LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- European Union defense ministers Friday discussed a possible security force in Kosovo and ways to keep this week's clashes from spreading.

BERLIN, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The German government fears a Democratic U.S. president will increase the pressure on Germany to send more troops into Afghanistan.

LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged European governments Wednesday to keep as a NATO priority troop deployment to Afghanistan.

BERLIN, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Germany will not send more soldiers or allow its troops to be deployed in southern Afghanistan, Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung said Friday.

BERLIN, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- It looks like Germany has succumbed to international pressure and will now send battle forces to Afghanistan.

BERLIN, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Germany is not presenting exit strategies for its stability missions in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Lebanon, despite worsening security in the region. The German public, it seems, will have to get used to several more years of military contributions in the region.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- An end of the German naval mission off the coast of Lebanon is not in sight.

BERLIN, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The European Union should plan to send far more people to Afghanistan to train the military and police, German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said.

BERLIN, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Germany is still heatedly debating tougher security measures roughly two weeks after authorities arrested three terror suspects who planned to carry out massive bombings against U.S. institutions and other targets.