Security Stepped up in Strasbourg Ahead of NATO Summit
929 views · Published 3 April 2009 · 2:42 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Strasbourg is closing schools, dispatching 15,000 troops and police, and even sealing up manholes as the city -- along with Kehl, Germany -- prepares to host NATO's 60th anniversary summit, scheduled for April 3rd and 4th. The intense security in Strasbourg is set to cost $147 million and meant to protect leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama as well as to control 20 to 50,000 peace activists expected to stage protests.
