Defence
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Arms: European drones take direct hit
20 May 2013739PresseuropLibération, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Sweden: ‘New Russian Air Force incident’
25 April 20135527PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
Baltic: ‘Sweden targeted by Russian military exercise attack’
22 April 20131093PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
NATO: ‘Empty threats’
2 April 2013811PresseuropPolska The Times -
Romania: ‘Missile shield remains in Romania’
18 March 201335PresseuropRomânia libera -
Diplomacy: Stupidity and stinginess in Mali
14 March 201317970 Le Monde Paris -
Central Europe: Merkel and Hollande join Visegrad Group
7 March 20138322PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Pravda -
Africa: ‘France in Malian deadlock’
1 March 2013216PresseuropLe Monde -
United Kingdom: ‘UK troops face final Afghan sacrifice’
1 March 2013302PresseuropThe Independent -
Germany: ‘Billions to be cut from defence budget’
25 January 20136214PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
War in Mali: The Europeans aren’t fit for purpose
16 January 201349065 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Belgium: ‘Destination Mali’
16 January 201338PresseuropDe Standaard -
Mali: ‘The reasons for war’
14 January 20131924PresseuropLibération -
Czech Republic: The hospital from where you don’t return
3 January 20133316 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Defence: Blame Rousseau for collapse of BAE-EADS merger
11 October 20123526PresseuropLes Echos, Die Zeit -
Diplomacy: Syria: Europe’s unsustainable strategic weakness
4 October 201211853 Le Huffington Post Paris -
Internet: European cybersecurity at the mercy of hackers
30 July 20121107PresseuropLibération, El País -
Arms industry: Greece still splashes out billions on defence
11 January 2012134634 Die Zeit Hamburg -
NATO : Spain signs up to anti-missile shield
6 October 20111PresseuropPúblico -
NATO: Second anti-missile shield in Europe
28 September 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Czech Republic: Fatty army to go on a diet
31 August 2011PresseuropLidové noviny -
Libyan war: Europe comes through its baptism of fire
24 August 2011884 Le Figaro Paris -
France-Germany: Paris and Berlin want a maritime EADS
1 August 20111PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Afghanistan: French troops to follow US retreat
24 June 20111PresseuropLe Figaro -
Slovakia – Czech Republic : After the Russians, ecological disaster
20 June 2011PresseuropSME -
Poland: Poles dying for US citizenship
11 May 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Belgium-Netherlands: Common army to battle budgetary crisis?
5 May 20111PresseuropDe Standaard -
Romania: A khaki-coloured American dream
4 May 2011801 Jurnalul Naţional Bucharest -
Netherlands: Austerity homes in on Defence
8 April 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Germany: Bundeswehr in choppy waters
26 January 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Austria: Military service is all too passé
18 January 2011PresseuropProfil -
Germany: Auf Wiedersehen citizen's army
4 January 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Military alliance: Towards a EuroNato?
21 December 2010674 Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Alliances: Nordic countries huddle together
7 December 201073 EUobserver.com Brussels -
NATO: The death of the west
19 November 2010104 România libera Bucharest -
NATO: Nuclear weapons to stay put
18 November 2010PresseuropDe Standaard -
Germany: Minister under attack for gunboat talk
11 November 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
UK / FRANCE: Napoleon's last laugh
2 November 20102PresseuropDaily Express -
United Kingdom: Torture guide for Her Majesty’s army
26 October 2010PresseuropThe Guardian -
Austerity: A farewell to arms?
25 October 201028 La Repubblica Rome -
Diplomacy: Letting Russia into the henhouse
19 October 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
NATO: Russia divides the alliance
15 October 201068 Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw -
Germany: Auf wiedersehen, military service
14 September 20101PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Diplomacy: Will the EU cuddle up to NATO?
13 September 2010PresseuropThe Irish Times -
Germany: Military service scrapped
24 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Czech Republic: Moscow just can’t let go
24 August 2010PresseuropRespekt -
Economic crisis: Crisis boosts European military cooperation
12 August 201022 El País Madrid -
Czech Republic: Prague gets its missile defence shield
30 July 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Portugal: Wikileaks takes aim at Portuguese army
29 July 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Rapid Reaction Force: What's the point in a European army?
24 June 2010PresseuropDagens Nyheter
Despite what its European partners say in public, France is alone in fighting the armed Islamists and helping rebuild the Malian state. The EU's inability to agree on major global issues will cost it dearly one day, argues Le Monde. 
France's war in Mali is a fight for all of Europe that France is fighting alone, writes the Brussels correspondent of the SZ. Brushing Paris off with a few aircraft isn't just shirking on the part of its European Union partners, it's a fatal blow to a common European defence. 
In the mountains of Bohemia, near the Polish border, lies a small hospital - the only one of its kind in Europe: The Biological Defence Centre in Těchonín is designed to treat the poor unfortunates who contract the world's most dangerous viruses or fall victim to a biological terrorist attack. 
The impotence of the EU faced with the drama in Syria reflects the lack of a credible European foreign policy. But this can only come about if the European Union gets a real armed force of its own. 
Frigates, tanks and submarines: Greece may be teetering on the brink, but the bite of austerity hasn’t come near its military. And Germany is profiting from it. 
The campaign in Libya has shown that the EU is able to conduct a major military operation, but it also has revealed its shortcomings, argues a journalist from French daily Le Figaro. 
The 3rd May announcement that the former military base in Deveselu has been chosen as the site for part of the American missile defence shield has brought a glimmer of hope to an undeveloped corner of southern Romania. 
Notwithstanding claims made by participants, the Nato summit in Lisbon did not constitute a turning point: the alliance continues to be undermined by a profound crisis, highlighted not only by the problems it faces in Afghanistan, but also by nagging doubts about the effectiveness of mutual assistance in the event of threats to security. 
As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. 
The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on 19 and 20 November will be marked by the rise of Russian influence in the alliance. A Romanian editorialist highlights the vital importance of the link between Eastern Europe and Washington. 
The crisis is forcing European states to make unprecedented cuts in their defence budgets, leaving their armed forces short on men and means – and eventually eroding their technological edge. 
Letting Russia join NATO — the new big idea of the alliance's strategists — might make sense to some, but to others who still fear the bear's claws, it is pure folly. 
Blocked by national interests, European military cooperation is still at an embryonic stage. However, the economic crisis has encouraged member states to break new ground in their quest to take advantage of synergies and share common resources and defence infrastructure. - 1 of 2
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