Today officially confirmed Montenegro's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Podgorica finally sealed their long-standing efforts for membership. Montenegro became the 29th member of NATO. It has been a decade since the last state has been accepted to the Covenant - Montenegro on June 5th has closed period. This is an important strategic move for the Pact, which allows you to extend its influence in the Balkans - a region still located in the area of ​​interest of the Kremlin.

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Washington confirmed the implementation of the arms contract with Saudi Arabia, whose value is expected to be $1.4 billion. US sold Saudi Arabia military equipment and exercises. The contract was signed by the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump during his visit to Riyadh May 20th, during his first foreign trip after taking office. Washington's lawmakers still have 30 days to block the entry into force of the contract, but the State Department’s decision is an important step towards achieving a record of transactions between the two allies. The US Administration and Saudi Arabia announced, moreover, that this is only "the beginning of" a series of major arms contracts between them. Media reported on contracts, considered in the longer term, having a value of $350 billion.

 

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Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of backing Iran and Islamist groups, a similar view held by Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Egypt as a timeline ranging from 48 hours up to two weeks has been given to Qatari nationals/diplomats, to vacate each state. Qatar claims there is no premise on which the claims are supported while the United States encourages a ‘sit-down’ in order to discuss the issue(s). Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke from Sydney that “If there's any role that we can play in terms of helping them address those, we think it is important that the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) remain united.”

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Projekt „Rozwój i komercjalizacja produktu INFO GLOBE 2.0” jest współfinansowany przez Unię Europejską ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego w ramach Regionalnego Programu Operacyjnego Województwa Mazowieckiego na lata 2014-2020 (RPO WM 2014-2020)

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On Monday, North Korea fires four ballistic missiles. Three of them fell into the sea in the exclusive economic zone of Japan. So far nothing is known about the type of missiles. South Korean General Staff of the armed forces, said that the rockets were fired from the satellite station Seohane in the province of North Pyongyang. Fired missiles did not cause any loss. In order to ensure security in the region, the US forces are working closely with South Korea and Japan.

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European Union member states has adopted an agreement liberalizing the visa regime for citizens of Georgia. The Regulation will enter into force 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. In March 2016, the European Commission decided that Georgia fulfills all the conditions to abolish visa regime. However, due to fear of an increase of immigration, the decision was delayed.                                                                                                                                                                                             

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The European Union decided to extend the sanctions imposed on Belarus until February 28, 2018. Restriction includes an arms embargo and travel ban against four people who are suspected for persecution of opposition politicians. On February 15, 2016, the Council stated that the policy towards Belarus will mainly depend on the action which Belarus will take to respect rule of law and human rights.                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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President Donald Trump proposed to increase military spending by $54 bilion. This will be possible thanks to the reduction of quotas on nonmilitary programs, including foreign aid and the activities of the Environmental Protection Agency. At the meeting in the White House, Trump said that he intends to rebuild depleted US forces. There will bo no changes in middle-class social programs such as Social Security and Medicare.                                                                                                                                                                         

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Former Hong Kong leader, Donald Tsang was sentenced to 20 months in jail for misconduct in public area. Judge, Andrew Chan said, that in his judicial career he has never seen a man fallen from so high. 72-year-old Tsang, Executive Chief of Hong Kong in 2005-2012, is the highest-ranking officer, who stood before the court in a case involving corruption. Originally, the judge was going to give Tsang 30 months of jail but he reduced judgement, because of his proper impact to Hong Kong.

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Ilham Aliyev, has appointed his wife Mehriban Aliyeva as a first vice president after constitutional referendum in September. Mehriban established, in 2004, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation which is the largest non-governmental organization. Azerbaijan has been controlled by Aliyev family since five decades. This move is seen as a part of strategy to strenghten the control over the country, observers indicate that in Azerbaijan elections were not fair.                                                                                                           

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