Mickoski’s cabinet silent over transit of €11M Soviet missile systems from Slovakia to Uganda in 2025
A convoluted route from Slovakia through Romania and North Macedonia turned decommissioned air...
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Category: ARMS CONTROL
The “scrap metal” corridor
This is a story about how a convoluted route from Slovakia through Romania and North Macedonia turned decommissioned air defence systems into a lucrative shadow deal with a pro-Russian proxy in Africa – Uganda.
By Xhabir Deralla A political earthquake is unfolding in Slovakia over the alleged secretive sale...
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CIVIL: Liberalizing ammunition sales to civilian gun owners – a threat to North Macedonia’s security and international standing
Skopje, 30 July 2025 CIVIL – Center for Freedom, a member of IANSA since 2002 and the Control Arms...
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Bioweapons Ban Faces Opportunities and Challenges
By Ambassador BONNIE DENISE JENKINS Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security...
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(VIDEO) Report of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime highlights security vulnerability of Balkan ports
Container ports in south-eastern Europe are increasingly vulnerable to trafficking of illicit...
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Texas shooting: 19 children among dead in primary school attack
Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas,...
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Deralla: Uncontrolled small arms and light weapons is a destabilizing factor that enables terrorism and organized crime
In terms of illegal weapons, we know that it’s quite a serious threat to the safety and security...
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In Focus of CIVIL: Illegal weapons and organized crime
CIVIL is organizing an online event ”Illegal weapons and organized crime: Everything is connected...
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Weapons and ammunition found during a search in the village of Ljubanci in Skopje, one person detained
The MoI informs that one resident of the village of Ljubanci in Skopje has been detained, who was...
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Andonovic: Many have inherited weapons, but are not handing them over because they need to get a license from the MoI
The Balkans are full of weapons, there are dealers who do illegal arms trade. The procedures for...
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Petrov: Macedonia has long been oversaturated with weapons
Zoran Petrov is a former intelligence officer and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
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Prof. Babanovski: The notorious war criminal Arkan brought trucks loaded with weapons in 1991; no one knows where they ended up
The retired security expert and university professor, Prof. Dr. Ivan Babanovski talks about the...
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