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NATO set for first formal talks with Russia for two years
NATO will hold its first formal talks with Russia in nearly two years on April 20 to discuss the Ukraine crisis and other security issues, the U.S.-led military alliance said on April 12.
"The date has been mutually agreed," a NATO spokeswoman told AFP, adding: "It is good to talk but it cannot be a return to business as usual."
17 years since murder of Slavko Curuvija
Monday marks 17 years since the murder of journalist and publisher Slavko Curuvija.
Curuvija was killed during the NATO bombing, on Easter, April 11, 1999, in front of the building where he lived and where the marketing service of his publications Dnevni Telegraf was located in Belgrade's Svetogorska St.
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NATO-Russia Council to Meet on Ukraine Crisis, Afghanistan
The NATO-Russia Council will meet in the next two weeks for the first time since 2014 to duscuss the Ukraine crisis.
"Following consultations with Russia, we have agreed to hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at Ambassadorial level," NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said in a statement on Friday.
Turkey pivotal in anti-ISIL effort, says NATO chief
Turkey's assistance has been critical in efforts to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said April 6.
NATO chief identifies IS, and Russia, as "main challenges"
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the two main challenges faced by the western military alliance are "Islamic State and Russia."
PM: We don't know what EU will look like; NATO no condition
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told B92 late on Monday in an interview that "it is not clear" what the European Union will look like in the future.
However, he added that it is up to Serbia to work, progress, change itself, and that no one ever placed NATO membership as a condition for accession to the European Union.
Canadian Frigate Fredericton Deploys to Black Sea under Operation Reassurance
The Canadian warship Fredericton has entered the Black Sea for joint drills with naval vessels from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey as part of Operation Reassurance.
NATO chief calls Turkish PM Davuto?lu as refugee swap begins in Aegean
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu hours before Greece began returning migrants from Lesbos to Turkey under a landmark European Union deal to stop the uncontrollable influx of refugees into Europe.
New US Army Brigade in Eastern Europe Alarms Russia
The announcement that the US will deploy another armored brigade to Eastern Europe has been welcomed by security experts in Bucharest and Sofia as a fresh sign of its commitment to NATO's collective security in the face of Russia's assertiveness in the region.
Russia's response to NATO to be "adequate and effective"
Russia will take the necessary military measures in response to the increase in the presence of NATO forces in Europe, especially in the East of the continent.
This has been stated by Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Aleksandr Grushko, who added that Moscow's response will be "adequate and effective."