North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO's newly appointed Secretary General, Mark Rutte, will visit Athens next Tuesday for a meeting with the Greek Prime Minister and government officials.

He is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, and Defense Minister Nikos Dendias.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expected to be in Athens next Tuesday (26/11) to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Greek government officials.

“The flight time of this Russian missile, from its launch in the Astrakhan region to its impact in Dnipro, was 15 minutes,” the HUR intelligence agency stated.

“The missile was equipped with six warheads, each loaded with six submunitions. Its speed in the terminal phase exceeded Mach 11,” the HUR added, noting that the weapon was “likely part of the ‘Kedr’ missile system.”

Romania and Bulgaria may become full members of Europe's borderless Schengen travel zone in January 2025, Hungary said on Friday, adding a final decision would be made at next month's meeting of EU interior ministers.

Russia said on Nov. 22 it had scuppered Kiev's military objectives for 2025 just after President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the West by test-firing a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine.

Putin announced the missile launch in a defiant address late on Nov. 21, saying the conflict in Ukraine had taken on a "global" nature, while hinting at strikes on Western countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening he expected no KFOR reaction after a group of heavily armed members of the so-called Kosovo Police crossed the administrative line between central Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija, but that he expected the US to react.

In an address, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after launching a missile strike on Ukraine, with relations between Russia and the West at a historic low.

The Russian president, following the update of the nuclear doctrine and after warning the West that it would respond in case of escalation, admitted that Russia had struck Ukraine with a medium-range ballistic missile.

In a career spanning over three decades, diplomat John Koenig served in pivotal roles across the globe, including as US ambassador to Cyprus from 2012 to 2015, as well as earlier postings in Belgium, Greece, Indonesia, Italy and the Philippines.

Greece, Italy and Spain have shuttered their embassies in Kyiv following US warnings of potential Russian retaliation for recent Ukrainian strikes inside Russian territory using US-supplied precision missiles.

In a bipartisan letter set to be sent tomorrow, Thursday, to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, a group of American lawmakers will request a classified briefing regarding the alleged presence of Hamas Political Bureau members in Turkey.