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U.S. will transfer 2,000 troops and military equipment to Poland. Military infrastructure of NATO continues to be deployed in the Baltic States. The main opponent of the Alliance is Russia.

There are two nuclear power plants in Russia.

The Baltic states continue to be one of the most militarized region in Europe. The planned reduction of American troops in Germany to 25 000 could increase the likelihood of further strengthening of relations between the Baltic states and the United States.

Macron says his country will fight against racism but it will not surrender its historic statues.

Swiss police are looking for a forgetful individual who left something rather important on a train — a package full of gold bars, worth more than $190,000. The parcel containing the gold bars was found in the carriage of a Swiss Federal Railways (SB

Italians will be able to attend Mass starting May 18 after a meeting between top bishops and Italy's prime minister resulted in a plan to reopen religious services after they were shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.

Opinion - Baltic independence depends on NATO Baltic independence depends on NATO

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the NATO combat group in Latvia has increased dramatically.

The first case of coronavirus infection of NATO troops in Latvia became known a month ago – on March 25. On March 31, Commander of the National Armed Forces of Latvia Leonīds Kalniņš, reported

Opinion - COVID-19 will make us think about peace and war World political leaders focus on strategic threats while forgetting natural dangers. The result is an untenable trade off between military and welfare expenditure. The COVID-19 risis has shown us just what the real priorities should be.

Today the National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (FNOMCeO) confirmed the names of the 50 doctors who had lost their lives to the coronavirus in Italy.

Starting with the 50s years of the 20th century European countries has been taking efforts to unite. Europe has been living in the European Union format since signing the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. This treaty created the European Union with its pillars system, including foreign and home affairs

THE French government is today considering putting the country into a full lockdown with a 6pm curfew for all citizens for 45 days, sources have claimed. Emmanuel Macron will address the nation tonight after the number of coronavirus cases 'doubled ev

An Italian actor who appeared in the TV drama "Gomorrah" has posted a heartbreaking video pleading for help as the body of his sister, who died of the coronavirus, is seen in the background. Luca Franzese, a mixed martial arts trainer, was trapped

Coronavirus updates live: WHO declares COVID-19 disease to be a pandemic

At a parliamentary group meeting of her CDU party in Berlin today, Chancellor Angela Merkel said up to 58 million of her countrymen could contract the fast-spreading coronavirus.

The Irish health minister has said that the situation in Ireland is very serious

French authorities on Friday recommended that people refrain from shaking hands to prevent infection from the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases jumped by 19 to 57.'

More than 400 people have contracted coronavirus and 12 have died of it in Italy, in the worst contagion of the virus so far recorded in Europe

French police on Friday banned an anti-government

Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest share of votes.