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The Turkish foreign minister and former head of the intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, used VIC Transport's services to travel around Paris.
The Turkish foreign minister and former head of the intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, used VIC Transport's services to travel around Paris. © Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/AFP

Presidents, spymasters, Snoop Dogg and the Ballon d'Or: the small firm driving the world's elite around Paris

A small company has become the go-to specialist for transporting heads of state and other VIPs around Paris. This key security and diplomatic role is fulfilled by a firm founded by the head of a Franco-Turkish employers' association that channels the influence of the presidency in Ankara.
LogoSubscribers only Contractors 06.02.2026
Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse.
Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse. © Rémy Gabalda/AFP

France tries to bar Turkish-born engineer from restricted zones at Airbus

France's DRSD military counterintelligence service refused an engineer access to sensitive sites at the Airbus Defence and Space site in Toulouse, where he had a job offer. The decision, based on the fact the engineer was from Turkey, a ‘country of particular sensitivity', was overturned in court.
LogoSubscribers only Agencies 30.01.2026
Tolga Orkun, Consulate Generale of Turkey in Burgas visits the Turkish command ship during the eighth activation of the MCM Black Sea, in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 12 January 2026.
Tolga Orkun, Consulate Generale of Turkey in Burgas visits the Turkish command ship during the eighth activation of the MCM Black Sea, in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 12 January 2026. © Dzhanan Mehmed Ismail/Anadolu via AFP

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Secret plans emerge for a Black Sea naval alliance with Ukraine and Russia

A confidential project for a naval coalition in the Black Sea, led by Turkey, is being discussed among the countries bordering its waters. The alliance is conditional on peace being agreed between Kyiv and Moscow.
LogoSubscribers only Operations, Defence, Back-Door Diplomacy 27.01.2026

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