Preben Aamenn, the official representative of the Chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk, reported on 20 July that Estonia will take the chair of co-presiding over the EU Council instead of the UK, leaving the union, reports RT.

The package of the NATO comprehensive assistance for Ukraine, which will be approved at the Warsaw Summit of the Alliance, will cover forty new areas of cooperation, - announced the Acting Head of the Ukraine Mission to NATO Yehor Bozhok, reports Ukrinform.

Possible deployment of "Iskanders" in the Kaliningrad region will be a serious response to the actions of NATO in Europe, stated the Russian Ambassador in Vilnius Alexander Udaltsov.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves considers close relations with Poland as one of foreign policy goals of Estonia.

A referendum of Great Britain on leaving the EU opens new opportunities for Ukraine, considers the Speaker of the Polish Sejm.

On 1 June rocket "Antares”, the first stage of which is designed by the Ukrainian CB “South”, passed ground tests at the Space Station on Wallops Island (USA). This is the first major success of the rocket in a year and a half - after the explosion on 28 October 2014 in a few seconds after the start. The rocket was designed by the US company Orbital Sciences Corporation to deliver cargo weighing up to 6800 kg to the space station. And the first stage for Antares was developed by Ukrainians.

German authorities have amended the so-called "White Paper" (Guide for pursuing national security policy of the country), reported Die Welt. Russia is now not a partner for the Federal Republic of Germany, but a rival, the document says.

Turkish President Rejep Tayjip Erdogan said that Russia is allegedly supplying weapons to the banned in Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reports the newspaper Star.

The initiative on admitting Montenegro in NATO is fraught with the increased degree of tension on the continent, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the president. On the eve of the meeting foreign ministers of the NATO member states signed a protocol on the accession of Montenegro.

"The Russian military planes flew without transferring reference identification codes and did not enter into communication with the regional centre for air traffic control", - noted the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom.

It is planned that the base will start operating in April 2018.

On Saturday, 7 May, border guards of the Lithuanian town Druskininkai denied entry to Lithuania for three motor-cyclists from Russia, reported Delfi.lt.

Political decision on liberalizing visa regime with Ukraine and Georgia is taken, as the countries adhere to the necessary criteria.

The US and Israel have imposed a ban on the supply of UAVs to Russia. As it became known, the administration of the White House reacted very negatively to the possible deal between Russia and Israel on the supply of UAVs of military purpose, leading to the repeal of the deal, writes https://www.flightglobal.com/.

To no avail ended in Doha, Qatar, a meeting of oil-producing countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, initiated at the ministerial level by Russia and Saudi Arabia.

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.