Friday, 17 July 2015 12:48
Gibraltar: First step in future renewable energy sources
A French ‘cleantech’ company will study the possibility of installing marine turbines on the seabed in British waters off Gibraltar. The Gibraltar government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Blue Shark Power, a company that…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:47
Germany: Merkel summons US envoy over spy claims
‘We confirm that US ambassador John Emerson was invited to the chancellery to talk’, a German government source told AFP. New documents released by WikiLeaks show that the United States did not just tap German Chancellor…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:46
France: French beheading suspect denies jihad motivation
The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, according to a source close…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:45
Finland: Russian officials banned from parliament meeting
The Finnish foreign ministry has barred six Russian officials, including the speaker of parliament's Duma lower house Sergei Naryshkin, from attending an Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Helsinki on 5-9 July.…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:42
Faroe Islands and Greenland want independent fishing rights
Top ministers from the Faroe Islands and Greenland want to renegotiate their countries’ rights to act independently of Denmark when it comes to fishing. They plan to discuss this issue with the newly-appointed Danish Prime Minister,…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:39
Estonia: Deployment of forces in Baltics to ensure deterrence
‘The best defence against a possible surprise attack by Russia would be NATO units already based in countries on a scale sufficient to prevent Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from being overrun’, writes Martin Hurt, Deputy Director…