The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Bratislava - Slovakia supports Turkey's membership bid for the European Union and thinks the country is on track to fulfilling accession criteria, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said Monday. He was speaking after meeting with his Turkish counterpar...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Claus Christian Malzahn: Afghanistan and Pakistan are being shaken by attacks, and the Taliban is dictating the course of the war. US President Obama has been silent about the situation for far too long and European countries like Germany and France are correct to demand better American leadership on the issue of Afghanistan. The most important piece of news from the most recent meeting of NATO defense...
Wandering the World (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Here are a few photos of the weird and wacky things we saw in Europe during late June and early July of 2009. In Vienna this guy was busy trying to feed his little robot family. I knew that Ontario’s Highway 11 was the longest street in the world but I didn’t know it went all the way to Hungary! Krakow: Can you imagine trying to buy a hat for this guy? When I rule the world the guy who...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Bratislava - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico signaled Wednesday that his country would not seek an exemption from a part of the European Union's reform Lisbon Treaty at the bloc's summit this week. In an apparent reversal of his earlier stance, Fic...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Bratislava - As the European Union prepares later this week to deal with environmental issues at a summit in Brussels, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Wednesday appointed Jozef Medved as his country's new environment minister. Medved, 59, a unive...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
By Pavol Stracansky http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ27Df01.html BRATISLAVA - Corruption, doubts over Afghan leadership and faltering public support have emerged as the main stumbling blocks to a demand for more North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Afghanistan. NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, had wanted NATO defense ministers meeting in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava...
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
voanews.com | Oct 23, 2009 By Al Pessin The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan says more foreign troops are needed to help secure the country, and to train its army and police forces. The envoy, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide, spoke to reporters at a NATO defense ministers meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, Friday. U.N. Special Envoy Kai Eide [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding on a shift in war strategy.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA -- NATO defense ministers on Friday gave their backing to the counterinsurgency strategy advanced by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and allied commander in Afghanistan.
The Eagle World (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled yesterday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, plans to address NATO defense ministers Friday about the next steps for the military strategy. The NATO meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, comes as the United States wraps up a review of its own military strategy in Afghanistan. "As has been said in Washington, I think the analytical phase is coming to an end and probably over the next...
The Torch (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Talk about, er, dithering: 1) Obama: Troop Decision Possible Before Afghan Runoff U.S. President Barack Obama says he may make a decision on a revised Afghan strategy before that country's runoff presidential election on November 7. But Mr. Obama also says an announcement may wait until after the votes are in. The president makes clear he believes the situation in Afghanistan is still fluid... 2) NATO...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Seyran Ohanyan left for Slovakian capital to participate in Defense Ministers' meeting in IDAF format.
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2009 -- Newswire services this morning reported that NATO defense ministers Friday endorsed the kind of broad counterinsurgency approach for Afghanistan that is the basis for the pending troop request by the NATO and the U.S. commander there, General Stanley McChrystal. The ministers, including U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, are meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia....
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