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EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa visits EU NAVFOR

January 25, 2012 – 10:57

On 23rd January 2012, EU NAVFOR Operation Commander Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts welcomed Mr. Alexander Rondos, the recently appointed EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa to the Operation Headquarters in Northwood for a briefing on the EU NAVFOR mission and discussed future close cooperation. Rear Admiral Potts welcomed the...

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EUNAVFOR maintaining guard at sea over Christmas December 22, 2011 – 12:19 Anticipating that the pirates will not take a break over the holiday period, neither will the EU NAVFOR units patrolling... Find out more	Merchant ship crews held hostage in Somalia December 20, 2011 – 19:13 While the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia has received significant coverage over the past 4 years, with... Find out more
M/V BLIDA released from pirate control November 4, 2011 – 14:37 On 3 November 2011 it was confirmed that the motor vessel BLIDA was released from pirate control and is now... Find out more	“To sail the Gulf of Aden is like playing Russian Roulette” November 2, 2011 – 15:36 Christian Colombo, a former French Navy sailor and his wife were on their way to fulfil their dream. They were... Find out more
EU NAVFOR visited USNAVAF October 28, 2011 – 12:05 Rear Admiral Christian Canova, Deputy Commander of EU NAVFOR, visited the United States Navy Base Naples, home of the Command,... Find out more	EU NAVFOR warship INFANTA CRISTINA escorts AMISOM-vessel October 25, 2011 – 12:57 EU NAVFOR warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA left Mombasa’s waters last week to assume the escort of merchant vessel PETRA 1... Find out more
EU NAVFOR welcomes French Frigate SURCOUF in Operation ATALANTA August 9, 2011 – 13:39 On 9th of August the French frigate F711 FS SURCOUF joined the EU NAVFOR Task Force. She is commanded by... Find out more	Greek Frigate NIKIFOROS FOKAS completes her participation in Operation ATALANTA August 5, 2011 – 12:34 On August the 5th and after 88 days, the Greek frigate HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS conducted her last day of operations as part of... Find out more
German Frigate NIEDERSACHSEN ends her participation in Operation ATALANTA August 5, 2011 – 12:03 On the 5th of August, the German frigate FGS NIEDERSACHSEN ended her participation in Operation ATALANTA after almost five... Find out more	The German Frigate “Bayern” joins EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA August 2, 2011 – 15:04 Commanded by Commander Andreas von Kielmansegg, FGS Bayern and her crew have joined the EU NAVFOR taskforce in the Indian... Find out more