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The government changed a decision from 14th November 2016 about dispatching servicemen from the armed forces of Bulgaria for a participation in a NATO operation in Kosovo (KFOR) in a composition of the intelligence and surveillance battalion.

What is being called the 'trial of the century' in Montenegro is scheduled to open on Wednesday as two opposition leaders face terrorism charges over their role in an alleged Russian-backed coup plot.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic scheduled an emergency meeting of the security services on Tuesday as the country awaited assistance from NATO and the EU to tackle blazes in the coastal and central area of the country, after admitting that it could not cope on its own.

Two pro-Russian opposition leaders in Montenegro and 12 other suspects will go on trial July 19 over their role in an alleged attempt to overthrow the government.

Montenegrin police arrested a group of Serbian nationals on the eve of a general election in October, accusing them of planning to storm parliament and target the then prime minister, pro-Western Milo Djukanovic.

The United States should at least give the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen house arrest, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said, adding that their alliance requires the U.S. to arrest him.

The talks on FYROM's (Macedonia) NATO accession had accelerated sharply, and were expected to end in three or four months in autumn, according to a European diplomatic source.

The issue of Macedonia choosing a provisional name and its NATO accession may be resolved in three or four months, a European diplomatic source told Sputnik.

The issues of Macedonia's name dispute with Greece and the country's accession to NATO "could be solved in three or four months."

Beta reported this on Monday, citing RIA Novosti, which quoted "European diplomatic sources."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged talks to resolve ongoing disputes with Turkey on German lawmakers' visits to troops stationed in Turkey as part of NATO missions.

In an interview with public television ARD on July 16, Merkel said current disputes between Berlin and Ankara should be resolved through bilateral talks and talks among the allies at NATO.

Ethnic Albanian villagers accused of planting a mine that killed two NATO soldiers in Macedonia in 2003 hope that the Special Prosecution will drop all charges.

On the anniversary of the failed 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, news broke that Ankara had agreed to pay Moscow $2.5 billion to purchase S-400 surface-to-air missile systems. While the deal is yet to be finalized, its completion will have significant consequences for Turkey-NATO ties.