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Four Greek fighter jets will take part in a NATO exercise in Germany later this month, it was announced on Friday.

Greece will send the F-16 Block 52+ planes to join other aircraft from NATO countries as part of the JAWTEX exercise, which will take place in northern and eastern Germany from May 12-22.

NATO to treat Russia "more as adversary than partner"

BRUSSELS -- Russia's "annexation of Crimea and its apparent manipulation of unrest in eastern Ukraine have fundamentally changed the NATO-Russia relationship."

This is according to Deputy Secretary-General of the western military alliance Alexander Vershbow.

NGOs in Montenegro advocate NATO integration

Organisations are supporting programmes to improve citizens' knowledge and awareness of Euro-Atlantic accession.

Hundreds of students have attended the Regional Euro-Atlantic Camp since it opened in 2008. [Regional Euro-Atlantic Camp]

Britain is dispatching four Typhoon fighter jets to the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to help carry out NATO's air policing role in the area.

The UK fast jets will reinforce the Polish contribution to the air policing mission; a standing defensive mission undertaken by rotations of aircraft from contributing nations on a 4-month cycle.

Finland is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with NATO, under which it will be able to receive assistance from foreign forces.

The country's Defense Minister Carl Haglund was however ruled out that it could join the alliance.

According to Finnish broadcaster YLE's website, the Memorandum of Understanding resembles a military interoperability deal.

The Journalists’ Association of Serbia called on the authorities to reveal secret documents about the NATO bombing of the public broadcaster in 1999, when 16 people were killed.

BELGRADE - To this day, Serbia is cherishing its anti-fascist tradition as an inseparable part of its existence by remembering the victims of World War II and accepting its role as a factor of peace and stability in the Western Balkans, Serbia's outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS - It is a historical fact that NATO did not have the approval of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to bomb Serbia but the action was carried out in keeping with international law, Tanjug learnt in the NATO seat in Brussels.

Albania working to improve its military

Manpower and equipment upgrades are key challenges to improve the country's military capacity.

Albania Defence Minister Mimi Kodheli inspects a military command post during a training exercise. [Albania Ministry of Defence]

Moscow has recalled its military ambassador to NATO for consultations.

Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that Russia "does not see how it could go on with usual cooperation with NATO," RIA Novosti has reported.