Croatia Welcomed into EU
Croatian and EU diplomats met today in Zagreb to confirm Croatia's entery into the European Union. Both sides thrashed out a deal that they were happy with, guarenteing Croatia would, as all other EU member nations, keep a strong local government and that tourism programs aimed at sending more holiday makers to the beautiful country would be put in place within the next 12 months. News of having to pay out more tax dollars for an extra member has hit the EU treasury hard, estimating at least $6bn in costs up front but this will be recouped quit easily over the coming years with increased revenue due to the move.
Gaddafi Captured as Libyan Government Falls
Libyan troops surrendered rapidly in the shorest conflict yet fought by EU forces. Once more special forces paratroopers were called in and quickly eliminated the pitiful enemy they found mremaining after multiple American airstrikes had wiped out any real military presence. The EU has agreed to 'babysit' Libya for the coming ears until it is deemed ready to become a fully active and democratic member of the international community once more. Presdent Mordhiem acknowleged US assistance in the raid, stating "Such a finely executed operation with minimal civillian and EU casulaties would have been impossible without assitance from the USN 7the fleet. We greatley thank thier valiant efforts and hope that US and EU forces can continue to work together in such harmony."
New Look EU Army Set to Roll Out
A massive standardization program has launched across the whole of the EU member states. Recently, problems have arisen during training exercises, and even occasionaly in battle, due to the wide variety of equipment employed by various countries in the EU. The EU council was concerned at the monetary cost that this confusion could cause in the future, heaven forbid it could increase the liklehood of battle casualities, so they placed one of their top officers, Gen. Dieter Stockmann, in charge a report to recommend any changes to streamline the system. Now the report is complete and several actions are being processed. Namley the standardization of all equipment from rifles to field radios to combat boots. Also, other seemingley less important actions such as the regulation of radio frequencies between member nations are being ironed out. The new look European army is set to become operational in 6-12 months, depending on the location and has been given a new designation, EUIC, European Union Infantry Corps.
Monrovian Rebels Finaly Subdued
EU forces captured Monrovia after an operation that seemed to last for ever. Admiral Garouche, CiC 4th Fleet, said he relived that the operation had come to an end after many months of sitting around waiting for land forces to arrive. "My brave pilots were icthing for some action, but we had to restrict them to bi-weekly flyovers of suspected areas to stop them running out of fuel, we had so much time on our hands. I hope that ground forces will be avaliable sooner in coming operations." The 4th Fleet is currently anchored in Montenegro, it's next destination is classified.
HMS Ark Royal Sets Sail for India
Helicopter Carrier HMS Ark Royal has been ordered to the Indian Ocean with a full aircraft compliment of 5 squadrons. It's orders are to assist in any way possbible with the terrorist uprising in Colombo and possibly further action against other rouge states in the area. It is currently cutting through the Red Sea.
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Swapped FoI for Nuclear Disarmament, Pavlov. Those frighters are still on thier way (dammned slow cargo ships

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