At the suggestion of reader H__K this week not a breakdown by country, but by news categories.
Please let me know if you like this better, or if you prefer the previous breakdown by country.
Political News
The hottest topic this past week has been if France and the UK are going to share carriers.
The failure of the coalition talks in the Netherlands has effectively ruined the chances of a right-wing government. The MoD should now prepare itself for a much bigger cut in expenditure than the €300 million that had been agreed upon.
Global Operations
The German frigate FGS Köln has left Wilhemshaven and set sail towards Somalia to join Operation Atalanta.
Greek frigate HS Adrias and Spanish LPD SPS Galicia have joined Operation Atalanta.
A Royal Navy Helicopter Squadron is deploying to the Somali coast. They will be operating from RFA Fort Victoria.
Shipbuilding
German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems have signed a contract for the sale of Blohm + Voss to Abu Dhabi MAR.
Germany has retired it's 6 Type 206 submarines.
France has retired its 46 year old helicopter carrier FS Jeanne d'Arc.
The first French FREMM, the Aquitane, has been moved to the drydock.
Seatrials for the fifth vessel of the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class, the Thor Heyerdahl, have started.
Norway has received 2 new training vessels, the Kvarven and the Nordnes.
Excercises
Swedish amphibious troops are training with the Dutch on HNLMS Rotterdam. I have to admit I always like seeing the CB90 with our LPD's. I wish the Swedes had sent them so Somalia when they were leading operation Atalanta, because at that time HNLMS Johan de Witt was there.
The French are holding the Olives Noir exercise on mine warfare from 3-17 September in the Mediterranean. The multinational exercise is attended by EUMARFOR and one of NATO's mine countermeasure groups.
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