Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Sina Bank has again been cleared by the General Court of the European Union. In the ruling handed down on October 18, the Luxembourg judges annulled the freezing of funds affecting the Iranian bank, considering that the
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(B2) The holding of elections in the DRC in 2006 marked the end of the transition process and enabled the formation of a government in 2007. In September 2006, the EU foreign ministers indicated
Read(B2) This mission is part of the international community's effort to stabilize Afghanistan. An objective, reaffirmed in London on January 31, 2006, within the framework of the "Pact for Afghanistan" to "succeed in putting in place
Read(B2) Created within the framework of the EU program for Iraq presented in November 2004, the European ESDP mission in Iraq pursues a dual objective, external and internal. First of all, it's about helping
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(B2) As an international coalition launches a military operation in Libya, under the aegis of the United Nations, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) calls on the European Union to initiate a humanitarian support operation . The operation
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(B2) Tensions in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) between Macedonians and Albanians, fueled by UCK rebels crossing the Kosovo border, raised fears in the early 2000s of
Read(B2) Three businessmen close to Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime — Mahammad Hamcho, Aiman Jaber and Khaled Kaddour — have had their assets frozen and their visa ban upheld
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(B2 at NATO headquarters) The Atlantic Alliance officially endorsed, this Thursday (October 27), the launch of a new operation in the Mediterranean, called Sea Guardian. This operation takes over from the Active Endeavor operation launched
Read(B2) In line with the Council of Foreign Ministers (October 17) and the European Council (October 20), the Council of the EU decided this Thursday (October 27) to add ten names
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(B2) The development of a forward presence in the East of the Alliance is about to take place, at the beginning of 2017, with four battalions prepositioned in each of the Baltic republics and in Poland. On the other hand, he
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(B2) Only a few weeks before the closure of the EUPOL Afghanistan police mission, we are beginning to see a little more clearly about the future of the European presence in the country. A team
Read(B2) EUNAVFOR Atalanta, launched in December 2008, is the first naval air operation of the European Union carried out within the framework of the CSDP (1). Born of a Franco-Spanish initiative, it aims to respond to the resurgence of
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(B2) Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, more than four million Syrians have sought refuge in neighboring countries and 12 million are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance inside Syrian territory. In front of
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(B2) The Heads of State and Government of the European Union tightened, this Thursday (20 October), the European language on the role played by Russia in the Syrian conflict. The conclusions prepared by the
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(B2) While the offensive to retake Mosul is on everyone's mind, the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is on the move in Europe where he is having more meetings. In Brussels to meet the head of the
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(B2) Prime Minister Mark Rutte could come and present, on Thursday (20 October), before his European counterparts, meeting in Brussels, two options for breaking the deadlock that arose on 6 April last from the Dutch's refusal to
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(B2) Behind the vigorous 'No' delivered by Michael Fallon to an impossible European army (read: Strengthening defence? The Europeans are divided on the means and the level of ambition) also hides a
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(B2) The question of how to condemn Russia's role in Syria was at the heart of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday (17 October). Some
Read(B2) Triggered by a Lithuanian initiative, this mission intends to support the process of democratic transition under way in Georgia. The "rose" revolution of 2003 indeed led to the departure of the historic leader of the former republic
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