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The Croatian leftist group "Workers' Front" told BIRN on Wednesday that their protest on Saturday "Against Militarisation" had been moved from in front of the Defence Ministry in Zagreb by the police.

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BELGRADE - The German army is currently embroiled in a scandal after reports surfaced of "sadistic sexual practices" on trainees at an elite army camp in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg.

At its last meeting, the Borisov 2 cabinet allocated additional funding for the MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The Defence Ministry received an additional BGN 9.3 M.

The former soldier barracks in Aytos become the property of the local authorities. The airport in Ravnets, which is no longer needed by the Ministry of Defence, is transferred to Burgas municipality.

Turkish fighter jets flew over three Greek islands on Monday, just hours after the replacement of the Greek military leadership by the Defence Ministry.

BELGRADE - The Serbian ministries of defence and interior have signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters to buy nine Airbus H145M helicopters, the Defence Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic and Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin on Tuesday agreed there was a continuity of substantial defence cooperation that fully reflected the strategic partnership and the achieved level of general and political relations between the two friendly countries.

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BELGRADE - The Serbian ministries of defence and interior have signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters to buy nine Airbus H145M helicopters, the Defence Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

At its last meeting for the year on Wednesday, Bulgaria's outgoing government adopted a proposal to establish a commemoration day in honour of Bulgarians who fought against Nazi Germany. The proposal was submitted by the Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev.

All passengers aboard the Russian aircraft that crashed in Sakha Republic of the country on Monday, have survived, Defence Ministry said.
At least sixteen persons aboard an Il-18 plane were critically injured, but all passengers and crew have survived, the ministry said.
“Helicopters have evacuated all of them to health centres in Tiksi,” the ministry.

Albania held a ceremony on Tuesday marking a fresh milestone in the process of getting rid of hundreds of tons of deadly chemicals stockpiled by the country's dictator, Enver Hoxha.