The French navy fregate Nivose, taking part in the EU NAVFOR Atalanta mission, earlier this month stopped two vessels off the Somali coast in the Gulf of Aden and arrested

This video report, produced by the European Council for its own website and YouTube channel, gives an official update on the current state of the EU NavFor Atalanta mission, designed to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the

The HQ of the European Union’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin is at the British naval base in Northwood, just outside London. Rear Admiral Philip Jones shows EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana the

Rear-Admiral Philip Jones, Operation Commander of EU NAVFOR Somalia held a press conference on counter-piracy operation. The operation, called Operation Atalanta, is the European Union’s first naval task force, and it has been assembled to ensure the protection of vessels

This is fresh footage, filmed by crew aboard the Greek frigate Psara and made available by the Council of the European Union, of the arrest of Somali pirates after they attacked the German naval tanker Spessart on the 29th of