Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The situation in the eastern Mediterranean is easing, with more soothing words in Ankara in favor of dialogue as in Athens. The organization of the European summit, opportunely postponed to next week due to a
Read(B2) After the powerpoint battle, it is now through different versions of the agreement on the future relationship that the United Kingdom and the European Union clash. The European Commission has published its version
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(B2) Recently published: United Kingdom. The 27 adopt their negotiating position on the future relationship On the informal agenda Defense in Zagreb: the '27' in search of a strategic compass Six special representatives
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(B2 – exclusive) The proposal to increase the EU Satellite Center (SatCen) budget for 2020 by 4,9% was met with a UK veto on Tuesday (19 November). The British representative on the Board had
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(B2) EU Ministers should decide on the renewal of support to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide it with images and analysis from the Satellite Centre. A decision that responds to
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(B2) There is a great risk that "this unique capability that constitutes the SatCen will be out of step with the EU's level of ambition in terms of security and defense and the desire for strategic autonomy
Read(B2) Recently released: Germany requests a NATO call to discuss the situation in Syria Defense procurement. Five States caught in the act of not respecting the directive (V2)
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(B2) The Union Satellite Center (SatCen) budget will not increase as expected, or hoped, in 2018, B2 has learned. A proposal had, in fact, been made by the European authorities to the board of directors
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(B2) The European Union should resume its delivery of satellite images to the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW/OPCW). The EU Council of Ministers should, according to our information, approve soon (December or rather January 2018)
Read(B2) Recently published: A Portuguese will take the helm of EUTM RCA The PESCO “playlist”. In preview EULEX Kosovo protests against the indictment of its judges Can Europe continue to finance
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(B2) Meeting in Brussels on Thursday (18 May), the Ministers of Defense of the 28 drew up a list of the tasks which remained to be accomplished and thus gave a mandate to Federica Mogherini to
Read(B2) Recently published: The Fifth Republic changes. Power passes to Parliament? (blog) Train without equipping! It's like pouring water without a glass (blog) The US army sets up its HQ for the operation
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(B2 in Madrid) To accomplish its mission, SatCen relies mainly on satellite images, ordered from commercial or military suppliers, or even from the European Union's Copernicus satellites. The Center has, in fact, the
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(B2) Located in Madrid, within the air base of Torrejón de Ardoz, a former American military base, the European Union Satellite Center is one of the lesser known agencies of the European Union. His action, well
Read(B2) Created in 2001, the Satellite Center, located in Torrejón de Ardoz (Spain), took over from the WEU Satellite Center. The Center thus provided images for the United Nations mission
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