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DGSE juggles between its Paris headquarters

The Fort of Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, is still visible on Google Maps, while the fort of Noisy (lower part of photo) is blurred.
The Fort of Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, is still visible on Google Maps, while the fort of Noisy (lower part of photo) is blurred. © Google Maps

France's external intelligence service has an envelope of €889m this year to build its future headquarters at the Fort of Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris. In the meantime it is cosying up to the DGSI, the internal intelligence service, at Noisy Fort.

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Central Asia, Saudi Arabia, UAE
MbZ preps to battle Riyadh in renewables with reformed Masdar

The UAE's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Suhail Mohamed Faraj al-Mazrouei with Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, in Baku, on March 15, 2022.
The UAE's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Suhail Mohamed Faraj al-Mazrouei with Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, in Baku, on March 15, 2022. © Masdar

In the competition for regional dominance between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed is banking on the country's renewables company Masdar, a challenger to Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power, to extend the UAE's influence as far as Central Asia.

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