Tag: Op Irini
EU extends Operation Irini mandate
Operation Irini, the European Union (EU) Mediterranean Sea task force keeping a weather eye – and more – on breaches of the United Nations...
Operation Irini by the numbers after four years
Now in its fourth year, the European Union (EU) naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea enforcing a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya...
EU onboard with Djibouti Code of Conduct
The European Union (EU), currently running three naval operations in African waters, has signed up for “friend” (observer) status of the Djibouti Code of...
New Op Irini task force commander has big boots to fill
In his six months at the helm of Operation Irini’s Task Force 464, Hellenic Navy Rear Admiral Konstantinos Bakalakos oversaw over 14 000 maritime...
New Irini force commander
The European Union (EU) naval deployment in the Mediterranean Sea – Operation Irini – has a new man at the helm of its multinational...
EU Mediterranean Libya arms embargo enforcement continues
The European Union (UN) naval operation enforcing a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya has been extended for a year.
The renewal will see...
EU Med naval force notches up 9 000 ship checks
Operation Irini, the European Union (EU) naval force in the Mediterranean Sea established to maintain a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya, has...
Op Irini nets embargo buster
A change of ship’s name was not sufficient to deter Operation Irini intelligence, leading to an inspection which revealed a breach of the United...
Operation Focus ups EUNavFor Med inter-operability
The European Union (EU) Mediterranean naval force tasked with enforcing a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya staged a focus operation involving aerial...
Op Irini notches up 22 board and search missions
The fragile situation in Libya means Operation Irini, the EU (European Union) tasking enforcing a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on the North African...
Stopping arms reaching Libya – Op Irini at work
“Another day, another inspection” could well be what the men and women detached to the European Union (EU) Operation Irini in the Mediterranean Sea...
New flagship for Op Irini
Italian Navy warship San Giorgio completed her operational tour as flagship for Operation EUNavFor Med Irini and returned to her homeport Brindisi after more...
Op Irini extended for a further year
The EU maritime intervention to stop arms illegally reaching strife-torn Libya will continue for another year thanks to a UN Security Council authorisation.
The vote...
Irini assets continue to enforce Libyan arms embargo
“Significant progress” en route to a political solution in Libya is, according to the UN and its international partners, welcome but has not seen...
Irini Mediterranean inspections top the two thousand mark
Operation Irini, the EU tasking enforcing a UN arms embargo on Libya, investigated over 2 000 vessels in its first 11 months on the Mediterranean...
2020 good for Op Irini
Formed just ahead of the coronavirus pandemic making itself felt across the world, the EU naval operation in the Mediterranean to enforce a UN...
Op Irini friendly approaches
An integral component of the EUNavFor Med tasking Irini to enforce an arms embargo on Libya is friendly approaches to merchant vessels in the...
Full steam ahead for Op Irini
Hundreds of vessels and dozens of flights were investigated by Operation EUNavFor Med Irini in four months monitoring sea, air and land possible illicit...
Suspected Libya arms embargo buster boarded by Op Irini
The EU Naval Force (EU NavFor) tasking in the Mediterranean, Operation Irini, conducted what is believed to be its first inspection of a vessel...
