1. News stories
   

   EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine uses webinar to continue advising during Covid-19 restrictions

   EUAM has responded quickly to the Covid-19 pandemic, setting up remote work stations to enable it to continue delivery of advice and other support activities to Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector institutions in spite of the restrictions. The Field Office Odesa organised recently the Mission’s first

   Author: The Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) - Publication date: 03/04/2020

2. From the blog
   

   A new EU military operation in the Mediterranean: Irini is born to enforce Libya arms embargo

   01/04/2020- Even in these difficult times with the Coronavirus outbreak, the EU is taking important decisions to bolster its engagement in the world. EU Member States have decided yesterday to launch a new CSDP crisis management operation in the Mediterranean Sea, called EUNAVFOR MED IRINI.

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 01/04/2020

3. News stories
   

   Securing Somalia: CSDP missions support build-up of robust policing

   Somali police officers are trained by EU civilian and military experts to become a specialised robust police unit called "Darwish" who will hold areas liberated from the terrorist group al-Shabaab and pave the way for civilian police.

   Author: The Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) - Publication date: 11/03/2020

4. News stories
   

   Remembering Victims of Terrorism: growing stronger together

   On 11 March 2004, ten bombs exploded almost simultaneously aboard four commuter trains in Madrid (Spain), killing 193 people and injuring around 2,000. Every year since that terrorist attack perpetrated by al-Qaeda, one of the deadliest in the history of Europe, the European Union remembers on this

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 11/03/2020

5. News stories
   

   Criminal investigations in Niger: civilian CSDP trains trainers

   EUCAP Sahel Niger provided recently an intensive 2-weeks pedagogical training to 18 Nigeriens who will serve as future trainers in criminal investigation and analysis as well as anti-arms and drugs trafficking.

   Author: The Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) - Publication date: 04/03/2020

6. News stories
   

   Borrell visits SatCen: geospatial intelligence at the service of EU common foreign and security policy

   “When we are planning what to do in Libya, it immediately comes to our mind that we have a powerful tool observing what is happening there and guiding the operations on the ground”

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 24/02/2020

7. News stories
   

   HR/VP Borrell to discuss European and international security at the Munich Security Conference

   "Westlessness’" is the term chosen by the report ahead of this year’s Munich Security Conference to describe "a feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the face of increasing uncertainty about the enduring purpose of the West". High Representative/Vice President Borrell will

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 14/02/2020

8. News stories
   

   Civilian CSDP in Mali: protecting the right to culture and joy

   The traditional culture and art festival in Segou, central Mali is threatened by Islamist violence. The civilian EUCAP Mission supports local security forces that protect festival goers and their established way of life.

   Author: The Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) - Publication date: 14/02/2020

9. From the blog
   

   A joint effort and clear direction for European defence

   14/02/2020- Every day we see vivid proof of the need for the EU to step up its game and take greater responsibility for its security. We have multiple crises burning in our neighbourhood and further afield. Crises that cannot be addressed by one Member State alone but require consolidated, joint

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 14/02/2020

10. News stories
    

    Borrell's first visit to the US: stepping up the transatlantic partnership in challenging times

    The EU High Representative outlines the “geopolitical” Europe to US top representatives with a number of salient foreign policy issues on the table

    Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 06/02/2020

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