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EU NAVFOR conducts three more successful escorts for WFP and AMISOM vessels

After ten days chasing and disrupting suspect skiffs in the Gulf of Aden, the French EUNAVFOR Flag ship DE GRASSE headed south to the Somali Basin, to conduct the EU NAVFOR primary task: protection of merchant vessels (MV) chartered by World Food Program (WFP) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Under the...

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A Year of success – First Anniversary of EU NAVFOR

A Year of success – First Anniversary of EU NAVFOR

10 December 2009 marks the first anniversary of EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta, the successful EU Naval Force operations...

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Op Atalanta Force Commander meets his Chinese Counterpart

Op Atalanta Force Commander meets his Chinese Counterpart

In an very open gesture of mutual cooperation and understanding the European Union Force Commander Commodore Antonios Papaioannou from the...

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An Increase in Communication sees Enhanced Cooperation

An Increase in Communication sees Enhanced Cooperation

Representatives from India, China, Japan and Ukraine visited the Operation HQ in Northwood to discuss sharing information between those forces...

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Pirate Attacks Increase in the Gulf of Aden

Pirate Attacks Increase in the Gulf of Aden

The improved weather conditions in the Gulf of Aden over the last 24 hours have resulted in a marked increase...

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Javier SOLANA, EU HR, congratulates Cdre Antonios PAPAIOANNOU on his appointment as the EU Force Commander for OP ATALANTA

Javier SOLANA, EU HR, congratulates Cdre Antonios PAPAIOANNOU on his appointment as the EU Force Commander for OP ATALANTA

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), congratulated today Commodore Antonios PAPAIOANNOU of Greece...

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EU NAVFOR Op Atalanta mission launch

EU NAVFOR Op Atalanta mission launch

The European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Anti Piracy Operation off the coast of Somalia named Op Atalanta was formally...

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