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EDITORIAL WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNT FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

By admin / October 23, 2019

November 9, 2019 will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - an event that signaled...

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY The comedian who took centre stage

By admin / October 23, 2019

Volodymyr Zelensky, star of the TV series “The Servant of the People”, in which he played the role of a...

BEWARE OF RUSSIANS BEARING GIFTS

By admin / October 23, 2019

Is Russia’s investment bank a Trojan Horse? According to Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, written between 29 and 19 BCE,...

VENEZUELA TO FACE MORE EUROPEAN SANCTIONS

By admin / October 23, 2019

EU has decided to apply additional targeted measures against seven members of the security and intelligence forces of Venezuela The...

Lab explosion In SIBERIA causes fear of deadly disease

By admin / October 23, 2019

GENIES, BOTTLES AND BLASTS - Keeping the jinn confined - or not According to the Holy Qur’an, the Jinn are...

WALLS CAST LONG SHADOWS 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

By admin / October 23, 2019

The American poet Robert Frost, perhaps best remembered for his evocative poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, also...

NORWAY VIOLATED MOTHER’S RIGHTS THROUGH FORCED ADOPTION

By admin / October 23, 2019

Lack of Norwegian court oversight allows the removal of a child from its mother At what point does the removal...

PORTUGAL CONVICTED OF VIOLATING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BY THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

By admin / October 23, 2019

Are politicians exempt from criticism in the media? The ECHR doesn’t think so. The right of citizens to be critical...

MALTA Swift action needed against increased money laundering and terrorist financing risks says MONEYVAL

By admin / October 23, 2019

In its annual reportfor 2018, the Council of Europe anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing body MONEYVAL calls on states to ensure...

UK’s Ministry of Defence intends to place a £10M contract to develop hypersonic propulsion systems

By admin / October 23, 2019

Defence Equipment and Support’s Technology Office intends to place a circa 2-year, single sourced contract, of approximate value £10M, for...

Defense, Military October 23, 2019

UK’s Ministry of Defence intends to place a £10M contract to develop hypersonic propulsion systems

Defence Equipment and Support’s Technology Office intends to place a circa 2-year, single sourced contract, of approximate value £10M, for a UK programme to undertake design studies, research, development, analysis and experimentation relating to high-Mach…

Business, Defense, Military August 25, 2019

NATO AGENCY PLANS for 1.4 billion EUR in upcoming business opportunities

The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency is planning to release 1.4 billion EUR in business opportunities in the next 18 months. As NATO’s tech and cyber leader, the Agency works to deliver technology and…

Defense July 29, 2019

RPAS MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SERVICES NOW UNDERWAY IN ICELAND

A medium altitude long endurance RPAS drone is being used by the Icelandic maritime authorities to enhance the maritime picture over its Exclusive Economic Zone, the service follows a request made by the Icelandic coast…

Global, Military July 29, 2019

ALBANIA AND FRONTEX LAUNCH THE FIRST EVER JOINT OPERATION OUTSIDE EU

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex in cooperation with the Albanian authorities, launched the first ever joint operation outside the European Union. This marks a new phase for border cooperation between the EU…

Global, Military July 29, 2019

BOLDLY GOING, together but alone the Franco-British anti-ship missile

by Jim Gibbons Sitting on my desk on a small mahogany stand is an unexploded and disarmed 75-mm Turkish artillery shell, one of many used successfully by Ottoman forces to rebuff the Allied naval attack…

International, Military July 3, 2019

Six NATO Allies sign to cooperate on strategic airlift, air refueling

Six NATO Allies took a critical step towards making the future Multi Role Tanker and Transport Capability (MRTT-C) more affordable. A Letter of Intent on cooperation around the MRTT-C was signed between France and the…

Military May 22, 2019

THE EU vs ONLINE PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION

State-sponsored internet propaganda is defined as a government’s use of paid internet propagandists with the intention of swaying online opinion, undermining dissident communities, or changing the perception of what is the dominant view. Another similar…