Central Europe Socialists reject U.S. missile shield
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Central European Social Democrat parties rejected on Thursday a U.S. plan to build part of its missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, saying it threatened to bring about a new arms race.
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MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG  - Russia said on Saturday its offer to the United States of joint use of a radar it controls in Azerbaijan made a planned American missile shield in central Europe unnecessary.
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warns plans for a European anti-missile system in the Czech Republic and Poland may trigger a new arms race.Comment
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Russia said on Saturday  its offer to the United States of joint use of a radar it  controls in Azerbaijan made a planned American missile shield  in central Europe unnecessary.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad region bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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MOSCOW: Poland and the Czech Republic risk being the targets of Russian missiles if they agree to provide sites for a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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A number of top U.S-based physicists have concluded the United States used inaccurate claims to reassure NATO allies about U.S. missile defense plans in Eastern Europe
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BUDAPEST, Feb 19 (IPS) - The arguments put forward by the United States to   justify its project for a missile defence  base in Eastern  Europe are becoming less and less convincing to public  opinion  and experts  of the countries involved.
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Czech and Polish leaders back a US plan to install missile defence facilities on their territory.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is unlikely to sign a deal with the United States on hosting a US anti-missile system when he visits Washington next month, Defence Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Saturday.
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MUNICH -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday came out against a German proposal that would create a trans-Atlantic rival to NATO to coordinate and develop policy among alliance nations.
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PRAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defence  system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make  the world unstable, says Philip Coyle, senior advisor to the  independent Centre for Defence Information in Washington, and  expert on worldwide military research, defence and security  policy.
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Polish officials preparing to greet President George W. Bush on Friday said they doubted a surprise Russian counter-proposal would dissuade Washington from plans to site parts of a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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WARSAW -- Poland's new government is threatening to put the brakes on the Pentagon's drive to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, insisting that the project cannot go forward unless the country receives a big increase in U.S. military aid and other commitments.
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Â· Bush 'apeing Soviet Union with missile shield' planÂ· Tactic may scare off EU states from hosting bases
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The European Union rejected a request by the United States to eliminate public subsidies for the aerospace groups Airbus and Boeing.