Tag: Defense
Finland officially applies for NATO membership
Finland has taken the decision to apply for NATO membership, announced the President and Prime Minister of the Nordic country, a direct consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While…
Finland gets security from NATO membership, but gives a strong defense in return – see 5 facts
1Finland receives: Security against Russian invasion – an insurance that is never expected to be needed The main benefit of the North Atlantic Treaty is this: NATO countries commit themselves…
Taha Bouhafs: the defense of LFI is the ideology of melanin, by Abnousse Shalmani
The psychodrama around the investiture of Taha Bouhafs by La France insoumise is revealing not only of the decay of the left, but also of anti-racism which is only a…
Malian army chief of staff visits Rwanda
Malian army chief of staff General Oumar Diarra ended a three-day visit to Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday (May 12th). He notably met Paul Kagame there, as well as his counterpart,…
An agreement on deeper defense co-operation will be signed during Boris Johnson’s visit to Sweden
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit both Sweden and Finland today. Katriina Töyrylä, Anna Näveri, STT 11.5. 10:12 • Updated May 11th. 10:40 Aftonbladet says it has received information…
Joe Biden signs a very symbolic law to accelerate the shipment of weapons
In the United States, Joe Biden has just signed a law to speed up the shipment of military equipment to Ukraine. A measure which is also a symbol, since in…
Practice against flooding: water board and Defense pack Lekdijk
During the crisis exercise that started yesterday, dozens of soldiers and more than a hundred water board employees are deployed in Nieuwegein, IJsselstein, Lopik, Houten, Wijk bij Duurstede and Utrechtse…
George Floyd, drugs … What the book of the ex-minister of Defense of Trump contains
This is a book that will likely infuriate former US President Donald Trump (2016-2020). In his memoirs entitled A Sacred Oath (“A sacred oath”), which will be published this Tuesday,…
When the Ile de Sein was a quarter of France
Off the coast of Brittany, the Ile de Sein is the most decorated French town during the Second World War. In June 1940, refusing defeat, all men of military age…
the last civilians were able to get out of Azovstal but the siege is not over
On the 73rd day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine this Sunday, May 8, women, children and the elderly were all evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of…