Venezuela prepares personnel and equipment for a potential second US attack
Defence Minister Gen Vladimir Padrino López has declared that the Venezuelan armed forces “will continue to employ all its available capabilities for military defence”.
easyJet is to launch a further 21 new routes in 2010, taking the total number of routes to be launched across its European network in the coming year to 70.
The addition of these new services means the airline will now offer choice of over 500 routes connecting its 19 bases across the UK and the continent to key airports across Europe and North Africa.
The new routes, with their start dates and frequencies in parentheses, are:
Liverpool to Bodrum (11 June – Mon & Fri); Bristol to Dalaman (16 July – Mon, Fri & Sun), Bodrum (17 July – Tue, Thu & Sat), and Heraklion (17 July – Wed & Sat); London Stansted to Bodrum (15 May – Tue, Thu & Sat), Dalaman (14 May – Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun), Dubrovnik (15 May – Tue, Thu & Sat) and Split (14 May – Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun); Amsterdam to Prague (14 May – daily); Geneva to Faro (3 April – Thu & Sat), Heraklion (19 June – Tue & Sat), Brindisi (3 April – Thu & Sat); Paris CDG to Palma (10 July – Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun), Split (10 July – Tue, Thu & Sat), Prague (28 March – daily), Malaga (14 May – daily), Toulouse (28 March – twice daily); Rome Fiumicino to Malta (12 March – daily), Nice (12 March – Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun); Milan Malpensa to Mahon (date to be confirmed – Tue, Thu & Sat); and Paris Orly to Venice (28 March – twice daily).
Defence Minister Gen Vladimir Padrino López has declared that the Venezuelan armed forces “will continue to employ all its available capabilities for military defence”.
The UK’s defence spending commitments remain uncertain as the government’s Defence Investment Plan, which had been due by the end of 2025, is yet to be published.
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The US State Department’s approval of a multi-billion-dollar sale of weapons to Taiwan includes tactical mission networks equipment, uncrewed aerial systems, artillery rocket systems and self-propelled howitzers as well as anti-tank guided missiles.
Ireland’s multi-annual investment in capital defence spending is set to rise from €300m in 2026 to €360m in 2029–2030 with major upgrades across land, air, maritime and cyber domains.
The Canadian Department of National Defence has created new organisations to manage the procurement and integration of all-domain solutions and allocated US$258.33 million to strengthen production capacities.