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Decision time for SOFEMA

SOFEMA, the former French state owned military exports agency, seems poised for a shareholder shakeup. The company's board meets on June 3.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 15.05.2013

The cost of Operation Serval

The annual cost of a French fighter engaged in Operation [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2013

Pale imitation of the RG

Despite the weaknesses in the French government's general intelligence apparatus, there are no plans to improve it.

Subscribers only 24.04.2013

Leasing deal mooted for A400M transport plane

With its defence budget frozen, Paris is thinking of leasing the new A400M military transport plane.

Subscribers only 24.04.2013

Tigers to fight Sultan Kiram III

Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid sought out Eurocopter at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition in March to discuss [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 24.04.2013

Amarante freed French hostage

Pierre-Antoine Lorenzi's private security company handled the negotiation and release of French hostage Charles Ballard, the financial director of the NGO Acted in Afghanistan.

Subscribers only 24.04.2013

Bernard Squarcini

Bernard Squarcini, who headed France's internal intelligence agency, the Direction [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 24.04.2013

Max Torossian

Max Torossian, the 61-year-old division commissioner and former chief of [...]

Subscribers only 24.04.2013

Geos

Geos, the private security group headed by retired general Jean [...]

Subscribers only 24.04.2013

DGSE's top-secret data centre

Short of space for its data decryption facilities, France's external intelligence agency is building a dedicated centre outside Paris.

Subscribers only 10.04.2013

Bernard Bajolet moves into Mortier

The DGSE will come under the helm of a new director general next week

Subscribers only Agencies 10.04.2013

Urvoas to present intelligence report

A 200-page report into the parliamentary control of government intelligence agencies will be presented to the French parliamentary law commission [...]

Free access Agencies 10.04.2013

Germany and France's undersea battles

Germany's HDW and France's DCNS are daggers drawn over three huge contracts for conventional submarines.

Subscribers only 10.04.2013

Gemalto builds network in Africa

The French digital security group Gemalto, which resulted from the merger of Axalto and Gemplus in 2005, is expected to [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 10.04.2013

True spy stories make novel material

Fiction is often the only way that former intelligence officers [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 10.04.2013

ATE owner’s risky pitch in Central African Republic

A team from the South African defence group Paramount, which [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 10.04.2013

Battle of influence over Qatari Diar

Rivalry between Qatar's crown prince and its prime minister is having repercussions on the sovereign fund's networks, particularly in France.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.03.2013

Montebourg consults DGSE

French industry minister Arnaud Montebourg's recent attitude change towards Roger Tamraz, the last would-be buyer still in the market to [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.03.2013

Ex-ambassador Boillon advises Suez

According to our sources, French water and waste management group Suez Environnement, a 35% owned subsidiary of GDF Suez, has [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.03.2013

Colloqium on intelligence and the law

Jean-Jacques Urvoas, the chairman of the parliamentary law commission, will [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 27.03.2013

French nuclear players team with Bin Laden

Areva and EDF, whose executives accompanied French industrial recovery minister [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.03.2013

Christian Prouteau

Christian Prouteau, who founded and commanded the Groupe d'Intervention de [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.2013

Eider Consultants

Eider Consultants,Maxime Maraval's intentionally low profile geopolitical analysis consultancy, is [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.2013

Spotlight | France
DGSE will be spared defence cuts

Since its budget only represents 1.3% of the country's defence spending, excluding special funds, the Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure (DGSE), France' biggest intelligence service, may slip through the net in the latest round of government cuts.

Subscribers only Agencies 27.03.2013

Bruno Delamotte

Bruno Delamotte was at the centre of a pointless feeding [...]

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All articles - France

Decision time for SOFEMA

The cost of Operation Serval

Pale imitation of the RG

Leasing deal mooted for A400M transport plane

Tigers to fight Sultan Kiram III

Amarante freed French hostage

Bernard Squarcini

Max Torossian

Geos

DGSE's top-secret data centre

Bernard Bajolet moves into Mortier

Urvoas to present intelligence report

Germany and France's undersea battles

Gemalto builds network in Africa

True spy stories make novel material

ATE owner’s risky pitch in Central African Republic

Battle of influence over Qatari Diar

Montebourg consults DGSE

Ex-ambassador Boillon advises Suez

Colloqium on intelligence and the law

French nuclear players team with Bin Laden

Christian Prouteau

Eider Consultants

Spotlight | France
DGSE will be spared defence cuts

Bruno Delamotte

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All articles - France

Decision time for SOFEMA

The cost of Operation Serval

Pale imitation of the RG

Leasing deal mooted for A400M transport plane

Tigers to fight Sultan Kiram III

Amarante freed French hostage

Bernard Squarcini

Max Torossian

Geos

DGSE's top-secret data centre

Bernard Bajolet moves into Mortier

Urvoas to present intelligence report

Germany and France's undersea battles

Gemalto builds network in Africa

True spy stories make novel material

ATE owner’s risky pitch in Central African Republic

Battle of influence over Qatari Diar

Montebourg consults DGSE

Ex-ambassador Boillon advises Suez

Colloqium on intelligence and the law

French nuclear players team with Bin Laden

Christian Prouteau

Eider Consultants

Spotlight | France DGSE will be spared defence cuts

Bruno Delamotte

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DGSE will be spared defence cuts