Troubles in the Desert; Mauritania as arms exports destination
Mauritania can hardly be called a hot spot for international arms traders. Although its military expenditure – almost 4 percent of Gross…
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Stop Wapenhandel blog
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The EU’s 28th member and Al Nusrah’s arms
The Brown Moses blog has gained international acclaim for identifying the use of weapons in the two year old Syrian war. One…
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Pensions and nuclear arms
Six years ago TV programme Zembla revealed how Dutch pension funds invested massive amounts of money in arms companies producing landmines, cluster…
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Germany undercuts blocked Dutch tank deal with Indonesia
Late 2011 it emerged that the Indonesian army was seeking surplus Leopard tanks, which both Germany and the Netherlands had on offer.…
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Burmese frigates to be equipped with Dutch tech despite arms embargo
Positive change is underway in Burma/Myanmar since President Thein Sein took office two years ago. The house arrest of opposition leader and…
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The value of an arms embargo
The European Union controversy whether or not to lift the embargo on supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition is on the agenda…
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Syrië heeft niet méér wapens nodig: handhaaf het EU-wapenembargo
26 februari 2013, Opinie, door DeWereldMorgen Vertaaldesk, Frank Slijper
Welke de toekomstige regering van Syrië ook zal zijn, Europa mag de vorming…
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Syria does not need weapons – keep the EU arms embargo
For months the British government has been pushing to amend the European Union arms embargo on Syria, in an effort to increase…
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US and Venezuela coast guards soon have similar Dutch patrol boats – thanks to Cuba
Damen Shipyards is the superlative of Dutch entrepreneurship. Using all kinds of Dutch export support – from royal visits to export credits…
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Chilean ‘frigate gate’ is just a rumour for Dutch MoD
It often takes ages for major corruption cases to evolve from rumours and allegations into investigations, court cases and finally convictions –…
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