Polish firm updates Mi-24 for Senegal

Poland’s Lodz-based WZL-1 (Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A. (Military Aviation Works No. 1) has completed the modernisation, conducts maintenance, repair, overhaul of a Mil Mi-24V (6W-HCA) attack helicopter for the Senegal Air Force. The secondhand rotorcraft is understood to have been acquired from a former Soviet-era operator.  Acceptance flights were conducted on 12 January…

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Declaration by the HR on behalf of the EU concerning the political situation in the RC following the presidential election

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU concerning the political situation in the Republic of the Congo following the presidential election 07/04/2016 14:05 Press release 170/16 Foreign affairs & international relations On 4 April the Constitutional Court confirmed the result of the presidential election in Congo. The fact that many opposition candidates stood…

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Denmark pays (also) disability benefits for ISIS fighters

The Danish government is paying sickness and disability benefits to Danish citizens fighting in Syria for Islamic State. The PET (Danish Security and Intelligence Service) has identified 28 jihadis, Danish citizens fighting in Syria since 2014, who had been granted an early pension, or ‘førtidspension’, because they were judged too sick or disabled to work,…

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