rebels in Idlib preparing staged "chemical weapons attack"
10 month agoVideo: water cannon in Minsk spraying cars in the traffic randomly
Belarus police detain more than 100 protesters: rights group
10 month agoKamennaya Gorka, water cannon trucks arrived
10 month agoBanner in The very center of Minsk tonight
European Commission: We will take action if Turkey continues its illegal behavior
Shots reported at Kalvariyskaya street in Minsk. Witnesses reported man laying on the ground
10 month agoAnother man with a head injury in Minsk. Protesters started building barricades
10 month agoDetentions in Minsk
From Saturday, all bars and restaurants in Marseille and Guadeloupe will be closed
10 month agoProtest at Serebryanka Minsk, few moments ago.
Russian fighter jets intercepted two American B-52H strategic bombers flying over the Black Sea, Defense Ministry reports
10 month agoThey person who broke the glass door of O'Petit cafe on September 6 is back on the streets of Minsk tonight
10 month agoLukashenka thugs hit cars with batons
10 month agoUnmarked, masked men with batons roaming the streets of Minsk tonight, beating and arresting people
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada announced $600K to support Belarus media and women initiatives
10 month agoMass protests continue in Belarus
10 month agoThe protesters have blocked a minibus, which may contain detainees, chanting “let them go”
10 month agoThe man with a white-red-white flag is chasing the water cannon
10 month agoVideo: protester chasing water cannon in Minsk
Russian newspaper Kommersant confirms rumors that Su-30SM not crashed yesterday, but was shot down by Su-35S
10 month agoDetentions at Galleria Minsk
10 month agoWater cannons are being used against protesters near Stela monument in Minsk
10 month agoDemonstration in Vitebsk
10 month agoDetentions again in Brest.
10 month agoDetentions at the Galleria Minsk shopping center
10 month agoPeople came to Minsk downtown to protest against the secret inauguration of Lukashenka. Police brutally disperse protesters in Minsk. They use water cannons, special equipment. Many people detained
HMS Queen Elizabeth will soon be joined by seven British destroyers, frigates and auxiliaries, plus other supporting units, to form a fully sovereign British Carrier Strike Group
Stoltenberg says 'good progress' made in Greek-Turkish technical talks
Britain recorded 6,178 new cases of Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, which is the highest infection rate since May 1
10 month agoPresident of the
@EU_Commission: Very useful exchange with President @RTErdogan on developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and on migration. I welcome the planned launch of talks with Greece, which are essential for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and for a constructive relationship with the EU
10 month agoProtesters are gathering near Galeria shopping mall in Minsk
10 month agoAnti-Lukashenka demonstrators are gathering in Zhodzina @Belsat_Eng
Turkish President Erdogan in talks with EU commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed Turkey-EU relations and regional developments
"Massive" presence of Copenhagen police and Danish armed forces around the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen.
All clear given by police after a suspicious package/envelope was found at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen
10 month agoTurkish Air Force C-130B Hercules TUAF517 airborne from Ganja Azerbaijan
[email protected] today "took further action against the network of Kremlin-connected Russian operative Yevgeniy Prigozhin (Prigozhin), by targeting entities and individuals working on behalf of Prigozhin to advance Russia's influence in the Central African Republic (CAR)
Hamza Division commander @seyfebubekir1 denied all claims about Hamza Brigade fighters transfer to Azerbaijan. Sources close to the Turkish Army also denied it
Security incident in the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen , Denmark - local reports
It's propaganda
Moscow rejects and condemns Zelensky's phantasmagoric statements that Russia seeks to change the world order - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russia expands the circle of Europeans banned from entering its territory
The Bulgarian prosecutor's office accused 2 Russian diplomats of espionage in the country
Two Ukrainian military injured as result of mine explosion near Pisky village, N-W to Donetsk
10 month agoArmored vehicles are being pushed towards Minsk city center
10 month agoLasai LLC (US Dept of Defense contactor) Beechcraft B350 tactical surveillance platform operating over Latvia, near the border with Russia and Belarus
France to raise covid-19 alert to highest level in Paris and other cities amid spike in cases
10 month agoMinsk: Students have gathered outside yet another university in the capital. They are chanting, "Leave. Leave." There are reports about spontaneous rallies in various Minsk districts
10 month agoFire at Ryazansky avenue was at construction site, already extinguished
Two Russian corvettes entered Swedish territorial waters for 11 minutes. They were called on the radio and left Swedish water. Sweden has protested against the violation
Al-Hasakah: Russian police remove their flags from the headquarters building in the city of Tal Tamr in the northern countryside
Germany says it does not recognize Lukashenka as Belarusian President for lack of "democratic legitimacy"
"Europe has to move away from ad hoc solutions," @vonderleyen stated today, unveiling the @EU_Commission's new Pact on Migration and Asylum. Between 2015 and 2019, more than 1.1 million migrants arrived in the EU by sea on the Eastern Mediterranean route alone
10 month agoPhotos: U.S. CV22B over Kyiv today
Dritan Abazović from "We will control all the processes and form the government of experts." to "I would love to see Mr Krivokapić form a good government"
10 month agoSmoke seen after loud explosion in Ryazanka in Moscow
A source from the French police told Reuters: The evacuation of the Eiffel Tower came after a telephone warning about a bomb
The police confirm that the Eiffel Tower is free from any threat
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Lukashenka held own retirement ceremony today
Greece: The resumption of talks is a good step, but we doubt Turkey's intentions
Parchim-class corvette Project 1331M Kazanets damaged after collision with civilian ship
Montenegro: All new majority coalition leaders just announced they will support Aleksa Bečić as the new Speaker of the Parliament, and Zdravko Krivokapić as the new Prime Minister
Paris Eiffel tower evacuated as a precautionary measure over security threat
10 month agoVideo showing the berthing of Malta-flagged, Greek-owned products tanker SERENA M at Benghazi this morning. The vessel is carrying a cargo of diesel.
10 month agoThis Russian PMC telegram channel says the LNA helicopter's blades hit the ground and it caught fire, no deaths
10 month agoBig fire reported in Donetsk
Website of National Police of Ukraine was hacked today, shutdown to fix vulnerability
10 month agoPhoto: Ukrainian Su-27 and Mig-29 today with USAF B-52H
Meeting between Zelensky and EU High Representative: deoccupation of Crimea and war at Donbass discussed
10 month agoUSAF B52H HERO33 en route to the Black Sea
10 month agoUSAF B52H LEMAY35 active over Poland
10 month agoUSAF assets over Poland again include F16s and tanker support. 1028z
10 month agoAnother B52 heading over Romania. flag-usflag-us US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress 60-0029 HERO33
10 month agoPhoto: Belarusian protester showing "Lukashenka - a rat" banner
10 month ago#AstralKnight 2020 is happening now. The exercise is an integrated air & missile defense exercise focused on conducting defense of key terrain. As part of the exercise, a KC-135 from @RAFMildenhall, refueled a @Poland_MOD F-16
10 month agoB52 Bomber over Poland heading towards the Belarus border. US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress 60-0044 LEMAY35
East Mediterranean states formally establish Egypt-based gas forum
10 month agoAnother video of CV-22B Osprey over Kyiv
10 month agoSOCOM MC130J Commando II SMUG41 active over Ukraine
10 month agoHackers posted information about nuclear incident and introduction of state of emergency at Rivne NPP on the website of Varash city council
10 month agoCV-22B Osprey flying over Kyiv
Russian supersonic Tu-22 bombers dropped bombs during exercises in Belarus
Russian TASS reporter Artem Popov was detained by Belarusian security forces near Lukashenka palace in Minsk
The civilian merchant ship ICE ROSE and a Russian frigate have collided south to Oresund bridge. @forsvaretdk is present with a patrol vessel together with Swedish vessels. The Armed Forces withholds ICE ROSE until there is assurance of the ship's seaworthiness value
No foreign Ambassadors were present at inauguration ceremony of Lukashenka, even Amb. of Russia Dmitriy Mezantsev was not invited
10 month agoMilitary broken the mirror of a car after driver honked at a convoy
Linas Linkevicius:Such a farce. Forged elections. Forged inauguration. The former president of Belarus does not become less former. Quite the contrary. His illegitimacy is a fact with all the consequences that this entails
10 month agoUSAF B52H HERO3 currently active near Kyiv
Neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement (PVL) was ordered to shut down "to preserve the general good of society", the Finnish Supreme Court said
10 month agoUS B-52 active over Poland. HERO31, AE5891 Reg.: n/a Country: United States
After Lukashenka's inauguration, the Coordinating Council announced that it demands new elections and stands for an indefinite action of disobedience.
10 month agoPossible collision between Russian navy tanker Kola & reefer Ice Rose near Oresund bridge, Denmark. Kola seems to be moving away under her own power.
10 month agoSecurity forces searched residence of chief-editor of Nasha Niva Yagor Martsynovych. Equipment seized
10 month agoArrests near Lukashenka palace in Minsk
10 month agoUSAF B52H HERO31 entering Ukranian Air Space
227 new covid19 infections confirmed in Georgia
In Makhachkala, a massive conflict over land surveying, the Russian guards detained 27 people
The Defense Ministry announced that Israel and Italy finalized an arms deal Wednesday
10 month agoIn Minsk, the traffic police block roads in the city center
10 month agoState Agency: Lukashenka took office as President of Belarus. The inauguration ceremony is taking place at the Palace of Independence
Russian mercenaries close the vicinity of the place where the helicopter fell in Sukna, near Al-Jafra base in central Libya
10 month agoNavalny has been released from German hospital Charite
Nasha Niva: inauguration of Lukashenka, which was not announced, will probably start in the next few minutes.
Issues with internet in central Minsk
10 month agoLukashenka's motorcade passed by the National Library. Video: motolkohelp
Azerbaijan Defense Ministry: Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 49 times throughout the day in various direction of the front, using large-caliber machine guns and sniper rifles
10 month ago3497 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine
Russia and SDF were able to resolve their dispute at a meeting in Qamishlo, and the situation remains calm in Til Temir, sources confirm. Tensions between Russian and U.S. interests in North and East Syria remain high, with the SDF forced to deal with both sides at once
Jailbreak in Dagestan: 6 felons on the loose
Joint Forces Operation: no ceasefire violations recorded yesterday
Sofia: Tonight there are many uniformed police officers without numbers and names on the uniforms and they refuse to answer the question of why they do not have them. This heightens concerns that private companies mixed with regular police have been used
10 month agoS-300PM2 TELs launching 48N6-series missiles
NBC News has confirmed @joshrogin's scoop that the CIA assessed in August that Putin "probably" directed Russian efforts to denigrate Biden through an agent who has met with Giuliani. The gist of the assessment had already been made public by Bill Evanina and Treasury
Azerbaijan Armed Forces send T-72 tanks to the Tovuz border
There is intense shooting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Tavush. This was reported by the Azerbaijani journalist Hebib Muntezir.
Sources claim that Russian forces in Tal Tamr threatened to withdraw from the area after disputes with SDF
10 month agoProtest in Sofia
There is an escalation in the front of the Parliament building, at least 2 arrested
Elysee: Macron called on Erdogan to respect the interests of his allies in Syria
Elysee: Macron called on Erdogan during a phone call to respect European sovereignty and international law
Elysee: Macron called on Erdogan to respect the arms embargo on Libya
Elysee: Macron calls on Erdogan to commit unequivocally to stopping the escalation in the Mediterranean
Elysee: Macron called on Erdogan to respect the sovereignty of Europe and international law
Elysee: Macron called on Erdogan to stop any unilateral actions that cause tension
Buffalo - Balance of the 2 Alarm Fire - 174 Lockwood. Crews On Scene with a Working Structure Fire
Ukraine has not received a response or clarification on protest note sent after search of a car of Ukrainian Ambassador by Belarusian border guards, and now will act according to principle of reciprocity
10 month agoShipping to/from Crimea: Syria General Authority For Maritime Transport SyriaMAR's Syrian flag vessel Laodicea transited Bosphorus, en route from Feodosia to Tartus Syria. SyriaMAR & all its ships incl Laodicea have been on @USTreasury OFAC/SDN list since 3/8/15 @BenKendim1
10 month agoProtesters demand from Borisov to resign
Erdogan and Macron discuss by phone bilateral issues, Turkey's relations with the European Union, and recent developments in the eastern Mediterranean
Erdogan calls on Macron to adopt a constructive position on the Mediterranean dispute
Turkish President Erdoğan had a phone call with French President Macron
World should not be dominated by China-US "rivalry," says Macron
Coronavirus: France records more than 10,000 infections for the sixth time in two weeks
Macron: Turkey must respect European sovereignty and international law
Macron: Europeans will not accept Iran's violations of the nuclear deal
Macron: US-China differences should not dominate the world
Putin also suggested strengthening treaties concerning "the prohibition of chemical, biological and toxin weapons,"
Greek Minister of European Affairs: We will meet with the Turkish side soon after German mediation
Putin: We presented an initiative to sign a binding agreement for all countries participating in space programs to prevent the placement of weapons in space
10 month agoA few days ago, FAES and other security forces were harassing the indigenous communities in the area
10 month agoIn recent days there appears to be an increased presence of GNB and security forces around Santa Elena de Uairén
10 month agoMultiple Turkish fighters just reported airborne by Nicosia
Putin: We expect to exercise restraint regarding the use of missiles and we have stopped the use of long and medium missiles
Putin: Matters related to cybersecurity require serious deliberation within the United Nations
10 month agoUkraine issued several NOTAMs for southern regions for coming days amid ongoing drill
Greece announces talks with Turkey for the first time since 2016
Greek Foreign Ministry: An agreement to resume the 61st round of exploratory negotiations with Turkey in Istanbul soon
Official figures show the UK has recorded 37 new COVID19 related deaths and 4,926 new cases
Putin: Regional conflicts and threats from terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking threaten the world
Putin: The veto power granted to the five nuclear powers reflects the military and political balance to this day
Putin: There must be reforms in the Security Council through consensus among the concerned countries
10 month agoIn Kosovo the Italian contingent of @NATO_KFOR RC West is practicing at the shooting range.
Greece announces talks with Turkey on the Mediterranean
Georgia's interior ministry issues press release about arrest of four people from Pankisi Gorge, who are accused of kidnapping and harsh treatment of Tajik businessmen for extortion purposes
10 month agoToday's meeting with NATO's SACEUR, General Tod D. Wolters is a clear example of the principle "More NATO in Georgia" and reaffirmation of NATO's strong political and practical support to our country
Turkey announces new Navtex near Lemnos over island's status
European Council chief postpones EU summit for Covid-19 quarantine
Turkey in a new NAVTEX for the Aegean Sea declares that non-military status determined by the Lausanne Peace Treaty has been violated
Greek Foreign Minister: "Turkey actions in the eastern Mediterranean based on piracy and the enlargement policy"
Turkish Foreign Ministry: The European Union ignored countries and companies, foremost among which is the UAE that sends arms & weapons to Libya by land and air to LNA
Erdogan: We call for dialogue to resolve the conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean, and we reject any harassment or transgressions against us
10 month agoTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says futile to exclude Turkey from its rights, interests in Eastern Mediterranean
10 month agoPoland's and Hungary's governments threaten to block EU budget & Covid19 recovery fund because they oppose tying funds to respect for rule of law
Trump: We have revitalized NATO and established a historic partnership with a number of countries to stop people smuggling
In Czechia, a Prague city court sentenced a Belarus ian citizen to 4.5 years in prison for taking part in the war in eastern Ukraine on the side of Russian militias
Some Montenegrin pro-DPS media report that Metropolitan Amfilohije invitied all three coalitions for a meeting to try to talk them into a cooperation before the tomorrow's first Parliamentary session. Negotiations reached a stalemate yesterday and today
The French presidency: The European summit will discuss the conditions for dialogue with Turkey
Turkey, Greece agree to talks over east Med: Turkish presidency
Arrests of students near Belarus Technical University
10 month agoPresident Zelensky met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell during the first visit of the EU Foreign Minister to Ukraine.
2 Tu-160 bombers took part in Belarus-Russia military games. Flight over borders with Ukraine and NATO countries
Andalusia will monitor second residences of Madrilenians in the region to control a possible imported outbreak
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Greece discuss by phone bilateral cooperation and developments in the eastern Mediterranean
Johnson: No one in Britain wants a new lockdown, but our plans may change
Russia President Putin & top aides "probably directing" an operation to interfere in #Election2020 against @JoeBiden, which involves a prominent Ukraine lawmaker connected to @RudyGiuliani, the @CIA concluded, reports @joshrogin
Russia wants to ban the use of secure protocols such as TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, and ESNI -Ban is part of a proposed law update that will almost certainly pass -The law amendment bans any technology that hides "website identifiers" in encrypted traffic
10 month agoMilitary officials from NATO and other countries (accredited by the Ministry of Defence of Belarus) arrived to observe the second stage of the joint Belarusian-Russian exercise 'Slavic Brotherhood 20' at Brest training ground
There have been more attempted boat crossings from Lebanon to Cyprus over the past 16 days than during the whole of last year, @cheesemanab reports. And unlike in previous years, the boats are packed out with Lebanese
RuAF Su-30 warplane crashed in Tver region - Russian Western Military District
Russia says will develop military cooperation with Iran after UN arms embargo expires next month, ignoring US threats and sanctions
10 month agoRussian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD RA78842 departed Baranovichi AB Belarus
10 month agoStudents are being detained near Belarus Technical University
Belarusian Ministry of Defence informs about the beginning of the second phase of the 'Slavic Brotherhood 2020' at Brest and Grodno training ground. According to the note, the BTG from Russia's 217th Airborne regimentof the 98th Airborne Division will take part in the drills
Russian Foreign Ministry: US sanctions on Iran will not affect our relations with Tehran
10 month agoThe Oruç Reis has left the Antalya port where it had anchored for supply and maintenance work. The Oruç Reis is currently moving with around 14,6 knots. The support ships Ataman and Cengiz Han are still at the Antalya port
Coronavirus: Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg set curfew at 10 p.m.
10 month agoUkrainian Armed Forces' BM-30 Smerch/Vilkha-M & BM-27 Uragan heavy MLRS, OTR-21 Tochka tactical missile complex and Neptun coastal missile system during 'United Efforts 2020' exercises
Turkish media reported Russian-American journalist Andre Vltchek (@AndreVltchek) died in Istanbul. it said he was travelling from Samsun with his wife and a driver & was found dead upon arrival, police treating death as suspicious
10 month agoAraik Arutyan met with Armenian Defense Minister in Yerevan
10 month agoUSAF CV-22B Osprey 10-0052 active over Ukraine
World sees record weekly number of Covid-19 cases, deaths down: WHO
10 month agoBritish 16th Airborne Assault Brigade & Ukrainian Paratroopers's continue to carry out joint military exercises at Mykolaiv
10 month agoDashnaks, Tsarukyan, and Vanetsyan to hold a joint anti-Pashinyan rally on October 8
10 month ago
10 month ago"Guardians of the Upper Realms" 5th Bomb Wing CHRGR21 reg 60-0005 out of RAF Fairford over Groningen Netherlands 27,000 feet heading for the Baltics
10 month agoBulgaria buys two minehunters from the Netherlands for €2million: Curaçao flag heavylift vessel Super Servant IV carried former @kon_marine Tripartite (Alkmaar) class minehunters from Ijmuiden to Varna
Deputy of Erdogan: The Greek President's accusations of occupation by Turkey are nothing but funny propaganda efforts and a useless provocation
Lukashenka to the head of Primorsky Krai: we live in a common fatherland from Brest to Vladivostok
10 month agoFSB and police detained members of religious sect living in taiga forest in Krasnoyarsk region, including founder of sect Vissarion
All 45 who were in the capsized bus near Khabarovsk were injured, 4 of them are in serious condition, doctors said
In the Bryansk region, a drug laboratory that daily produced 4 kg of synthetic drugs has been liquidated, a total of 143 kgs have been seized.
6215 new covid19 infections confirmed in Russia
Joint Forces Operation: 3 ceasefire violations yesterday
10 month agoAuthorities in Minsk remove a sheet that says "This isn't a flag"
10 month ago2884 new covid19 cases confirmed in Ukraine
A Russian reconnaissance plane flew over the sky of Jabal Al-Zawiya in Idlib countryside
10 month agoIt's propaganda
Belarus state propaganda on Tsikhanouskaya's visit to Brussels: "Tsikhanouskaya proposed to bomb Belarus"
Michael Gove announces new government advice on working from home: 'If you can work from home, you should do so.' He calls this a 'shift in emphasis'. Also confirms to @KayBurley that plans to get 80% of Whitehall staff back by the end of month have been abandoned
The European Union puts "Mahmoud Mustafa Al-Werfalli" on the sanctions list
3 Turkish, Jordanian and Kazakh companies are on the European sanctions list
