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Nicolas Gros Verheyde 28th May 2020November 22, 2023 Migration crisis 2020, territorial waters, Malta, Retention

Hundreds of migrants held off Malta in floating prisons. The Captain Morgan case goes European

(B2) Malta has found the solution to deal with the influx of migrants, without bringing them ashore:

News Blog Mediterranean sea Missions Operations

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 21th May 202022th May 2020 force commander, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, Malta

New warning shot from Malta against Operation Irini

(B2) Maltese government issues new ultimatum to European counterparts Irini's force command appointment under threat

News Blog Mediterranean sea

Nicolas Gros Verheyde March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 Migration crisis, Malta, piracy, Rescue at sea

Migrants divert tanker to Malta, refusing to be disembarked in Libya

(B2) For fear of being taken back to Libya, migrants and/or asylum seekers trying to cross to Europe have inaugurated

Blog Analysis Fundamental rights

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 16th January 201922th January 2023 Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Magazine, Freedom of press, Malta, Slovakia

To (properly) assassinate a journalist, Ryad should have consulted

(B2) After carrying out the assassination of Jamal Khashoghi, the Saudis could have asked for help from the Europeans. On this point,

News Blog Borders - Immigration - Asylum Mediterranean sea

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 9th January 2019November 22, 2023 Migration crisis, Malta, Central Mediterranean, Rescue at sea

A solution in sight for the survivors of the Sea Watch 3

(B2) A solution seems in sight for the 49 survivors aboard Sea Watch 3 and Professor Albrecht

North Africa - Libya Blog Analysis

Nicolas Gros Verheyde August 23, 201815th December 2019 Libya, Malta, ONU, oil traffic

In Libya, oil trafficking is thriving. And it goes through… Malta

(B2) Oil trafficking thrives in Libya. A lucrative traffic, where the island of Malta, facing the Libyan coast, seems

News Blog Borders - Immigration - Asylum Mediterranean sea

Nicolas Gros Verheyde August 15, 2018November 22, 2023 Migration crisis, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Emmanuel Macron, Gibraltar, Horst Seehofer, Italy, JRCC, Libya, Malta, MRCC, safe port, Refugees, SOS Mediterranean

The Aquarius welcomed in Malta

(B2) Malta ended up agreeing to welcome the Aquarius, which had picked up 141 shipwrecked people off the coast of Libya

News Blog Borders - Immigration - Asylum Mediterranean sea

Emmanuelle Stroesser 11th June 2018November 22, 2023 European Commission, Migration crisis, Italy, Malta, Schina's Margaritis, MRCC, Rescue at sea, SOS Mediterranean

Mediterranean: Italy closes its ports to migrants and violates the law of the sea (V3)

(B2) Rescue conditions in the Mediterranean are getting tougher. Italy closes the door to migrants rescued at sea. Other countries

Blog Analysis Fundamental rights

Nicolas Gros Verheyde April 20thApril 21th Money laundering, Corruption, Rule of law, Jean-Claude Juncker, Joseph Muscat, Justice, Freedom of press, Malta, Passports of convenience, Daphne report

Malta: there is no threat to the rule of law! says the Commission

(B2) Faced with the first revelations of our colleagues on the (catastrophic) situation of justice in Malta (the Daphne project),

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(B2) In an opinion published in the Washington Post this Saturday (November 18), the American president sets the stage for the aftermath of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. But above all, he threatens extremist settlers with sanctions by
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[Interview] Brexit, Putin, Middle East, Rule of law, Unanimity, High Representative… Jean Asselborn lets loose November 18, 2023
(B2) Just before his departure from the Luxembourg government, Jean Asselborn, the dean of foreign policy among Europeans, agreed to share with us the fruit of his experience. Twenty years of holding the handle
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[Verbatim] A European defense, still nowhere to be found (Defence interviews) November 2, 2023
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(B2) Despite the war in Ukraine, imports of certain Russian special metals, such as titanium and aluminum, continue. To the greatest benefit of the oligarchs close to power, denounces a journalistic investigation. The main players in
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[Analysis] Von der Leyen's media coup in Israel: a real institutional coup? 15th October
(B2) The President of the European Commission committed a major political blunder on Friday (October 13). A diplomatic mistake and an institutional error. But above all a strategic error which could undermine all
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[Analysis] ASAP, ammunition plan. Schizophrenia pushed to its climax 11th June 2023
(B2) The censorship of several major provisions of the European Commission's project aimed at boosting the production of munitions is surprising in more than one way. The proposed act of support for the production of
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