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US and European leaders are eager to restore strong relations with Russia and build a new security architecture with Moscow. But Washington will also ask for more commitment from its partners on issues such as Guantanamo or Afghanistan, new US Vice President Joe Biden said at a security conference in Munich on the weekend.
MEPs yesterday (14 January) approved new EU rules to open up national defence procurement to all European suppliers, raising hopes that more transparency and competition will be introduced to this sensitive market. But industry fears the move will damage R&D investment.
Tighter security measures in airports and planes were adopted to fend off terrorist threats, but airlines warn they could also result in higher costs for passengers at a time when soaring fuel bills are already driving up prices. (read more)
The Galileo satellite navigation system is the European civil alternative to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS, both funded and controlled by military authorities. (read more)
Security in the online world is essential for the internet to realise its economic potential - but experts agree that there is no simple solution to a problem that has multiple dimensions: technological, societal, economic and psychological. (read more)