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NETHERLANDS PRODUCING RADAR FOR NATO
2012/03/15 ǀ Upi.com
By Upi.com staff
The Netherlands plans to develop new radar as part of a NATO alliance project to build a missile defense system. The new radar will be upgraded and extended SMART-L radar systems for deployment on ANTI-missile defense frigates.
KARZAI CALLS ON U.S TO PULL BACK AS TALIBAN CANCEL TALKS
2012/03/15 ǀ Nytimes.com
By Rod Norland, Elisabeth Bumiller and Matthew Rosenberg
President Hamid Karzai insisted Thursday that the United States confine its troops to major bases in Afghanistan by next year as the Taliban announced that they were suspending peace talks with the Americans, both of which served to complicate the Obama administration’s plans for an orderly exit from the country.
NATO'S TOP COMMANDER SAYS MONTENEGRO MILITARLY READY TO JOIN ALLIANCE
2012/03/14 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press
NATO's top commander said Wednesday that Montenegro will soon fulfil the military requirements to become a member of the Western alliance. The tiny Balkan state applied to join NATO after split from Serbia in 2006, and the government has hoped it would be granted membership when alliance leaders meet in Chicago in May.
LITHUANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER MEETS WITH ESTONIAN CHIEF OF DEFENCE
2012/03/14 ǀ Defpro.com
By Defence Professional staff
Minister of Nationa Defence Rasa Juknevciene and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Maj Gen Arvydas Pocius met with Chief of Defence of Estonia Brig Gen Riho Terrus on his first situation awareness work visit in Lithuania.
NATO MISSILE DEFENSE DEAL IN SIGHT FOR CHICAGO SUMMIT IN MAY
2012/03/13 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press
Russia and the United States have failed to narrow their differences over a planned U.S. missile shield and stand practically no chance of reaching a compromise at the NATO summit in Chicago in May, a top Russian official said Tuesday.
AZERBAIJAN, A VERY RELIABLE PARTNER FOR NATO
2012/03/09 ǀ News.az
By News.az staff
Cooperation between Azerbaijan is substantial and growing. President Aliyev's recent visit to NATO headquarters confirmed the mutual interest to expand our cooperation.
MACEDONIA – ANOTHER BUCHAREST IN CHICAGO
2012/03/09 ǀ Transconflict.com
By Jana Lozanoska
With the International Court of Justice having ruled that Greece had violated the Interim Accord by blocking Macedonia's bid to join NATO in 2008 in Bucharest, will the same scenario be repeated at the forthcoming NATO Summit in Chicago?
NATO CHIEF AND RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT-ELECT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO MEET TO BOOST TIES
2012/03/08 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press staff
NATO's top official plans to mmet with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin to discuss ties that have deteriorated over the alliance's plan to deploy a missile shield.
NATO SEMINAR HIGHLIGHGTS SMART ENERGY PROJECT
2012/03/08 ǀ Tripolipost.com
By Tripolipost.com staff
In support of NATO’s efforts for a sustained effort to spend limited resources more effectively and efficiently amidst the international financial crisis affecting the defence budgets of NATO allies in unprecedented ways...
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA, DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS FOR CHICAGO SUMMIT
2012/03/06 ǀ Defpro.com
By Defpro.com staff
The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on 6 March 2012 at the NATO Headquarters and discussed with him issues related to Armenia's partnership with the Alliance.
SECRETARY GENERAL AND QATARI PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP
2012/03/01 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani at NATO Headquarters on 1 March and thanked him for the key role played by Qatar in NATO's mission to protect the Libyan people in 2011.
NATO MILITARY COMMITEE VISITS DESTROYER WITH BALLISTIC DEFENCE CAPABILITIES
2012/02/29 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
General Knud Bartels together with members of the Military Committee, visited USS Laboon on 29 February 2012, accompanied by Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation...
NATO INVESTMENT CRITICAL DESPITE FISCAL CHALLENGE
2012/02/28 ǀ Defense.gov
By Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Staff
Fiscal austerity adds to the challenge of building NATO capacity, but identifying priorities and instituting new initiatives will help the alliance meet evolving security threats, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy said here today.
NATO ALLIES DISCUSS IN WHASINGTON FOR UPCOMING CHICAGO SUMMIT
2012/02/28 ǀ Nato.int
By NATO.int staff
Permanent representatives of the North Atlantic Council arrived in Washington for consultations on the summit planned for May of this year in Chicago. Allies discussed preparations for the summit at the annual seminar organised by NATO's Allied Command Transformation.
TURKEY MARKS 60th ANNIVERSARY IN NATO, MACEDONIA ON GLIDE PATH
2012/02/27 ǀ Setimes.com
By Setimes.com staff
Since Turkey joined NATO on February 18th 1952; the organisation has remained the lynchpin of the nation's security policy, protecting the country from internal and external threats while constituting the cornerstone of Euro-Atlantic integration and co-operation.
NATO COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TURKEY
2012/02/23 ǀ Hurriyetdailynews.com
By Hürriyet Daily News staff
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Adm. James Stavridis visited the Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel yesterday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Turkey’s joining the alliance.
RUSSIA TO REBUILD MILITARY AIRFIELD NEAR NATO BORDER
Ria.ru ǀ February 22, 2012
By Ria Novosti staff
The Russian Defence Ministry will modernize two airfields in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Commander of the Baltic Fleet Vice Adm. Viktor Chirkov said on Wednesday.
PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA 'PUSHED' BY NATO
Upi.com ǀ February 22, 2012
By United Press International staff
The $77.2 billion set aside to modernize the Russian defence industry doesn't mean a militarization of the budget, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
NATO SECRETRAY GENERAL THANKS TURKEY FOR VITAL ROLE IN THE ALLIANCE
2012/02/17 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
The NATO Secretary General accompanied by the chairman of the Military Committee General Knud Bartels, visited Ankara on 16-17 February 2012 and met with President Abdullah Gul and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu.
NATO TO STAY OUT OF SYRIA EVEN IF U.N MANDATES EMERGES
2012/02/17 ǀ Reuters.com
By Simon Cameron-Moore and Tulay Karadeniz
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the Western alliance had no intention of intervening in Syria even in the event of a U.N. mandate to protect civilians, and urged Middle East countries to find a way...
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL PRAISES GREECE AS A PILLAR OF EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY
2012/02/16 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen travelled to Athens on 15 February 2012 and met with President Karolos Papoulias and with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.
MACEDONIA DOUBLES NATO MEMBERSHIP EFFORTS AMID DOUBTS
2012/02/16 ǀ Eurasianreview.com
By Biljana Lajmanovska
NATO has decided to extend until 2018 an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday.
NATO TO BUY 5 RECONNAISSANCE DRONES AFTER LIBYA WAR EXPOSED SHORTCOMINGS
2012/02/15 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press staff
NATO will buy U.S.-made reconnaissance drones and equipment for more than €1 billion ($1.3 billion) after the war in Libya highlighted shortcomings in its surveillance and targeting capabilities.
HIGH LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON PARTNERSHIPs IN THE GULF
2012/02/14 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
NATO Permanent representatives met senior officials from Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the four countries which are part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), at a seminar at NATO HQ on February 14 to discuss ways to deepen their partnership ahead of NATO's Chicago Summit in May.
NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY FOCUS ON CHICAGO SUMMIT PRIORITIES
2012/02/13 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
On 13 February, the North Atlantic Coucil met representatives of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly at NATO headquarters for an exchange of views on the priorities for the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago.
NATO GOING AHEAD WITH MISSILE SHIELD DESPITE RUSSIAN CONCERNS
2012/02/08 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press Staff
NATO Leaders on Saturday downplayed Moscow's fears that a new Europe-based missile defense system represents a threat to Russia, while vowing to move ahead with it, even if those concerns cannot be fully addressed.
NATO EXTENDS BALTIC AIR PATROLS UNTIL 2018
2012/02/08 ǀ Abcnews.com
By Slobodan Lekic
NATO has decided to extend until 2018 an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday.
WHAT GEORGIA GOING TO GET AT THE NATO SUMMIT?
2012/02/07 ǀ Eurasianet.org
By Joshua Kucera
Georgia's prospects in NATO, after being more or less left for dead in the wake of the 2008 war with Russia, have lately appeared to be improving. NATO has recently changed its rhetoric on Georgia, for the first time calling it an "aspirant" along with several Balkan countries.
PANETTA CALLS FOR EUROPE, NATO DEFENCE INVESTEMENTS
2012/02/06 ǀ Defpro.com
By Defence Professionals staff
U.S Defense Secretary LeonE.Panetta Feb.4 called for European nations to match the United States' vote of confidence in the transatlantic partnership, through investement in common defense and commitment to a long-term solutions.
NATO NATIONS FINALLY AGREE DEAL ON DRONE PROJECT
2012/02/03 ǀ Reuters.com
By Reuters staff
NATO agreed on Friday to implement a drone-based high-altitude surveillance project after two decades of wrangling over how to share the funding.The Alliance Ground Surveillance project (AGS) project, which is scheduled to come into use from 2015, will have its main base at Sigonella in Italy and several associated command-and-control base stations.
NATO DEFENCE MINISTERS DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
2012/02/03 ǀ Nato.int
By Nato.int staff
NATO Defence Ministers today reviewed the security situation in the northern part of Kosovo which experienced an increase in violence in 2011. Allies were joined by Ministers from non-NATO troop contributors and a representative of the European Union.
NATO'S VICTORY IN LYBIA
2012/02/02 ǀ Foreignaffairs.com
By Ivo H. Daalder and James G. Stavridis
NATO's operation in Libya has rightly been hailed as a model intervention. The alliance responded rapidly to a deteriorating situation that threatened hundreds of thousands of civilians rebelling against an oppressive regime.
CONTROVERSIAL NATO MISSILE SHIELD WILL BE IN GERMANY
2012/02/02 ǀ Euronews.com
By Euronews staff
A NATO missile shield that has been criticised by Russia will be based at a US military facility in Germany. Ramstein Air Base is the headquarters of America’s air force is located near Frankfurt and it is a NATOinstallation.
NATO's SMART DEFENCE: SHORT-TERM PROJECT, LONG-TERM VISION
2012/02/01 ǀ Defensenews.com
By Julian Hale
NATO’s smart defense initiative boils down to a series of short-term pragmatic projects and a long-term vision for building capabilities, explained a NATO official ahead of a meeting of alliance defense ministers Feb. 1 and 2.
YANUKOVYCH TO MEET NATO SECRETARY GENERAL AT CHICAGO SUMMIT
2012/01/26 ǀ Kyivpost.com
By Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at NATO's Chicago summit in May 2012, reads the Ukrainian president's letter of congratulations to Rasmussen on his birthday, which has been published by the president's press service.
NATO-ARMENIA MILITARY COOPERATION IS DEVELOPPING
2012/01/24 ǀ Times.am
By Times.am staff
Delegation led by NATO international military department on cooperation and regional security, general-mayor Carlos Branko is in Armenia on Januarie 23-24 to discuss the new initiatives for the military cooperation between NATO and counterpart states, press service of Armenian Ministry of Defense informs about this.
RASMUSSEN HAILED ESTONIAN CONTRIBUTION TO NATO CYBER DEFENCE
2012/01/23 ǀ Defencepro.com
By Defence professional
On Friday evening Minister of Defence Maart Laar and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen visited NATO Cyber Defence Centre Where Rasmussen acknowledged Estonia's contribution to NATO cyber capabilities.
ALLIES SEE DAY OF HEAVY LOSS IN AFGHANISTAN
2012/01/20 ǀ Cnn.com
By the CNN Wire staff
Allied forces have suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan in a helicopter crash that killed 6 U.S. Marines and an attack that killed four French service members and raised the prospect of France withdrawing its troops early.
NATO SAYS RUSSIAN PLAN ON BALTIC SEA IS 'WASTE OF MONEY'
2012/01/19 ǀ Bloomberg.com
By Milda Seputyte
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russian proposals to bolster military forces in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad would be “a waste of money.”
NATO TRAINS AFGHAN AIR FORCE TO FLY AIRCRAFT
2012/01/18 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press staff
Twenty years ago, Afghan Air Force pilot Maj. Abdul Aziz was streaking across the sky in the Soviet Union’s deadliest fighter-bomber. Now 45, his new task is less dramatic or flamboyant, yet perhaps even more important...
NATO ANTI-RADAR MISSILE IN TURKEY PUT INTO OPERATION
2012/01/17 ǀ En.ria.ru
By Ria Novosti Staff
A NATO missile defense radar deployed in Turkey has been put into operation, CNN quoted a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman as saying. The X-band AN/TPY-2 early warning radar is part of the THAAD system designed to intercept medium-range missiles at very high altitudes.
RASMUSSEN SOUNDS HOPEFUL NOTE ON PERMANENT AIR SHIELD
2012/01/16 ǀ News.err.ee
By the Estonian public broadcasting staff
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on the eve of a trip to Estonia that the question of a permanent airspace presence in the Baltics will be decided before the May NATO summit in Chicago.
166TH NATO CHIEFS OF DEFENCE MEET JANUARY 18-19
2012/01/13 ǀ Tripolipost.com
By The Tripoli Post staff
The first meeting of NATO’s Military Committee, MC, in Chiefs of Defence Staff, CHODs, session under the chairmanship of Gen. Knud Bartels, CMC, is to take place on january 18-19. Top level military representatives of 67 countries will discuss in various formats the evolution of NATO and NATO led operations, the implementation of the new NATO Command Structure and its military consequences.
PIRATE ATTACKS AROUND HORN OF AFRICA SLICED NEARLY IN HALF
2012/01/12 ǀ Usatoday.com
By Jim Michaels
The number of successful pirate attacks in the Horn of Africa region declined nearly 50% last year, the first significant drop since the international community established counterpiracy naval forces in the area three years ago.
TRAINING KICKS OFF FOR NATO MENTORS IN AFGHANISTAN
2012/01/11 ǀ Army.mil
By Donna Miles, American Force Press Service
Almost 300 troops from eight countries, all bound for Afghanistan to mentor Afghan National Security Forces, kicked off a rigorous pre-deployment training rotation yesterday in Hohenfels, Germany.
NEW ATTACKS FEEDS NATO WORRY THAT AFGHAN FORCES BEING INFILTRATED
2012/01/10 ǀ Bostonglobe.com
By Graham Bowley
KABUL - An Afghan soldier turned his gun on US military personnel while they were playing volleyball over the weekend at a camp in southern Afghanistan, killing one and wounding three others before being fatally shot, the Afghan police said yesterday. Click here to read the story.
AFGHAN 'SOLDIER' KILLS NATO SERVICEMAN IN ZABUL
2012/01/09 ǀ Bbc.co.uk
By BBC staff
A man dressed in Afghan army uniform has shot dead a Nato soldier in southern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says. It is the latest in a series of attacks by apparently rogue soldiers, which have raised fears of Taliban influence.
SIX CHILDREN AND FIVE NATO TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
2012/01/06 ǀ Dailymail.co.uk
By Graham Smith
Six children, a man and five Nato troops were killed in southern Afghanistan today by explosives hidden in a pile of rubbish and a series of roadside bombs.
PENTAGON SAYS PAKISTAN TO REOPEN NATO SUPPLY ROUTES SOON:
2012/01/04 ǀ Sananews.net
By South Asian News Agency staff
WASHINGTON, (SANA): The U.S. relationship with Pakistan is important, and military dialogue between the countries continues despite recent serious setbacks.
5 NATO TROOPS KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN
2011/12/21 ǀ Voanews.com
By Voice of America staff
NATO officials say five Polish soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, marking the deadliest single attack of the Afghan war for the coalition member.
KARZAI WANTS IMMEDIATE HALT TO NATO NIGHT RAID
2011/12/20 ǀ Afp.com
By Agence France Presse staff
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes, his spokesman said.
NATO SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE ITS NIGHT RAID IN AFGHANISTAN
2011/12/19 ǀ Washingtonpost.com
By Associated Press staff
NATO will continue to carry out nighttime kill-and-capture raids that target suspected insurgents with increased Afghan partnership after repeated protests by President Hamid Karzai, the alliance said Monday.
RUSSIA'S PARTICIPATION IN NATO SUMMIT NOT DECIDED YET
2011/12/15 ǀ Ria.ru
By RIA Novosti Staff
Russia’s participation in the 2012 Russia-NATO Council summit in Chicago has not been decided yet as it depends on the U.S. position concerning the missile defense shield, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.
U.N. CHIEF DEFENDS NATO FROM CRITICS OF LYBIA WAR
2011/12/14 ǀ Reuters.com
By Louis Charbonneau
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday defended NATO against criticism from Russia, China and other countries, which accuse the alliance of overstepping its U.N. mandate to protect civilians in Libya.
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR PAKISTAN-NATO THAW
2011/12/14 ǀ Wd-world.de
By Gregg Benzow
NATO's top commander in Afghanistan has voiced cautious optimism that Pakistan may lift a communications blackout that was imposed after an airstrike killed 24 Pakistanis soldiers last month.
PAKISTAN WANTS EQUALITY IN RELATIONS WITH NATO
2011/12/12 ǀ The Nation.com
By The Nation Staff
Pakistan has said that it wanted relations with NATO and ISAF based on equality, mutual respect and national interests and will not compromise national security and sovereignity.
DEADLY ATTACK ON NATO CONVOY IN PAKISTAN
2011/12/12 ǀ Rnw.nl
By Radio Netherlands worldwide staff
Gunmen attacked NATO oil tankers stranded in southwest Pakistan for the second time in days as Islamabad warned it could enforce its blockade of the US lifeline into Afghanistan for weeks.
42 NATO TANKERS GUTTED IN ATTACK
2011/12/09 ǀ The Nation.com
By Barry Baloch
QUETTA - At least 42 Nato tankers were destroyed after rocket attacks on a Nato terminal located in Kharotabad, on the outskirts of Quetta, on Thursday night.
NATO, RUSSIA MINISTERS MEET AMID MISSILE-SHIELD TENSIONS
2011/12/08 ǀ Monstersandcritics.com
By MandC Staff
Brussels - NATO foreign ministers came together with their Russian counterpart Thursday, in a bid to tone down mounting tensions over missile defence shield in Europe.
MOSCOW CANNOT GIVE CONDITION TO NATO SAYS CZECH MINISTER
2011/12/07 ǀ Ceskenoviny.cz
By CTK Staff
Brussels - Moscow should not give any conditions to NATO members, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told CTK today, commenting on Russia's opposition to NATO's planned anti-missile project.
NATO FMs TO DISCUSS PARTNERSHIPS, CHICAGO SUMMIT
2011/12/06 ǀ Kuna.net.kw
Kuwait News Agency
The foreign ministers of NATO and partner countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss current operations, the Alliance's relationship with its partners, and preparations for the NATO summit in Chicago on 20-21 May 2012.
NATO AND RUSSIA CAN DEFEND TOGETHER
2011/12/05 ǀ The New York Times
By Anders Fogh Rasmussen
From my first day in office as NATO secretary general, I have made clear that NATO-Russia cooperation remains of strategic importance. We share common security interests and face common challenges.
ICJ: ATHENS VIOLATED INTERIM ACCORD BY BLOCKING SKOPJE'S NATO BID
2011/12/05 ǀ The Sofia Echo, The Sofia Echo staff
The International Court of Justice announced that Macedonia's claim that Greece had violated a 1995 interim accord when Athens prevented an invitation to join NATO being issued to Skopje was warranted. Macedonian president expects this arbitration to be reflected at the NATO summit in Chicago in 2012.
NATO BASE BLAST: UP TO 70 INJURED IN AFGHANISTAN
2011/12/02 ǀ Russia Today.com
A suicide bomber attack at the NATO coalition base in Afghan Logar province has injured up to 70 people.
RUSSIA THREATENS TO BLOCK NATO SUPPLY ROUTES
2011/12/01 ǀ Nation.com.pk
Russia said it may not let use its territory to supply troops in Afghanistan if the alliance doesn't seriously consider its objections to a US-led missile shield for Europe, Russia's ambassador to NATO said.
RUSSIA MAY DROP NATO SUMMIT OVER MISSILE DEFENCE
2011/11/30 ǀ Russia Today.com
Russia is uncertain as to whether or not it will take part in the NATO-Russia summit in Chicago in May next year due to a deadlock in missile defense talks.
NECAS BACKS GEORGIAN NATO BID
2011/11/29 ǀ Prague Daily Monitor
Czech News Agency
The May 2012 summit of NATO in Chicago may bring progress to Georgia's NATO bid, Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas said after meeting his Georgian counterpart Nika Gilauri on Monday 28th.
NATO SOLDIERS, KOSOVO SERBS HURT IN CLASHES
2011/11/29 ǀ The Nation
Two NATO soldiers and several Kosovo Serbs were injured on Monday in clashes at the Jagnjenica road barricade between northern Mitrovica and Zubin Potok
PAKISTAN: NATO ATTACK INFLAMES TENSE TIES WITH THE U.S.
2011/11/27 ǀ CNN - CNN Wire staff
NATO helicopters attacked a military checkpoint in Northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers, authorities in the nation said. As a result, Pakistan has already withdrawn from the Bonn conference on Afghanistan that will take place taking early December in Germany.
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