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Hague Prosecutors say "reasonable basis" to believe US committed "war crimes"
Fatou Bensouda - Photo: ICC
BELGRADE - Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said they have "reasonable basis" to believe the United States committed "war crimes" by torturing prisoners in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.
Romanian Anti-Graft Prosecutors Probe Electoral Authority
National Anticorruption Directorate prosecutors carried out searches on Tuesday at the Permanent Electoral Authority, AEP headquarters in Bucharest.
Their target was the head of the AEP, Ana Maria Patru, who according to Anticorruption Directorate sources is under investigation for alleged influence peddling and possible money laundering committed from 2008 to 2015.
Bulgaria, Romania Sign Agreement on Negotiating Expensive Medicines Discounts
The Health Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania have signed a bi-lateral agreement on negotiating discounts for expensive medicines.
The aim is for the two countries to negotiate confidential financial discounts for expensive medicines which will provide patients with better access to the newest treatment.
Serbia and Romania to set up joint border patrols
Serbia and Romania have signed a protocol on the establishment and activities of mixed patrols along the common state border.
The document was inked on Thursday in Timisoara by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic and Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs Dragos Tudorache.
USA To Deploy 6,000 Troops in Europe
The USA will deploy nearly 6,000 troops in Europe this winter, announced the US Department of Defense.
The additional anti-tank brigade that will be sent to Europe numbers 4,000 troops. The USA will deploy an additional 1,750 troops with the 10th mountain division.
Earlier, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated that the additional anti-tank brigade will arrive in February.
Presidential Elections: Socialist-Backed Candidate Vows to Defy CETA
The presidential candidate endorsed by Bulgaria's biggest opposition party has said he will refer the EU-Canada trade deal to the Constitutional Court if elected.
The agreement carries risks to Bulgaria's economy, while the benefit, visa-free travel, is too tiny, with visas for Canada being issued easily, Dnevnik.bg quotes Rumen Radev as saying.
Montenegro Hosts NATO Exercise Amid Russian Tension
An international military exercise called "Montenegro 2016", involving servicemen and women from the 32 NATO member and partner countries, started in the capital Podgorica on Monday
The consequence management field exercise, organized jointly by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, EADRCC, and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry, ends on Friday.
Oil Found in Bulgarian Black Sea Offshore Drilling
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has announced that oil was found in the Khan Asparuh block during offshore drilling earlier this year.
Donchev has not elaborated his remarks at the opening of a tripartite meeting of government, employers, and unions.
A source of Inews.bg (a website of Novinite Group) working in the public sector has confirmed the news.
NATO Undertakes Largest Deployment Around Russia Since Cold War End
At the meeting of the defence ministers of NATO countries on Wednesday, the UK undertook the obligation to send fighter jets to Romania in 2017, while the USA promised Poland military forces, tanks and artillery - the biggest deployment of the alliance at Russia's borders since the end of the Cold War, reported Reuters.