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The necessity of NATO
Blog entry | May 15, 2012 - 10:32am

BRUSSELS – Many years ago, I took my children to visit the sites of the D-Day landings in Normandy. I wanted them to understand the sacrifices that others had made so that Europe and North America could enjoy the benefits of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

BRUSSELS – Many years ago, I took my children to visit the sites of the D-Day landings in Normandy. I wanted them to understand the sacrifices that others had made so that Europe and North America could enjoy the benefits of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We saw the beaches whose names echo through history – Omaha, Utah, Juno. Those beaches remain a memorial to the idea that, together, we can overcome any threat, no matter how great.

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Rising tensions in Libya
Article | May 9, 2012 - 12:02am
At least two security officials were killed on 8 May, after Libyan militia groups stormed and occupied the office of Libya's interim prime minister, Abdurrahim al-Keib in the capital, Tripoli.
 
According to eyewitnesses gunfire was heard from inside the building.
 
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Back to Benghazi
Article | May 6, 2012 - 10:53pm

Air Malta plans to restore its twice weekly service to the Libyan port of Benghazi from 29 May. Daily flights to the Libyan capital of Tripoli have already resumed.

Air Malta plans to restore its twice weekly service to the Libyan port of Benghazi from 29 May. Daily flights to the Libyan capital of Tripoli have already resumed.

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Moving up a gear in the Gulf
Blog entry | April 27, 2012 - 1:05pm

High oil prices, regional tensions and the economic crises have all put the spotlight on the Gulf. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have been increasingly active players in the turmoil that has shaken the Arab world over the past year.

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Fortress Europe erects new walls [ANALYSIS]
Article | April 25, 2012 - 4:40pm

Immigration is an incresing problem for Europe, but member states are trying to sweet it under the rug for someone else to clean.

It is one in the morning and the leaders of the small tourist town of Massa Marittima in southern Tuscany are still awake. The mayor, the heads of the police, fire department, civil protection agency, and even the finance police and forest police are waiting for a bus with 44 young men who will be housed in the Sant'Anna church hostel. The men are from Tunisia; illegal immigrants.

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NATO to withdraw from Afghanistan, EU to stay
Article | April 24, 2012 - 11:15am

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged more spending for security from the EU nations and denied the Alliance's involvement in CIA's secret prisons in Europe. Rasmussen has spoken on 23 April to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and answered questions on the 2011 operations in Libya, situation in Syria and the potential EU role in Afghanistan after the 2014 military withdrawal.

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Bordering on the inhuman: Europe’s migration policy
Blog entry | April 19, 2012 - 12:16pm

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Massive clashes in Libya
Article | April 5, 2012 - 6:22am

New clashes between in the town of Zwarah in western Libya caused the deaths of at least 26 people on 4 April. The fighting  first erupted at the weekend between people of the Arab-majority city of Ragdalein and inhabitants of the Berber-dominated town of Zwara.

New clashes between in the town of Zwarah in western Libya caused the deaths of at least 26 people on 4 April. The fighting first erupted at the weekend between people of the Arab-majority city of Ragdalein and inhabitants of the Berber-dominated town of Zwara.
 
"The situation is once again critical," said Shukri al-Arabi, who runs the only hospital of Zuwarah, a coastal town 100 kilometres west of Tripoli.
 
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