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Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing hospital officials, Reuters and AFP reported.…

Social-democratic sources say that the relationship between PSD leader Liviu Dragnea and Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu is frozen, following Dragnea’s attempt to reshuffle the government and Grindeanu’s refusal. According to adevarul.ro,…

Britain has triggered its exit from the European Union on Wednesday with the formal delivery of a letter invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon. The country will remain a member of the bloc during the two-year exit process. Notice…

Russia views Romania as a NATO outpost and as a threat due to it hosting elements of a U.S. anti-missile shield (in Deveselu, Olt County – our note), the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing a Russian foreign ministry official.…

Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, died on Friday, his brother announced at the Cuban state television. He was 90. "The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening…

NATO will continue increasing its presence in Southeastern Europe as Russia remains a serious security challenge for the block, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in his annual report presented in Brussels on Thursday. "We have…

Soldiers from Italy, Spain and the US Army ground forces will be parachuted on Wednesday, August 26, starting 14.00h, in military shooring range of Smardan, Galati County. This airborne assault is part of the multinational exercise Swift…

The US said Tuesday it has launched the biggest allied airborne drills in Europe since the Cold War ended, as fighting involving pro-Russian separatists escalated in eastern Ukraine, The Telegraph reports. Nearly 5,000 soldiers from 11…

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev accuses the United States of drawing Russia into a new Cold War and says he fears hostilities could escalate into armed conflict, channelnewsasia.com informs. The last Soviet leader Mikhail…