Europe
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May- 2018 -2 May
Basque separatist group ETA announces dissolution and end to political initiative
The Basque militant group ETA announced that it will dissolve completely and end its political initiative, according to a letter published by the Spanish newspaper El Diario.
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2 May
NATO accounts for more than half of global military spending
NATO member states accounted for more than half of the world's total military spending last year, driven in part by tensions with Russia along the alliance's eastern frontier, according to a new report
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Apr- 2018 -28 April
Greece to upgrade 85 F-16 fighter jets to Viper configuration
Greece announced it is to upgrade 85 of its fleet of US-made F-16 warplanes, a programme pending over the past six months due to concerns over cost
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23 April
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
A Belgian court sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016.
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22 April
Serbia receives 4 MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus
Serbia has received four MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus, Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said, adding that he recently had talks in Moscow about helicopters, armoured vehicles and missile defense systems.
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22 April
Nine killed in Dagestan counter-terror raid
Nine people suspected of plotting an attack in Russia were killed in a shootout with security forces in Dagestan, the country's National Anti-Terror Committee has said.
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21 April
Greece to lease French FREMM frigates amid Turkey tensions in Aegean
Greece will this summer lease two state-of-the-art French warships, the defence ministry, as Athens seeks to bolster its defences in the Aegean Sea amid growing tensions with Turkey.
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20 April
Toward ‘Non-Nuclear Deterrence’? Russia’s investment in conventional strategic strike
Taking an in-depth look at Russia's long-range conventional strike plans, Dr James Bosbotinis argues that the challenge for the West is to ensure that Russia is deterred from using its growing arsenal
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19 April
Basque group ETA to announce dissolution ‘on May 5 or 6’: mediator
The Basque militant group ETA will make the highly anticipated announcement of its dissolution on the first weekend in May, an international mediator told Basque radio
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18 April
Russia’s Volga-Dniepr to end NATO strategic airlift contract
Russian airline Volga-Dniepr said it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of 2018, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft.
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