Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(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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(B2) The two Ministers of Defense, Belgian and Dutch, Steven Vandeput and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on Wednesday (November 30) affixed their signatures to a letter of intent to replace their multipurpose frigates and minesweepers
Read(B2) Recently published: Defense package. Commission pursues infringement proceedings (exclusive) Two recommendations to better enforce domestic rules on transfer of defense assets Funds for defense key to plan
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(B2 – exclusive) The European Commission remains determined to ensure the application of the package of defense directives adopted in 2008/2009 (defence procurement and transfers of defense goods). “We are in constant dialogue
Read(B2) The European Commission adopted, on Wednesday (30 November), together with its defense action plan, two recommendations on the application of Directive 2009/43 on the transfer of defense goods to
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(B2) The European Commission is presenting this Wednesday (30 November) its "European Defense Action Plan" (EDAP) which announces as a key element the creation not of a European Defense Fund
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(B2) Europeans must get involved in the "reconstruction of Syria." Who else can do it? There is no doubt about it for the UN's special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura. While the rumor of his resignation
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(B2) Between the idea of having a determined vanguard nucleus — which was all the same the initial objective of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PSC) — and the need to take into account the will of most
Read(B2) A national authority may very well refuse entry to a foreign student-researcher on its territory if it considers that this student will use "for abusive purposes" the skills acquired during his stay.
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