19/02/2024: The European Union decided to launch a naval mission (Aspides = Protektor in Greek) to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Since late 2023, as a result of Houthi attacks on maritime shipping, maritime security in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf has significantly…
(French version below) France and the United Kingdom strengthen military cooperation : A new phase of the Lancaster House Agreement in 2010. French President Emmanuel Macron and the British PM Theresa May announced Thursday, January 18, 2018 a strengthening of Franco-British cooperation in the areas of migration and defense. The United Kingdom has just announced…
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus takes control of the CSeries medium-haul aircraft program of Canadian Bombardier. By this operation Airbus puts 50.01% of the flagship program of the family business in Quebec. A “win-win” operation Airbus shares took 4% on the Paris Stock Exchange. The company that built the medium-haul jet was created in 2016…
From 3 to 14 April 2017 in the Western Mediterranean, 1 000 French soldiers participate in SKRENVIL operational training. This joint exercise between the French Army and the Navy is designed to ensure amphibious deployment procedures. As part of this operational training, an amphibious group is deployed in the Mediterranean. It is composed of the…
Wagner Group Private Military Company Volume 1 Establishment, Purpose, Profile and Historic Relevance 2013-2023 > Autors: Besenyö, Janos – Türke, András István – Szénási, Endre > Publisher: Helion> EUVI/ CERPESC Contribution: Wagner PMC in Africa> 2024 The Wagner Group is symbolic of Russia’s deployment of private military companies (PMCs) to exercise influence in Africa, the Middle…
