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Statement of Campaign for Peace Disarmament and Common Security Board. The world is confronting yet another round of death and destruction in the Middle

Cybersecurity Policies While the HIPC has not been updated since 2018, a review of recent data breaches in healthcare suggests that the identified threats are still relevant. For example, a 2019 study by the Journal of American Medicine of 95 simulated phishing campaigns at six US health care institutions noted almost one in seven test emails sent were clicked by employees [4]. And recently, a ransomware attack affected 250 Universal Health Systems facilities taking their systems offline for a...

7. 5. 2021 Yesterday, Minister of Defence Matej Tonin, MSc, attended a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Defence Ministers’ configuration. The main topic of the ministers discussion was the current state of preparation of the Strategic Compass, with an emphasis on its first pillar - crisis management. Initially, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell reported on his recent visit to Africa, in particular on the situation in Mo...

05/06/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/07/2021 00:49 Foreign Affairs Council (Defence): Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the press conference Check against delivery! Well we had three different meetings today, maybe to celebrate that it was our first physical encounter since last August - soon it will be one year. We decided to hold three different meetings. We started with the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency. It offered the Defence ...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea At a meeting of the EU defence ministers as part of a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Romanias Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca voiced support for the efforts to consolidate the operational level of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in an "ambitious yet pragmatic" manner, underscoring the importance of the Strategic Compass in drawing up directions to support the implementation of the EUs level of ambition. According to ...

Today, the Commission welcomes the adoption of the European Defence Fund (EDF), following the European Parliaments approval. The EDF, with a budget of …

In the debate on European security, defence, and ‘strategic autonomy’, Poland focuses much of its attention on Germany and France. In experts’ circles and declarations by policymakers, the Polish discourse is dominated by references to the two states and, occasionally, some northern or Visegrád countries. However, Warsaw often seems to devote too much attention to its differences with Paris. In doing so, Warsaw loses sight of the fact that most member states share its recognition of NATO...

0"> Artists impression of potential uncrewed Estonian navy vessels, borne by a larger boat. Source: Merevägi/ERR The Estonian Navy (Merevägi) is investigating options on developing unmanned vessels, primarily for use in its mine clearing work, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Wednesday evening. A potential manufacturer of such craft is the Saaremaa-based Baltic Work Boats (BWB), while actual funding could, if granted, come from the European Defense Fund. Th...

The deterioration of the security situation on Europe’s periphery in the last decade has raised expectations about the European Union’s contribution to crisis prevention, stabilisation, and peacebuilding. Unfortunately, the trend on the ground speaks another language. While the EU has strengthened its operational structures and capabilities on paper, its member states have made little use of them. Today, there are far fewer missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Polic...

Updated: Sursa foto: RomâniaTV.net NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has drawn attention to challenges to international stability and security, citing brutal forms of terrorism in EUs neighborhood, sophisticated cyber attacks, Russias destabilizing behavior, as well as Chinas ascension, Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) MP Biro Rozalia said on Friday, after she recently attended a European conference on foreign policy, security and defense. "Mr Stoltenberg emp...