Hot Topics
AA: Hamas: Shalit won't be freed until Israel accepts our demands 12/14/09
AA: USA, Russia Join Forces in the Fight Against Cyber Crime 12/15/09
AL: Berisha re-elected as Democratic Party leader 12/15/09
DK: Danish Police Arrest Hundreds in Climate Protests 12/16/09
IL: Israel protests threat of UK war crime prosecution 12/15/09
IL: Israel seals Gaza borders 12/11/09
IL: Israel Should Hold Its Fire on Iran 12/15/09
IL: Israeli security forces wrestle over settler policing 12/13/09
RS: Dačić: Serbia loyal partner to China 12/11/09
RS: Serbia to apply for EU candidacy after consulting European institutions 12/15/09
RU: Armenia gas supplies from Russia stopped by ‘bomb' 12/13/09
UA: Ukraine asks IMF for $2bn emergency loan 12/11/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: OSCE representatives monitor contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 12/15/09
AA: Turkey condemns attack on West Bank mosque 12/14/09
BG: Thugs rob $1.6 mln in four attacks in Bulgaria 12/14/09
IL: Bomb-toting Palestinians arrested at checkpoint 12/14/09
IL: Israeli PM condemns West Bank mosque attack 12/12/09
RS: Serbian officials receive death threats 12/13/09
Special Operations
HR: Iraqi security forces complete training in Croatia 12/11/09
IL: Israel geared up for war 12/12/09
IL: Spymaster sees Israel as world cyberwar leader 12/15/09
Security Forces
AA: Iran, Turkey fight PKK militants 12/11/09
AA: Pilot of impounded plane claims cargo destined for Ukraine 12/13/09
AA: US, Poland status of forces pact deepens military cooperation 12/11/09
AZ: Azerbaijan: Commander of Air and Defense Force appointed 12/14/09
HR: New customs police to fight smuggling 12/14/09
IL: Israeli forces sieze 18 Palestinians in raids 12/16/09
IL: Israel's Home Front Command simulates CBRN strike 12/15/09
UK: Beat officers ‘prevented terror attack by stopping suspicious tourist' 12/16/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Baltic Defence Ministers sign cooperation communiqué in Riga 12/14/09
AA: Police of Serbia and Bulgaria strengthening cooperation against crime 12/15/09
AA: South Caucasus countries try to resolve their own security issues 12/14/09
AA: Turkey, Croatia agree to join forces for Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/13/09
AZ: Forum of Left Forces of Azerbaijan postponed for January or February 12/15/09
DE: German minister fights back over Afghan air strike 12/14/09
IL: Israel ‘committed' to Ghajar withdrawal – UNIFIL 12/14/09
IL: Israel: Turkey's hostility is ‘strategic' move 12/12/09
NL: ICJ Kosovo UDI case hearing ends 12/11/09
RU: Russia Removes Constitutional Constraints on Military Intervention Abroad 12/14/09
RU: Russian MP: Turkey should act jointly with Russia, not US in Karabakh issue 12/14/09
Crime
AM: Former employee of Armenia's Defense Ministry charged with espionage 12/15/09
BA: Bosnian ex-officer arrested over war crimes against Bosnian Croats 12/15/09
BG: Bulgaria Prosecutors Bring Charges against Top Crime Group 12/15/09
CY: Thieves steal Cyprus ex-president's body from grave 12/11/09
RS: The Belgrade Six – Serbian Anarchists Arrested for ‘International Terrorism' 12/15/09