Defence`s Feeds

It's been all go at Russia's Federal Customs Service, the FTS, ever since its officers were ordered to rethink Russia's

In early January, the US cyber-intelligence company Two Six Technologies opened a recruitment programme to bring in a team of

Mohammed Al Numani, the head of Oman's Royal Office, sent a delegation of intelligence officers to Sana'a to meet Houthi

Americas According to news reports in Israel, the United States had approached Israel to release its stockpile of MIM-23 HAWK air defense missiles and transfer them to Ukraine. But the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s political-Military Bureau, Dror Shalom, reportedly told the Pentagon that Israel has not changed its policy of not sending weapons […]

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Ministers outlined the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Fisheries
Committee on Regional Development
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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An extraordinary joint meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in association with the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, will take place on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 from 15.00 - 16.30hrs in Brussels (room SPAAK 1A002).

The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 6 February 2023 from 15.30 - 19.30hrs in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3G2).

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
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On 24 January, AFET and SEDE will hold a joint exchange of views with Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the IAEA has been working tirelessly to ensure the safety and security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
The debate will focus on negotiations launched by the IAEA with Ukraine and Russia with a view to establishing a safe zone around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, as well as other measures taken by the IAEA to prevent nuclear accidents on all Ukrainian nuclear sites. Members will also discuss other issues of concern, in particular Iran's flagrant violations of its international nuclear non-proliferation obligations, as well as the nuclear programme of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Speaking points of the IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi
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While the Athens-based spyware firm Intellexa, founded by the former head of Israel's Unit 8100 Tal Dilian, was recently exposed by Haaretz for providing its services to Bangladesh, the country's intelligence services also rely on another cyber infiltration specialist Merlinx.The

The Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's upcoming trip to France is coming closer to realisation, with talks

On 6 January, a Virginia-based non-profit called the Kurdish Protection Action Committee (KPAC) registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act

Brussels - Capgemini and VVA, guardians of European firms' innovations against China In December, the Italian consultancy Valdani Vicari &

The MIT, Turkey's powerful intelligence service, is poised to add a new string to its bow with the creation of

A business lunch organised at France's Cercle de l'Union Interalliée in Paris on 11 January brought together Turkmenistan's ambassador in France Maksat

Americas Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has delivered its 5,000th Hawk medium-lift helicopter to the US armed forces. The chopper is a variant of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter deployed for international military and civilian operations. “For more than 40 years the Black Hawk has remarkably supported Soldiers in every major contingency operation the Army has […]

Length of video : 55'

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Length of video : 42'

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On 26 January a joint hearing on "Recent Cases of Foreign Interference in the European Parliament - Allegations of Corruption" will take place from 14.00 to 17.00. It will be organised by the Special Committee on Foreign Interference (ING2), jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
The hearing will analyse the practices and strategies used by a number of third countries to interfere in the EU democratic functioning through illegal actions such as corruption. These actions represent a direct attack against the European Parliament and European democracy. They also show the need to reinforce transparency and accountability within the EU institutions. Three experts will present their findings and respond to questions from the Members.

This hearing will be held in association with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP) and the Delegation for relations with Maghreb countries (DMAG).
Location : SPINELLI 1G3, Brussels
Draft programme
ING2 Newsletter
e-Meeting documents
Live Streaming
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Having organised a packed visit to the United Arab Emirates on 30-31 January for the French Economy and Finance minister