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"Moscow calls on Eastern European partners to weigh the risks and consider the consequences of deploying the US military on a rotating basis on their territory," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

It is now about the emergence of a permanent military contingent of the United States and its allies in Eastern Europe in places they have never been before.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani met on Monday evening as part of Radev's visit to Brussels that continues Tuesday.

Radev's press office quotes Tajani as saying Bulgaria meets all requirements to join the Schengen area without border control, but the decision has to be taken with consensus from all members.

A very interesting article about what Erdogan’s extreme crackdown policy has done to his armed forces.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia of its continued presence in Ukraine and called Moscow to withdraw all its forces and end its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

This statement came after a meeting of NATO's senior military commanders at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium on Wednesday.

NATO officials on "EU army," Kiev's "peacekeepers" idea

MONS -- NATO leaders have reacted with restraint to the proposal of EC President Jean-Claude Juncker to create the army of the European Union.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture initiative, EU Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Commissioner Tibor Navracsics is participating in a number of activities in Mons (Belgium), 2015 Capital of Culture together with Plze? (Czech Republic).