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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10433
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) nato/kosovo

700 German and Austrian soldiers deployed

Brussels, 03/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - NATO is to increase its presence in Kosovo after last week's violence around the border with Serbia. “I can confirm that the activation order for the use of the KFOR operational reserve was issued today”, said NATO spokesperson Carmen Romero on Tuesday 2 August. The NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR), which currently consists of nearly 6300 soldiers from 31 States (23 of which are NATO members) will see its presence increased in the next few days, by...