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RUSSIA/BELARUS : Lukashenko takes care to keep Russophile strongman Karpenkov onside

Intelligence Online - Wed, 15/02/2023 - 08:00
On 6 February, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree setting up a commission to study the cases of political
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MiG-21 Jets Scrambled After Weather Balloon Is Detected In Romania’s Airspace

The Aviationist Blog - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 20:56

The Romanian Air Force investigated a “suspicious” weather balloon. Two RoAF (Romanian Air Force) MiG-21 LanceR jets were scrambled after the service’s surveillance system detected an aerial object that looked like a weather balloon flying [...]

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Artificial Intelligence Successfully Piloted The X-62 VISTA

The Aviationist Blog - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 17:33

The AI agents performed advanced fighter maneuvers against simulated adversaries during 12 flights. The U.S. Air Force just announced that Artificial Intelligence agents successfully piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft during a [...]

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SAUDI ARABIA/CHINA/SOUTH KOREA/UNITED STATES/EUROPE : Nuclear exports: Washington prepares legal and political arsenal as Westinghouse and KEPCO stand by for court action

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
Nuclear power giants Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) and Westinghouse have until mid-March to reach a settlement or the legal battle between the Korean and American nuclear power plant builders will take a more serious turn, just as new contracts
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CENTRAL ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Seitnepesov connects Gulf shipping companies to Caspian oil players

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
Businessman Murat Seitnepesov, a specialist in oil trading and logistics, is pursuing partnerships with Gulf port operators looking to strengthen their presence in the
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SYRIA : In northwest Syria, warring parties seek to shore up strongholds after earthquake catastrophe

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
The unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe struck northwest Syria after a dozen years of war, repeated epidemics and amid widespread economic collapse.
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FRANCE : French intelligence services and financial prosecutors increase ties

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
The head of France's financial state prosecution service (PNF) Jean-François Bohnert told a parliamentary commission on foreign interference in French
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CHINA/TURKEY : Turkey's Kron group launches drive in Dubai and New York after severing links with ZTE

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
Turkey's Kron Teknoloji, which specialises in cybersecurity services for the telecommunications sector, has been looking to make its mark at
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UKRAINE : Presidential office tightens grip on security apparatus

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
After a seven-month stint as acting head of Ukraine's internal intelligence agency, the SBU, Vassyl Maliouk was made domestic intelligence
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SAUDI ARABIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Abu Dhabi challenges Riyadh for UNESCO director-general role

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/02/2023 - 08:00
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai and head of the UAE's federal government, recently conducted a reshuffle
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These Are The Aircraft That Took Part In Super Bowl LVII Flyover

The Aviationist Blog - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 23:16

Let’s focus on the U.S. Navy jets that flew over the State Farm Stadium at the opening of Super Bowl LVII. On Feb. 12, 2023, four U.S. Navy jets, flown by all-female crews, carried out [...]

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Some V-22 Osprey Tiltrotors Grounded To Implement Solution To Hard Clutch Engagements

The Aviationist Blog - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 12:51

The fix will solve the issue in the short term, while the faulty component is redesigned for a long-term solution. The U.S. military recently issued a new flight restriction for the V-22 Osprey, grounding an [...]

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Latest news - Next SEDE meeting - 1 March 2023 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence


The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 from 14.30 - 18.30hrs in Brussels (room SPAAK 5B001).

The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE missions 2023:

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - 20-23 February 2023

SEDE missions 2022:

  • SEDE mission to South Korea and Japan - 18-22 December 2022

  • SEDE mission to Niger from 31 October - 3 November 2022

  • SEDE mission to Mozambique from 18-22 September 2022

  • SEDE mission to France from 19-21 July 2022

  • SEDE mission to Iraq from 24-28 May 2022
  • SEDE mission to Georgia from 10-14 April 2022




SEDE meetings' calendar 2023
EP calendar 2023
Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

FRANCE/IRAQ : Barzani to meet Macron and Borne in Paris

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
According to our sources, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, will visit Paris on 16 February, where he is to be received by the French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and President Emmanuel Macron. France is
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AUSTRIA/KAZAKHSTAN : Former Austrian Chancellor swaps politics for Israeli cyber business and Kazakh mining

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
To develop its activities in Europe and particularly in the Balkans, Kazakh mining group Eurasian Resources Group (ERG, formerly ENRC)
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RUSSIA : Kremlin-linked Kiriyenkos consolidate influence over cyber and big data markets

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
As the new Russian deputy minister of civil defence, emergencies and disaster relief, following his appointment on 31 January as
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CHINA : 'Shaanxi Gang' on the rise during Xi's third term

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
While on the international scene President Xi Jinping's attention is caught up in the surveillance balloon affair with the United
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GERMANY : Allies increasingly concerned about intelligence cooperation with Germany's BND

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
Sources in Paris, Washington and London say that allied intelligence services are increasingly concerned about information being leaked from the
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ALBANIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/ISRAEL : Abu Dhabi ready to bankroll Israeli-Albanian cyber teamwork

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
Several separate sources have indicated that Abu Dhabi is ready to finance all or part of the cybersecurity contracts Albania
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BULGARIA/UNITED STATES/FRANCE/LEBANON/RUSSIA : Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/02/2023 - 08:00
France: Intelligence Academy advertises for new director When the French Intelligence Academy, housed within the Military School of Paris, published
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