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Romania eyes Norwegian F-16s under $513 million deal (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence has asked the country’s lawmakers to approve the purchase of 32 second-hand F-16 fighter jets from Norway under...

Jet ejection seat, breathing system oversight strengthened in defense bill (Rachel S. Cohen, Defense News)

Congress is poised to pass legislation that would demand more oversight of military jet ejection seats and pilot breathing systems, hoping to prevent further...

Saudi Arabia decreases defense spending to $46 billion (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

Saudi Arabia will spend 171 billion riyals (U.S. $46 billion) on its military in 2022, about a 10% decrease from the 2021 defense budget...

European Law Experts Say Hungary’s LGBT Law Breaches International Rights Standards (RFE RL)

A panel of experts of the Council of Europe human rights body has assessed that recent amendments to Hungarian legislation related to sex-education programs...

Serbia Takes ‘Very Important’ Step Forward In EU Accession Process (RFE RL)

Serbia has taken a step toward its goal of joining the EU by opening talks on four policy areas, but European officials warn Belgrade...

Russian Investigative Website Fined For Breaking ‘Foreign Agent’ Law (RFE RL)

A court in Moscow has fined investigative website The Insider for failing to mark its materials as being produced by a "foreign agent," a...

Armenia, Turkey To Appoint Special Envoys In Bid To Normalize Ties (RFE RL)

Neighbors Turkey and Armenia have announced that they will appoint special envoys on mending relations that have been strained for decades. Yerevan and Ankara have...

Belarusian Court Hands Down Harsh Sentences To Tsikhanouski, Losik, Other Activists (RFE RL)

A Belarusian court has delivered verdicts and harsh sentences to a group of bloggers, opposition activists, and the husband of exiled opposition leader Svyatlana...

Russian Supreme Court Resumes Hearing To Close Rights Group Memorial (RFE RL)

Russia's Supreme Court has resumed a hearing into a request by federal prosecutors to shut down one of the post-Soviet world's oldest and most...

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