11/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – Spanish Rear Admiral Ricardo A. Hernández has been appointed as the new EU Force Commander for the European Union Military Operation "with a view to contributing to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast [Atalanta]", according to the Official Journal of the EU of 8 March. Mr Hernández took office on 10 March 2019, replacing his compatriot Alfonso Pérez de Nanclares y Pérez de Acevedo. The Force...