REPORTAGE. Deconfinement: at Defense, business slowly resumes

Spectacular. Leaving the metro station, Jean-Claude is surprised by the esplanade dominated by the Grande Arche. Too calm for a Monday. Usually at 8:50 a.m., says the insurance executive, who expected more returns on May 11 in the business district. Some 180,000 people normally work in the Defense towers, including the headquarters of multinationals. Of … Read more

Behind the scenes of Brussels – Containment: the debate prohibited

It only took a few moments, on March 16, for the Head of State and his government, in the name of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, to place the French under house arrest and deprive them of most of their freedoms civil, political and social that we thought inalienable: freedom to come and go, … Read more

Canadian helicopter disappears during NATO exercise | Defense

A Canadian helicopter, involved in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercises off the coast of Greece, disappeared in the Ionian Sea, with search and rescue efforts underway, the Canadian Armed Forces said on Wednesday. The defense force said on Twitter that HMCS Fredericton (Canadian Armed Forces frigate) lost contact with the helicopter that had been … Read more

High patents risk being tried for direct adjustments at the Armed Forces Hospital | Cheers

The Armed Forces Hospital has one of its centers in Porto PAULO RICCA / PUBLICO The only existing female general Portugal risks being tried in the Court of Auditors, due to illegalities detected in public procurement while she was in charge of the Hospital das Forças Armadas. The decision whether or not to subject the … Read more

“As soon as you don’t agree with the N-VA, it’s insulting”

Posted on Monday, January 27, 2020 at 9:57 a.m. — Invited to the set of LN24 this Monday morning, Elio Di Rupo took up the defense of Georges-Louis Bouchez, after the controversy over his remarks made in Wilfried magazine. – – Last week, the words of Geogres-Louis Bouchez, in the columns of Wilfried magazine, on … Read more

AKK triggers debate about Bundeswehr deployment

Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer has brought in a Bundeswehr Libya mission. The opposition accuses her of acting hastily and “without a clear strategy”. Greens and FDP are skeptical of the Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) initiated debate about a possible deployment of Libya by the Bundeswehr. “Before you think about an operation in Libya, you first … Read more

Impeachment process: Trump lawyers present line of defense

The defense team presented arguments modeled on those advanced since September by Donald Trump and the Republicans. – TheDonald Trump’s lawyers presented their line of defense on Saturday before the US President’s impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday, begins, which they consider unconstitutional and “dangerous”. > Donald Trump on his impeachment trial: “It’s a masquerade” In … Read more

Prime Minister of Canada says Ukrainian plane shot down by Iranian missile – aviation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday his government had information that Ukranian International Airlines (UIA) flight 752 was shot down by an Iranian missile. Trudeau, who was speaking at a press conference, added that the action “may have been intentional.” The aircraft, a Boeing 737 from the Ukrainian private airline UIA, took off … Read more

American raid in Iraq: the Minister of Defense calls the Belgians on the spot to be very careful

Iran has promised to avenge the assassination of one of its powerful generals, Qassem Soleimani, killed Friday in a US drone attack in Baghdad, an escalation that raises fears of an open conflict between the two enemy countries. – Thehe Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippe Goffin, said on Friday “gravely concerned” by the … Read more

US Decides to Send 3,000 More Military to Middle East – Defense

The United States announced Friday that it will send an additional 3,000 troops to the middle East, after the death of an Iranian elite force commander Al-Quds in an air strike ordered by the US president. Department of Defense sources, quoted by the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the troops belong to Fort … Read more