Brussels / AFP NATO foreign ministers met on Thursday to finalise the alliance’s biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter what they see as a more aggressive and unpredictable Russia. At a Warsaw summit in July, NATO leaders will sign-off on the revamp which puts more troops into east European member states as part …

  MOSCOW / AP A Russian artist known for his radical politically-charged performances has been convicted of vandalism in a pro-Ukraine protest and sentenced to 16 months in prison. The court, however, lifted the punishment for Pyotr Pavlensky in Thursday’s ruling on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired for his pro-Ukraine protest in 2014. Pavlensky and a …

  PRISTINA / AP Kosovo prosecutors have charged 14 persons of forming a criminal gang that also allegedly has funded terrorist activities. The special prosecutors’ office said in a statement on Thursday that seven of the 14 have also been accused of money laundry and funding terrorist activities. The charges did not explain how the group had channeled money into …