Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Recently released: Five pirates arrested by Siroco finally released. 8 others still in detention EU aid to Ukraine: not terribly effective Arms control: the agreement is not quite
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(B2) The European Court of Auditors has just examined European Union aid to Ukraine from 2007 to 2015. The result is not great! The aid "has had a limited impact" in
Read(B2) The statement by British Tory MEP (rapporteur on the arms control directive) Vicky Ford announcing on Monday evening (5 December) an "agreement in principle" on the key issues of the directive
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(B2) General Peter Devogelaere, commander of the Light Brigade, will head the European Training Mission in Mali (EUTM). He relieves his compatriot, Brigadier General Eric Harvent. The ceremony of
Read(B2 – exclusive) The extension of the “sanctions against Russian actions aimed at destabilizing Ukraine” mechanism is being drafted. The High Representative has put groups on the table
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(B2) The (normally) last meeting of the year of the EU Foreign Ministers (FAC), on December 12, is not really overloaded with complicated subjects. A point on Syria has been added to
Read(B2) Recently published: The EU and NATO want to define the markers of a renewed cooperation. Objective: to overcome the ghosts of the past Sea Guardian: a limited-scale operation (blog) EUTM Mali's priorities: re-training,
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(B2) Cooperation between the EU and NATO is moving "from the stage of declarations to that of concrete actions", Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, has just affirmed at the end of a first meeting ministers
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(B2) After forming eight army battalions, EUTM Mali has begun its turn. The commander of the European mission, the Belgian general Eric Harvent, details for B2 the various developments. On the menu: the
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(B2) Officially, this item is not on the agenda of the meeting of Alliance Foreign Ministers on 6 and 7 December in Brussels. But the situation in Türkiye, like the
Read(B2) The meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 (December), could be a meeting of medium intensity, with only one essential point: EU-NATO relations. In fact, the subjects
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(B2) Together with its defense action plan, the European Commission has published its report assessing the two directives of the defense package — public procurement (2009/81) and transfers of defense goods (2009/43). This
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(B2 – exclusive) EU ministers are expected to decide to extend the Somali army training mission EUTM Somalia until 31 December 2018. A decision that falls within the watermark of the extension of
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(B2) After quite a long discussion, Member States agreed in 2015 to introduce a permanent VAT exemption for projects and programs carried out within the European
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(B2) A few weeks before the presidential elections in the DRC Congo, the European Union is preparing targeted sanctions (freeze of assets and/or visa ban) against several officials in the country. “The Council will decide in the
Read(B2) Recently published: Freeze of funds confirmed for an old friend of Putin, the businessman Arkadi Rotenberg A special Prosecutor is needed for Syria! We must say stop to criminals (Ana Gomes)
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(B2) The General Court of the European Union confirmed this Wednesday (November 30) the freezing of the assets of the Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg for the period 2015-2016. On the other hand, he considered that the measure taken for the
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(B2) The EU court confirmed on Wednesday (30 November) the validity of the sanctions imposed on Bank Refah Kargaran, which has been blacklisted by the EU since 2010 and their assets frozen. A stop
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(B2) The defense action plan presented by the European Commission on Wednesday 30 November (read: Funds for defence, key elements of the European Commission's action plan) was generally well
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