Reflection on the 15th EU Consolidated Report on arms export
…its profile. And it gives European citizens some knowledge about what is happening in Brussels. Which is important, notably in a European election year. However it would also help when…
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Who wants to profits from arms production at old age?
…research-based online database. Every individual with money in a pension fund can search for his or her fund and check its military investments. The database gives information about what is…
Ammunition for Syria no problem for Cyprus
…about the quality of the Russian paperwork. Enough reason for the Cypriot authorities to be as thorough as their Finnish colleagues and to arrest the captain and confiscate the ammunition….
The EU’s 28th member and Al Nusrah’s arms
…Arabia or Syrian rebels. “We did not supply arms,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Danijela Barisic. Croatia apparently said something similar to European counterparts when asked about the spotted arms in…
Troubles in the Desert; Mauritania as arms exports destination
…its iron ore mines in the east (Zouerate) and its rich fishing grounds, its bird migration area’s, its dependence on food donations and its black slave labor. In Mauritania, about…
Dutch government withholds crucial information: More advanced Dutch Urenco nuclear technology leaked to Pakistan, Iran and Libya
…of the secret report, mentions so this morning. The public report nowhere says a word about 4-M and is in general very reserved in mentioning what Khan could have taken…
8 januari 2011 Reducing military budgets, the role of the UN.
…an increase of 49% since 2000. Global military spending is higher than it ever has been during the Cold War. About half of the money is spend by the United…
COARM-NGO meeting, Brussel 24-25 januari
…some knowledge about what is happening in Brussels. Which is important, notably in a European election year. However it would also help when the Commission would not hide the report…
Dutch maritime support for oil industry in Niger Delta
…at different spots of the ship, for transport to remote places of conflict. See also earlier Stop Wapenhandel blog about this deliverance. Stop Wapenhandel also published about a Dutch export…
Arms industry gets its much-wanted permanent dialogue with the European Commission
…especially for defence procurement” and talked about “the need for disruptive technologies to ensure long-term resilience and competitiveness.” Similarly, in the first meeting of the subgroup on defence, the participating…