NATO

The United States began its biggest European deployment of F-22 fighters with a visit to the Black Sea in an exercise aimed at beefing up military support for NATO's eastern European allies who say they face aggression from Russia. 

NEW YORK - There will be no change in course in Serbia after the country's parliamentary elections - it will continue on the path towards the EU while insisting on neutrality, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview to the Voice of America.

BELGRADE - Sooner or later, Serbia will become the center of a geostrategic fault line between NATO and Russia, writes Expert Magazine contributor Sergei Belous.

There will come a point, the journalist says, when Serbian leaders' game of 'geopolitical splits' becomes impossible to maintain, and they will have to make a choice between NATO and Russia.

Joint NATO patrols in the Aegean have had a "significant" impact on reducing refugee flows from Turkey to Greece, the alliance's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has told Kathimerini.

Turkish demands are posing obstacles to a NATO mission in the Aegean Sea aimed at countering the smuggling of migrants and refugees into Europe, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday.

There has been a dramatic reduction in the number of migrants and refugees illegally crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Europe, but authorities must not let down their guard as people smugglers can rapidly change routes, the head of NATO has cautioned.

Russia accused the United States on April 21 of intimidation by sailing a U.S. naval destroyer close to Russia's border in the Baltics and warned that the Russian military would respond with "all necessary measures" to any future incidents. 

The number of migrants and refugees crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Europe is falling significantly but people smugglers can rapidly change routes and authorities must not reduce their security efforts prematurely, the head of NATO said on April 21, praising Turkey's efforts to break the business model of traffickers.

BELGRADE - NATO and EU security chiefs say Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) wants to use chemical or nuclear weapons to attack Britain.

During the Security and Counter Terror conference in London on Tuesday and Wednesday, a group of policing and counter terrorism experts delivered a dire warning.

Jihadist terrorists are planning to attacks Europe by implanting bombs in their bodies or using car bombs remotely controlled, according to an article published in British newspaper ‘Telegraph’. The newspaper cites higher NATO and EU security officials who met during an international conference on safety held Tuesday in London.