PKK leaders, DGSI, SCO, DoS in Georgia, France-Ukraine

Slovenian Navy prospects for new patrol vessels 

Slovenia's armed forces have reached out to foreign companies for two new surface vessels to patrol the Adriatic, with France hoping it is in with a chance against Israeli, Italian and Dutch shipyards.

UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi 

After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence.

• JORDAN/UNITED STATES - Abdullah II puts intelligence at centre of US visit agenda

• UNITED KINGDOM - GCHQ's mystery Manchester accelerator
  

• UKRAINE/UNITED STATES - Washington determined to fill Ukraine's military gaps
  

• FRANCE - Cybersecurity chief eyes defence procurement role

• UZBEKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN - Tashkent refuses to return Afghan planes to Kabul.

• RUSSIA - Moscow decorates military engineers.

• FRANCE - Marc Burg lures more top spies to his degree course.

• PARIS - Senators call for a law on facial recognition.

• UNITED STATES - DNI tasked again to tackle China's support to Russia.

• EUROPE - Europol, future watchdog of foreign investment in the EU.

French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services 

The Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence report is set to be released this Tuesday. In particular, it will focus on the evolving terrorist threat and the ability of public services to adapt to the health crisis, and will have a particular emphasis on domestic intelligence.

Ankara's spymasters squabble over best strategy against PKK 

Still engaged in military operations against the PKK in northern Iraq, Turkey has been suffering heavy losses while failing to eradicate the perceived Kurdish threat. It is now rethinking its strategy while trying to ensure the continued support of the Kurdish KDP, its ally on the ground.

Guoanbu chief Chen Wenqing protects One Belt One Road 

After a fierce battle with rival intelligence services, State Security, the Guoanbu, has been given responsibility for protecting Beijing's international mega-project.

Purge at online surveillance and propaganda services 

Lu Wei, the former head of the central steering committee of Chinese Cyberspace Administration (CCA) is the first ministerial level

Moscow dusts off old KGB manuals  Free

The FSB and the GRU's methods to destabilise south-eastern Ukraine were devised by the KGB in the 1980s.