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The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE photos, US farmland, Frontex stress test results, China's London envoy

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

FranceDGSE photo album raises eyebrows at trial of service's ex-boss

United StatesIntelligence to help stop China buying farmland

BelgiumFrontex tougher on Brussels than Paris

China/UKAmbassador's return highlights Taiwan urgency

French defence ministry's Russia think tank funding slashed

The budget allocated to the French defence ministry's Russia observatory run by the Paris-based IFRI think tank has plunged from €1m to €535,000.

Military intelligence directorate's Piranha programme halted

A consultation launched by France's DRM military intelligence directorate for its geopolitical analysis Piranha programme has been halted. The service providers who had bid for the contract were informed of the fact in late October.

French embassy in Manila wants to help Philippine coastguard dock at Sibutu

Paris-Manila (2/2) – Following on from the contract signed in May by French shipyard Ocea with the Philippine coastguard, French diplomats are looking at potentially building a naval base on an archipelago off the coast of Malaysia.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Topaz Group, Legion of Honour in Hanoi, Troost vs Srivastava

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisAmarante International's Arnaud Dessenne joins Heracles

HanoiFrench honour for Openasia boss

New YorkPrivate investigators facing exposure in Russian oil traders' battle

The Agencies' Gazette
Corsica and counterterrorism, Lavrov interview funds, no job at the DGSE, South Korean subs

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceCorsica police commisionner wanted

France/RussiaFranco-Russian group seeks members' funding for Sergey Lavrov talk

FranceTop court upholds refusal to grant special security clearance to successful DGSE candidate

South KoreaKey step made towards submarines and nuclear autonomy

French foreign ministry think tank hires Ukraine and Russia expert

Céline Bayou, who currently heads the French defence ministry's DG for International Relations and Strategy's Ukraine-Russia department is to join the foreign affairs ministry, where she will run the Center for Analysis, Forecasting, and Strategy.

France to create dedicated criminal intelligence database

France is over the next few weeks to create a dedicated database for criminal intelligence equivalent to the Cristina directory used for counter-intelligence and terrorism cases. The proposal is currently before the interior ministry's legal affairs department.