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France/Lebanon : Paris in talks with Beirut over urgent arms deliveries

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 13:45
Discussions between the French and Lebanese armies over arms deliveries to Beirut are currently underway, according to Intelligence Online sources. [...]

China/Europe : Xi charmed by Merz's pragmatism, but irked by Macron

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
From a strategic point of view, Sino-European relations are set to deteriorate further, according to a report commissioned by Xi Jinping's research office ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to China (IO, 19/12/25). These findings were forwarded to the [...]

Ukraine/United States : Moscow tries to gain upper hand as tripartite talks stall

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
On 5 March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was reluctantly forced to announce a temporary halt to trilateral talks with Washington [...]

France/Ukraine : GUR left red-faced over South American volunteers' alleged abuses within their own ranks

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
The death of a young Brazilian recruit in the international volunteer legion, on the night of December 28-29, 2025, has [...]

Russia : Alexander Bastrykin, Putin's judicial and security watchdog

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
In early 2018, the French ambassador to Russia, Sylvie Bermann, and members of her team entered the huge modern building [...]

United States : Florida-based spyware company tied to ex-NSA head closes its doors

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
The Florida-based cyber firm Defense Prime Inc, which has also done business as Palm Beach Networks (PBN) and been staffed [...]

United Kingdom : Doha launches probe into collapse of QIA-backed Builder.ai

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
Officials in Doha have commissioned a probe into the Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA) failed investment into Builder.ai, the website and [...]

France/Russia : Whistleblowers sidelined after reporting harassment at French foreign ministry

Intelligence Online - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 06:00
Intelligence Online has uncovered documents and first-hand accounts that reveal shortcomings in the handling of serious allegations within the French [...]

INTERVIEW - Kampf der Unternehmer um die EU-Verträge: «Ihr in Bern seid die grössten Taktierer» – «Das ist Politik»

NZZ.ch - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 05:30
Alfred Gantner und Simon Michel sind beide unternehmerische Schwergewichte, doch sie beurteilen die neuen Abkommen mit der EU völlig unterschiedlich. Ein Streitpunkt ist auch das Ständemehr.

Streit um die Reihenfolge der Europa-Abstimmungen: Der Ständerat will die Kompass-Initiative nicht vorziehen

NZZ.ch - Fri, 06/03/2026 - 05:30
Soll das Volk zuerst über das Ständemehr abstimmen und erst danach über die neuen EU-Verträge? Ganz knapp ist im Ständerat ein Vorstoss gescheitert, der frühzeitig Fakten schaffen wollte.

L'invention du « trou de la Sécu »

Le Monde Diplomatique - Thu, 05/03/2026 - 17:07
Les systèmes de protection sociale mis en place par de nombreux pays après la seconde guerre mondiale appréhendaient la santé comme une condition nécessaire au bien-être. Huit décennies plus tard, elle n'apparaît plus dans les discours publics et les médias que comme une « dépense » comptable. (…) / , ,

« Stranger Things », la vertu selon Netflix

Le Monde Diplomatique - Thu, 05/03/2026 - 16:17
Un des paradoxes de l'ère numérique tient à ceci : d'un côté, les grandes plates-formes mondialisent certaines formes culturelles ; de l'autre, elles fractionnent les publics en silos autonomes. Des séries à succès émergent comme des références communes à des populations relativement (…) / , ,

France/Israel/Lebanon : French armed forces chief headed to Beirut

Intelligence Online - Thu, 05/03/2026 - 12:20
France's Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Fabien Mandon is set to travel to Beirut today, 5 March, at [...]

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