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Bulgaria/Europe/United States : Race for Lukoil refinery: Bulgarian oil firm at the centre of information wars

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
While several sources have told Intelligence Online that Bulgarian company Insa Oil recently received a €100m loan from the International
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Europe/Montenegro : Montenegro pursues charm offensive with Brussels over EU membership

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
In an effort to convince the European Union to accept its application for membership, the authorities in Podgorica are using
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France : France strives to resolve cyber intelligence recruitment challenges

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
The French government is still looking for ways to retain the best cyber engineers in the ranks of government agencies
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United States : Republican organisations shelling out to little known California consulting firm

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
Pluvious Group, a Los Angeles-based consultancy, has collected nearly $700,000 so far during the 2024 election cycle, according to campaign
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Turkish Kaan National Combat Aircraft Flies For The First Time

The Aviationist Blog - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 12:47

Formerly known as TF-X, Kaan will replace the F-16 in the 2030s. In the early morning of Feb.21, 2024, a little less than a year from its rollout, the prototype of the TF Kaan National [...]

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Latest news - Next SEDE meeting - 19 March 2024 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence


The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 from 11.30-12.30 and 15.00-18.30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 1G3).

The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE missions 2023:
  • India - 17-21 December 2023
  • Israel and OPT - 8-10 December 2023
  • Germany and Poland - 24-26 July 2023
  • Armenia - 19-22 June 2023
  • Romania and Moldova - 15-18 May 2023
  • Djibouti and Somalia - 1-4 April 2023
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - 20-23 February 2023



SEDE meetings' calendar 2024
EP calendar 2024
Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Bahrain/United Kingdom : Manama Dialogue: Salman bin Hamad takeover would trim UK influence in Bahrain

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
While the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is still scheduled to run the IISS Manama Dialogue from 6 to 8 December at the Ritz-Carlton in Manama, Intelligence Online has learned there is a chance Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa's
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Russia : Moscow steps up against Kyiv's 'Army of Drones'

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
Moscow on 13 February started deploying and testing the new version of its Orlan-30B tactical electronic warfare drone, with the
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Ukraine : Kyiv acts to regulate booming defence industry

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
With the creation of the Industrial and Defence Committee, a temporary consultative body, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal's cabinet is attempting
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Belarus : KGB extends control over ideological dissent as election frenzy builds

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
In the build-up to the parliamentary election on Sunday (IO, 19/02/24), the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) has seen
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France/Ukraine : Avisa co-founder Arnaud Dassier's tribulations in Ukraine

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
Arnaud Dassier, co-founder of the corporate intelligence and influence firm Avisa Partners with Matthieu Creux was not expecting to draw
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United Kingdom : Law firm Schillings poaches from C & F Partners to expand investigations team

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
Reputational defence firm Schillings, which was founded by lawyer Keith Schilling, is busy building up its investigations team, as it
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Ukraine/United Kingdom/United States : Control Risks Ukraine, Arcanum, Horizon Engage, Schillings

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:00
Kyiv - Control Risks looks to expand in UkraineBritain's Control Risks Group (CRG) is currently beefing up its presence in
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U.S. Navy Surging Last C-2 Greyhound Squadron As CMV-22 Osprey Remains Grounded

The Aviationist Blog - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 23:21

The last 15 C-2As are surging to meet the carrier onboard delivery mission after all Ospreys were grounded in December, with DOT&E meanwhile reporting that the CMV-22 is not operationally suitable. The U.S. Navy is [...]

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Belgian Air Force Unexpectedly Cancels F-16 Solo Display Team

The Aviationist Blog - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 15:52

The service decided to cancel the 2024 season and focus on the transition to the F-35. The Belgian Air Force unexpectedly announced on Feb. 19, 2024, that the F-16 Solo Display Team will not be [...]

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France/Saudi Arabia : French companies worried after arrest of Al-Ula Saudi mega-project boss

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 06:00
The French development agency for Al-Ula, Afalula, is trying to reassure companies involved in the project to develop tourism at the Nabataean site in northwestern Saudi Arabia, one of Mohammed bin Salman's (MbS) mega-projects.Jean-Yves Le Drian, who has been chairman
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France : Race to take over Preligens, part 2: Thales and Safran covet the military intelligence firm's gems

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 06:00
The investment fund Tikehau Capital, a main shareholder in the imaging data processing firm Preligens, has been quick to issue
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Russia/Ukraine : Viktor Medvedchuk's business empire jostles for Luhansk mining resources with local barons

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 06:00
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), one of the two separatist oblasts of Ukraine, has signed a mining contract for
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United States : NSA struggles to meet its staffing targets

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 06:00
The National Security Agency (NSA) professes satisfaction at having succeeded in attracting 2,400 new employees in 2023, making its recruitment
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Europe/Poland/United States : Poland at the heart of NATO rapid reaction exercises

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/02/2024 - 06:00
NATO launched in Poland a particularly notable annual exercise on 14 Feburary: Brilliant Jump 24, to prepare and assess the
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