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EU: EU police special forces network to become “more and more useful” and to receive increased financial support
The European network of national police special forces units that goes under the name of Atlas is to receive an increase in funding from the European Commission and, according to the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, will Read More
EU-US: Satellite states: Commission prepares for negotiations with the US on EU’s defence and internal security satellite system
The EU is currently developing a "public regulated service" (PRS) for its Galileo global positioning satellite system that will be used by EU institutions and Member States for "sensitive applications that require a high level Read More
EU-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: NSA leaks: David Cameron’s response is intimidation, says world press body
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers tells the UK government its actions could threaten press freedom See the article: NSA leaks: David Cameron's response is intimidation, says world press body - World Association of Read More
UK: Exclusive: Police under fire over arbitrary terror arrests at UK borders
IPCC investigating 25 complaints about Schedule 7 detentions at borders as Scotland Yard given ultimatum after refusing to hand over evidence. See the full article: Exclusive: Police under fire over arbitrary terror arrests at UK Read More
EU-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: David Miranda’s detention is a threat to press freedom, say European editors – Newspapers urge prime minister to restore Britain’s reputation for free press after holding of Guardian journalist’s partner
"In an open letter to David Cameron published in today's Observer, the editors of Denmark's Politiken, Sweden's Dagens Nyheter, Norway's Aftenposten and Finland's Helsingin Sanomat describe the detention of David Miranda, the partner of the Read More
SLOVAKIA: Roma See the Writing On The Wall
"The European Commission (EC) has demanded that Slovakia’s second city, Kosice, tear down a wall put up to segregate Roma – the 14th such wall in the country and the eighth built in the last Read More
UK-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: Exclusive: UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks – Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ
"Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept and process vast quantities of emails, telephone calls and web traffic on behalf of Western intelligence agencies, The Independent has learnt. The station Read More
Germany ‘underestimated’ neo-Nazi risk
"German authorities have "grossly underestimated" the threat of neo-Nazi groups, but security services are not racist, a parliament inquiry has found." See the article: Germany 'underestimated' neo-Nazi risk (euobserver, link). Read More
UK-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: European rights watchdog queries UK on Snowden affair
"Secretary general Thorbjorn Jagland of the Strasbourg-based human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, has asked the UK to explain its recent actions in the US snooping scandal, exposed by former security official Edward Snowden. Read More
EU: Commission offers little assistance to those seeking answers over police infiltration of protest movements
The European Commission has provided answers to a number of questions submitted by Green MEP Keith Taylor regarding the European Cooperation Group on Undercover Activities (ECG), a secretive international police working group that, in the Read More