Image by Lorie Shaull The sound of the guillotine that cut off the head of Louis XVI on January 21st, 1793 was heard yesterday all over France, loud and clear. Louis XVI paid with his head (and those of his wife, Marie Antoinette and their two young children) for the…
Romania is worried about Russian actions in the Black Sea and is stepping up defense spending to meet the 2% goal agreed to by NATO members years ago. Only five other countries spend at least 2% of their GDP on the collective defense. Donald Trump is meeting the NATO leadership…
Russia Says US Missiles In Romania, Poland Would Violate INF Treaty.
Montenegro’s parliament has voted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, to the consternation of Moscow. The tiny Balkan nations ascension was ratified by the U.S. Congress in March. As many as 46 out of 81 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill on confirming the North Atlantic…
“This Is A Coup”: Masked Men Storm Macedonia Parliament.
Serb Officials Warn Of Another War In The Balkans.
Lithuania has been providing political support and practical assistance to the Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia for a long time. On April 12 Georgian and Lithuanian Defense Ministers Levan Izoria and Raimundas Karoblis addressed the security situation in the Baltic and South Caucasian regions and the reform of the…
Vladimir Putin accused the allies of the United States in the support for missile strike in Syria. Russian leader pointed on mindless support and called the U.S. allies “Chinese dolls”. With his own words, the relations of Moscow and Washington went backwards since president Trump took the office and…
On The Elections Three candidates – current President Leonid Tibiliov, parliament speaker and the leader of the United Ossetia party Anatoly Bibilov, and State Security Committee officer Alan Gagloyev are competing for the presidential office of De Facto Tskhinlvali prior to the elections on April 9, 2017 …
NATO representatives have once again told Russia that the situation in Ukraine is of “deep concern” at the first session of the Russia-NATO Council to be held this year. NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said the alliance urged Moscow to use its influence with militants in eastern Ukraine to compel them…