March 5, 2014 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

Ukraine is also a communications and intelligence war

March 5, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde communication, information 8 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The staging of Western conversations about Ukraine continues. Today, a telephone conversation, apparently held on February 27, between the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs,…

(Credit: EUTM Mali)

Latest news from EU Peacekeeping Missions (PSDC) – February 2014

March 5, 2014 editor2 Brief, EUAM Ukraine, EUBAM Libya, EUCAP Nestor, EUMM Georgia, EUTM Mali, Koulikoro, PeSDC missions, Visit 6 min read

(B2) Koulikoro (Mali). The Balazan battalion at work The Balanzan battalion has begun its eighth week of training at the Koulikoro camp (north of Bamako) and is thus moving up levels…

Yanukovych (3rd center) during a meeting with EU High Representative C. Ashton in January in Kyiv (Credit: EEAS)

[Confidential] 18 Ukrainians blacklisted. Details of the decision and names (v4)

March 5, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Embezzlement, Exclusive, Freezing of funds, Sanctions, Ukraine 5 min read

(BRUSSELS 2 – Exclusive) The European Union today approved, by written procedure, the freezing of assets and the recovery of embezzled public funds. 18 people have been identified as…

[Decryption] Europe promises 11 billion euros over seven years to Ukraine. But not without conditions

March 5, 2014 editor2 European Investment Bank, AT, European Commission, funding, Security forces, Training, instrument of stability, Election observation mission, nuclear, Police, Grants, Projects, Civil protection, Chernobyl, Ukraine 6 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The European Union could offer Ukraine a substantial package of financial aid tomorrow at the European summit, including a combination of grants and loans, worth 11 billion...

[Verbatim] The budget is lacking for European humanitarian aid

March 5, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Humanitarian aid, Budget, Kristalina Georgieva, Lamassoure 1 min read

(B2) Seized by numerous humanitarian organizations on the delays in payments by the European Commission (to which B2 devoted a detailed article in January, read: Humanitarian aid. The…

NATO suspends military cooperation with Russia

March 5, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Chemical Weapons, cooperation, Exclusive, military exercise, Anti-piracy fight, NAC, NATO, Russia, Sanctions, Syria 5 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The extraordinary meeting of NATO ambassadors convened today at the request of Poland under the auspices of Article 4 was quite long, but according to one diplomat,…

[Verbatim] Crimea. Russian aggression. What kyiv asks of Europe (Tarasyuk)

March 5, 2014 B2 Writing Crimea, Special Envoy, European Parliament 3 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) Speaking to the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, the Ukrainian government's special envoy for Crimea, Boris Tarasyuk, described Russia's action as "an intervention...

A merchant ship attacked in the Indian Ocean

March 5, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Brief, Private guards, Warning shots 0 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) A merchant ship was the target of a pirate attack on Monday afternoon (March 3), according to a maritime source. The ship was off Kaambooni, in…

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