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30 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (L) shakes hands with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala during their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. Photo: -/YNA/dpa.

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NATO SUMMIT

NATO leaders focus on terrorism on last day of summit in Madrid

The Nomad Today 6/30/22

On Wednesday NATO announced it would overhaul deployments in Eastern Europe, with more than 300,000 soldiers to be placed on high alert

29 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: NATO Secretary-General Jeans Stoltenberg makes remarks upon his arrival at the Nato summit in Madrid. The heads of state and governments of the 30 alliance states are to make decisions on the implementation of the "Nato 2030" reform agenda at the two-day summit. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

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MADRID NATO SUMMIT

Stoltenberg: New NATO security doctrine to address China 'challenge'

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/29/22

"I expect that allies will agree that China poses or is a challenge to our values, to our interests, and to our security," Stoltenberg said, arriving at the summit on a…

HANDOUT - 28 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: (L-R) Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde pose for a picture after signing a memorandum of joining of these Nordic countries to the defense alliance. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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MADRID NATO SUMMIT

NATO to agree biggest defence policy changes since end of Cold War

The Nomad Today 6/29/22

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has "made even clearer" how important NATO is for the future, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at the start of the summit

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NATO SUMMIT

Finland, Sweden will 'eventually' join NATO, says Spain's PM

The Nomad Today 6/28/22

Speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Sanchez said "if it's not now, it will be later, but eventually they will join the Atlantic alliance"

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NATO SUMMIT

Turkish veto on new NATO members overshadowing start of Madrid summit

The Nomad Today 6/28/22

Erdoğan charges Sweden and Finland with backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the YPG, a Kurdish militia based in Syria, both of which Ankara classifies as terrorist groups

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NATO SUMMIT

Anti-NATO protest in Madrid ahead of summit this week

The Nomad Today 6/26/22

The demonstrators called for NATO to be dissolved and for military bases maintained by the United States in Spain to be closed

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Madrid to become a 'fortress' during NATO summit

The Nomad Today 6/17/22

The government will call on the people of Madrid to work from home if possible and to take no unnecessary trips

17 June 2022, Australia, Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP/dpa.

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Australia's Albanese confirms he will attend NATO summit in Madrid

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/17/22

Albanese stressed that his main reason for attending the NATO summit was that Australia was making a greater contribution to Ukraine's efforts to defend itself from the ongoing Russian…

Spain's Pablo Sarabia fight for the ball with a rival during the match against the Czech Republic. Photo: @SeFutbol/Twitter.

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NATIONS LEAGUE

Spain comfortably beat Czech Republic and climb to group summit

The Nomad Today 6/13/22

A second consecutive win moved them onto eight points, one ahead of Portugal

23 March 2022, Belgium, Steenokkerzeel: Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (L) welcomes US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at the military airport in Melsbroek. Biden is to discuss the conflict in Ukraine with EU leaders at a summit on Thursday, following a meeting of NATO leaders Photo: Benoit Doppagne/BELGA/dpa.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Biden joins NATO, EU leaders in show of unity against Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/24/22

The question of a fifth round of sanctions on Russia divides the EU: Germany and the Netherlands are among those who want a pause to review the four rounds already adopted., but Poland and the…

FILED - 14 April 2021, Belgium, Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during a press conference after their meeting at the NATO headquarters. Blinken spoke with Stoltenberg to discuss ongoing efforts to fortify NATO's eastern flank and preparations for Thursday's extraordinary NATO summit. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

NATO deploys four battle groups to eastern flank amid Russian threat

The Nomad Today 3/23/22

"We will have eight multinational NATO battle groups all along the eastern flank from the Baltic to the Black Sea," Stoltenberg said ahead of an extraordinary NATO summit

FILED - 30 September 2019, France, Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron greets Russian President Vladimir Putin before the funeral service of former French President Jacques Chirac at the Saint Sulpice de la Madeleine Church. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia's Putin plans to attend G20 summit in Indonesia

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/23/22

Indonesia, which holds this year's G20 rotating presidency, did not think the war in Ukraine should be discussed at the summit

11 March 2022, France, Versailles: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) speaks to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) at the start of the second day of the EU Summit, where the heads of states and governments of the EU are meeting to discuss the current developments after the Russian attack on Ukraine. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

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INFORMAL MEETING

Ban on Russian energy imports divides EU leaders at Versailles summit

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/11/22

Ukraine's hopes for quick entry to the European Union were dealt a fresh blow at the start of the summit, with the leaders of Germany and the Netherlands among those to dismiss them as unrealistic…

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Vox's far-right summit blast Russia for taking Europe to brink of war

The Nomad Today 1/30/22

The conference was hosted by Santiago Abascal and attended by the heads of government of Poland and Hungary, Mateusz Morawiecki and Viktor Orban , as well as French presidential candidate Marine…