TALLINN, Estonia Former Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic arrived in Estonia on Friday (June 26th) to serve his 35-year sentence for war crimes committed in Croatia between 1991 and 1994, local authorities said. His transfer was arranged under an agreement between the Estonian government and the UN. He is to …

Nato and Russia have agreed to resume military ties in their first high-level meeting since Russia’s war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago. Nato’s outgoing secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, announced that the so-called Nato-Russia Council, a panel set up in 2002 to improve ties between the former …

Russia has begun war games in its North Caucasus region neighbouring Georgia, in a warning to foes that the military remains on standby for any new conflict in the area. Dubbed Caucasus 2009, the week-long exercises that began on Monday are just north of the border where Russia and Georgia …