Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The 28 Foreign Ministers of the European Union, meeting in Brussels on Monday (March 14), want to commit to continuing to support the new Central African government. The 28 want to call on the international community to increase
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(B2) The 28 Foreign Ministers will "approve", this Monday (March 14), the Crisis Management Concept (CMC) "in view of a CSDP military training mission (EUTM RCA), in order to train
Read(B2) The European Union has decided to blacklist the Ugandan Joseph Kony and his organization the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), of which he is at the same time the commander, the founder and the
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(B2) Eritrea is the second country of origin of asylum seekers in Europe. More than 400.000 Eritreans have fled their country since 2010. In a resolution adopted Thursday, March 10, the European Parliament calls for a series of reforms of the
Read(B2) The European Union decided this Thursday (10 March) to extend for another six months, until 15 September 2016, the restrictive measures (freeze of assets and visa bans) taken against people who
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(B2) What is the situation in Somali waters? What will be the format of the new mandate, the challenges facing the counter-piracy operation in the future? These are a few
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(B2) The meeting on Syria held at the Quai d'Orsay on Friday (4 March) between the Foreign Ministers involved in the international discussion on Syria (group called E3), at the level of the
Read(B2) The government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) has sent a detailed 12-page letter to several member states outlining its needs, in order to keep its southern border under full control. According
Read(B2) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said he was "deeply concerned", this Tuesday (March 8) before the European Parliament, by the agreement between Ankara and the European Union in the night (Read: Crisis of
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(B2) The exceptional European summit held with Turkey on Monday (7 March) was to confirm the November 2015 agreement between “neighbours” to jointly manage the refugee crisis The Europeans wanted to take advantage of this to
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(B2) “Irregular migration along the Western Balkan route must end. This is THE key phrase of the conclusions adopted by the '28' Heads of State and Government of the Union
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(B2) The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday March 2 that significantly increases sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in retaliation for its nuclear tests. It prohibits the
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(B2) Meeting in Paris this Thursday (March 3), in “Normandy” format, the French, German, Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers had a “difficult” discussion, according to Jean-Marc Ayrault who hosted
Read(B2) Contrary to what was announced by some newspapers based on old information (1), the idea of a European mission specifically dedicated to the management of migration in the face of the crisis which is raging, in particular,
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(B2 – exclusive) The Council of Ministers of the EU will decide, "on the basis of a careful review", to extend almost unchanged, for an additional year, until March 6, 2017, the system of sanctions on
Read(B2) The European Union is not preparing to send an EU justice and police mission to Macedonia / Fyrom as announced (a little hastily) this weekend by the INA, the Macedonian Information Agency. This one,
Read(B2) The Court confirmed, this Tuesday (March 1), the validity of the freezing of funds affecting the Iranian oil company. National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for the period from October 16, 2012 until October 16
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(B2) At precisely midnight (Damascus time), on the night of Friday to Saturday, Damascus, Aleppo and other hotspots in Syria fell into an exceptional silence: the weapons stopped. A UN resolution
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(B2) Morocco informed the European Union on Thursday (25 February) officially of the "suspension of all contact with the European institutions, with the exception of expected exchanges" on the decision of the General Court of the EU on the
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