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☆ Romania cancels 1.2 bln euro warships deal with France's Naval Group
  + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BUCHAREST, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Romania's defence ministry said late on Tuesday it has cancelled a long-delayed deal to buy four warships from French firm Naval Group after the company and a junior partner failed to meet a deadline to sign a contract. Defence firm Naval Group won the contract to build four Gowind navy corvettes for Romania and renovate two existing frigates for 1.2 billion euros ($1.32 billion) in 2019 in partnership with Romanian company Santierul Naval Constanta. But the deal was held up, first by legal challenges and then by the two companies failing to reach an understanding concerning rising costs. The country, a NATO state since 2004 and EU member since 2007, has ramped up its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP this year in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ($1 = 0.9110 euros)Reporting by Luiza Ilie; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Luiza Ilie, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Naval Group, Defence, Santierul, NATO battlegroup, Thomson Locations: BUCHAREST, Romania, Romanian, Santierul Naval Constanta, NATO, Ukraine, France
☆ Germany ready for permanent brigade presence in NATO member Lithuania
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
"Germany stands by its commitment as a NATO member, as Europe's biggest economy, to stand up for the protection of the eastern flank," Pistorius said during a visit to Vilnius on Monday, without giving a timeline. "Precondition (for the deployment) is that the necessary infrastructure is in place," he told reporters on a visit to Lithuania. Germany already leads NATO's multi-national battlegroup in Lithuania, a reinforced battalion of some 1,000 troops, meant to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank. Beyond this, a German brigade is on stand-by in Germany to rapidly reinforce troops in Lithuania if needed. Vilnius, however, has long demanded the permanent presence of a full German brigade.
Persons: Pistorius, NATO's, Jens Stoltenberg, Sabine Siebold, Matthias Williams, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: NATO, NATO battlegroup, Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, Vilnius, Berlin, Russia
☆ Wagner mutiny shows Moscow's 'big strategic mistake' in attacking Kyiv - NATO
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BRUSSELS, June 26 (Reuters) - The aborted mutiny by Russia's Wagner mercenary group at the weekend demonstrates the weakness of the Russian leadership and the scale of the Kremlin's strategic mistake in waging war on Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Their commander, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was to move to Belarus under the deal mediated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin said. "It demonstrates the fragility the Russian regime but it is not for NATO to intervene in those issues, that's a Russian matter." Stoltenberg said NATO was monitoring the situation in Belarus and, again, condemned Moscow's announcement to deploy nuclear weapons there. He described the drills as a clear message that NATO was ready to defend every inch of allied territory.
Persons: Russia's Wagner, Jens Stoltenberg, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir, Putin, Stoltenberg, that's, groping, Mikhail Mishustin, Putin's, Sabine Siebold, Bart Meijer, Alison Williams, Conor Humphries, Alex Richardson Organizations: NATO, Ukraine, NATO battlegroup, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Rostov, Belarus, Crimea, Lithuania, NATO's
☆ Slovak parliament approves NATO membership for Finland, Sweden
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Sept 27 (Reuters) - Slovakia's parliament on Tuesday ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO, becoming one of the last countries to back the military alliance's expansion. Finland and Sweden sought to join NATO this year in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In the 150-seat parliament, 126 lawmakers supported Finland's entry, and 124 voted in favor of Sweden's membership bid. Hungary's parliament has the motion on Finland and Sweden's NATO membership on its agenda, but no date is set as lawmakers return after a summer recess. Russia, which calls its actions in Ukraine "a special military operation", sees the entry of Finland and Sweden as a destabilising move.
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