AIVD

Belgium, European Union
EEAS on hunt for crisis management head

The EU's diplomatic service, the EEAS (European External Action Service), led by former Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, is looking for a new director to head its crisis management team.

Europe
Changes afoot at the EU's Intelligence and Situation Centre

The European Union's INTCEN agency, attached to the European External Action Service, has become increasingly influential since Croatian Daniel Markic took over, with new staff joining.

France, Germany, Russia
High-ranking BND official falls victim to Russian phishing campaign on Signal and WhatsApp

A Russian phishing campaign has targeted European intelligence agents, diplomats, politicians and journalists. The list of identified victims has been shared among the affected countries. A senior official from Germany's BND federal intelligence service is among them.

The Agencies' Gazette
'Advanced deterrence', Beijing in Myanmar, DGSE departure, ex-AIVD head, death of NSC figure

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France‘Advanced deterrence' under discussion since 2023

ChinaCCP sends agents to contain Myanmar rebels

FranceSenior DGSE India expert leaves for private sector

Netherlands/ItalyFormer AIVD head joins Dataflow Security board

RussiaPutin loses intelligence coordination architect

Armenia, Moldova, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Security consultants flock to help Kyiv, Yerevan and Chisinau aim for NATO and EU membership

Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova have been seeking outside expertise on making their defence sectors more interoperable with NATO structures and to get up to speed with the workings of the European Union, creating rich pickings for a host of external consultancies.

France
French military intelligence agency tries out fusion cells

France's military intelligence directorate's latest fusion cell, dubbed the "Plateau Méditerranée", is designed to help it better anticipate crises in the strategic region amid mounting in-house organisational woes and staffing issues.

Europe, Netherlands
Netherlands ramps up economic security

The Dutch external intelligence service has issued fresh warnings about corporate spying of the country's businesses by China, Russia and other foreign powers.

Netherlands
Intelligence services criticized for poorly targeted interceptions

The Netherlands' independent intelligence committee, the Commissie van Toezicht op de Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdiensten (CTIVD), flagged up irregularities in interceptions [...]

Netherlands
AIVD tries to keep cyber-enemy equipment out of The Hague

Concerned about the growing number of cyber-attacks in the country, the Netherlands' intelligence service, the AIVD, is considering an unusual [...]