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US carrier strike group enters Mediterranean
A US Navy carrier strike group, headed by Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman, has begun an operation in the Mediterranean Sea, the US Navy’s press service reported.
The operation is being held “to continue supporting NATO allies, European and African partner states, coalition partners and national security interests of the US and Europe in Africa”.
According to US Sixth Fleet Commander Lisa Franchetti, the group will practice “the full scope of naval operations” during its stay in …
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Estonia begins largest naval exercises in its history
The Mere-Siil (Sea Urchin) 2018 naval exercises, the largest in the history of Estonia began in Tallinn’s Mine Harbor. According to the press service of the Estonian Defense Forces Command, the activities of the naval command structures will be worked out and the reservists will undergo training during these exercises.
Navy Commander Captain Yuri Saska explained that navy training on such a large scale had not been conducted for twenty-five years. He said that it would start with gathering and …
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Iran threatens to restore uranium enrichment
Iran would to restore uranium enrichment if Europe supports US sanctions, stated the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview for Der Spiegel.
Zarif claims that the European Union did not respond appropriately to the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement.
“Europeans and other signatories must act to compensate for the consequences of US sanctions,” he said and stressed that first of all this concerns the banking system and oil business.
In the event of a violation of …
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Poland rejects European Commission demands to revise judicial reform
Polish authorities do not intend to comply with the demands of the European Commission to revise judicial reform, reported the press service of the Polish Foreign Ministry.
The Ministry noted that "in accordance with the EU agreements, justice is within the jurisdiction of the EU member countries themselves." At the same time, the ministry stressed that the law on the Supreme Court is aimed at combating corruption. "If the European Commission still has some doubts, it can file a complaint to …
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Condoleezza Rice: Putin has very smartly hidden his assets
The US needs international assistance to find the secret assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her speech at the forum of the Yalta European Strategy (YES), Evropeyska Pravda reports.
“Of course, this problem did not arise at the time when we were in power but I would venture to suggest that finding these secret assets [of Vladimir Putin] will be more difficult than it seems. The fact is that Putin is smart and he has very smartly …