EU arms embargo on Venezuela enables continued sales
On November 13, the European Union adopted an embargo to Venezuela on all arms and on related material that might be used…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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Factsheet European money for the arms industry
Of all plans to achieve more European defence cooperation recently presented by European Commission, plans to finance the arms industry are the…
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Europese Unie wil wapenindustrie financieren/ EU money for arms industry
Van alle plannen voor meer Europese defensiesamenwerking die de Europese Commissie het afgelopen jaar heeft ontvouwd zijn de plannen voor het financieren…
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EU border security, cooperation with Asia, and military industry profiting
[Presentation at a meeting of the Asia Europe’s People Forum, 18 April 2017] According to the International Organisation for Migration over 5,000…
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Controlling cyber technology by Catch-all
Companies do not care what happens with their exported surveillance technology, according to a leading Dutch daily. The paper referred to an…
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Dutch satellite production
More and more small satellites are launched into space. A tenth of them has a clear military function. The Dutch Association for…
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Belgian and Dutch participation in missile defence
The Dutch and Belgian naval forces are deeply integrated. Recently the two countries decided to aim for identical new frigates for an…
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War from space
The official headquarters of Airbus can be found in the middle of Leiden, near the oldest university of the Netherlands. In big…
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2016 sees more EU border militarisation, arms industry profits from refugee tragedy
The European Union’s investment in border security measures boomed in 2016, a new report reveals, with prominent arms and security firms being…
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European defence industry: how to define figures?
According to the European Commission (EC), on a webpage summarizing the EU defence industry, total direct employment in the EU defence sector…
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