Ciolos asked Biden for the US support in convincing NATO to strengthen its presence on all the eastern flank, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. He told Biden about the steps that Romania had already made in collaboration with Bulgaria and Turkey.

A NATO summit will take place in July in Warsaw and the Alliance’s strategy in Eastern Europe will be one of the main topics.

Parubiy says such countries as Poland and Lithuania interested in the format

(23.5.2016) Romania wants an active NATO presence in the Black Sea region

As far as is known, this could be a dress rehearsal for the activities of a future NATO Black Sea fleet, the creation of which is planned to be discussed on July 8th-9th at the alliance’s summit in Warsaw. The Black Sea member states of NATO and their Ukrainian and Georgian partners have supported the idea.

Following the formal approval of such a project, the American, German, Italian, and Turkish navies’ ships and aircraft will join the ranks of such a feet along with Ukraine and Georgia’s participation. All of this will, to put it mildly, cause a disturbance at Russia’s borders.

The event was organised by NATO, Harvard University‘s Kennedy School of Government, German Marshal Fund and Charity Fund ‚Prydunav‘ya‘ and brought together more than 60 experts in the defence and security area.

The established practice of conducting joint patrols with police officers from Romania, the Czech Republic and Greece will be continued.

According to Glushko, the Black Sea Fleet stabilizes the situation in the Mediterranean and further to the south. In the past, the Black Sea Fleet used to cooperate with NATO and the EU in the fight against piracy, but now the alliance has departed from such activities, the Russian permanent representative said.

The two missions took place between May 26 and May 30 as part of US and Romanian bilateral training to improve anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

The USS Porter will support Operation Atlantic Resolve, which covers all US Department of Defense action in Eastern Europe. The ship is also expected to make port calls on the way.

Israeli officials have failed to follow up on testimony by a French tycoon that he gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about one million euros to cover election campaign expenses.

The claim was made by accused fraudster Arnaud Mimran in a Paris court two weeks ago.

In addition to Mimran’s testimony, the judges in Mimran’s trial said there was other evidence proving that Netanyahu was given money, though they did not elaborate.

(15.5.2016) Arnaud Mimran is under investigation for theft, kidnapping and extortion. He was also a close friend and donor of Benjamin Netanyahu’s for years, underwriting the Israeli leader’s family vacations and hosting him in private clubs, according to a joint investigation of Haaretz and the French website Mediapart.

Er verlässt die Redaktion fluchtartig durch das hintere Treppenhaus. All dies geschieht innerhalb von weniger als einer halben Stunde. Der Kollege wird nie wieder in der taz gesehen. In seinem Schreibtisch hinterlässt er Rechercheunterlagen, einen Beutel Traubenzucker und eine Verfassungsschutz-Broschüre mit dem Titel: „Spionage. Sind auch Sie gefährdet?“

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Das Anti-Terror-Gesetz sieht vor, dass der Verfassungsschutz künftig mehr Daten mit ausländischen Geheimdiensten austauschen darf, insbesondere mit „Partnerdiensten in den Nachbarstaaten und darüber hinaus in EU und Nato“.

Ohne Informanten und Verbindungspersonen würden die Ermittlungsbehörden in extremistischen Kreisen oft im Nebel stochern. Es gehört daher zur Praxis, dass Verfassungsschutz und Co. immer wieder Szene-Insider anwerben, um über diese an vertrauliche Informationen über Akteure und Aktionen zu gelangen. Lang ist die Liste der Fälle in der es dann jedoch vor allem erst V-Leute waren, die dank der „Förderung“ durch öffentliche Gelder Netzwerke erst aufbauen.