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The BND is Germany’s external intelligence service. It works closely with the CIA and the NSA, relationships that were partly unveiled by the NSA leaks scandal.

FRANCE 28/03/2018

Parly brings swiss into CSO spy constellation 

Switzerland is to join the CSO/Musis French military observation satellite [...]

GERMANY EGYPT 14/03/2018

BND, Mukhabarat enjoy extended honeymoon period 

The BND, Germany's external intelligence service, is currently strengthening its cooperation with the Mukhabarat, its Egyptian counterpart. The recent transfer [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE 14/02/2018

CEP wants to bring "name and shame" method to Brussels 

American pressure group Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which counts several Republican spymasters among its ranks, would like to see the [...]

FRANCE 27/12/2017

DGSE beefs up security in France's overseas territories 

France's DGSE will shortly put out a contract for a [...]

GERMANY 27/12/2017

Former BND boss backs startup SciEngines 

German company SciEngines recently put an application on the market that allows intelligence operatives to deploy cryptanalysis tools in briefcases, [...]

TAIWAN 01/11/2017

Taiwan's FBI wants to show it has friends 

Announcing on October 29 that it had trained more than 500 law and order and foreign intelligence agents in the [...]

GERMANY 18/10/2017

Intelligence services play down differences in parliamentary hearing 

The chiefs of Germany's three main intelligence services addressed the Bundestag earlier this month. [...]

GERMANY 20/09/2017

Merkel's intelligence services take lead against Russia 

With Germany's general elections approaching on September 24, the German internal intelligence service, the BfV, is stepping up its initiatives to protect the country from cyber-attacks. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES EUROPE 21/06/2017

NSA, GCHQ look to private sector for cyber-offensive firepower 

With cyber-attacks carried out by governments or on their behalf becoming ever more frequent, US and European intelligence service strategists are trying to adapt to the new normal. [...]

FRANCE 08/02/2017

Death of Alain Guerin, France’s first intelligence newsman 

Journalist Alain Guerin who was viewed as a pioneer in [...]

EUROPE 07/12/2016

Switzerland, Austria track migrants 

A number of European intelligence services have turned to their Swiss and Austrian counterparts to get a clearer picture of the route through the Balkans taken by many migrants entering Europe. [...]

EUROPE SYRIA 09/11/2016

European spies work against IS 

Europe’s intelligence services have been working around the clock during the military assaults on Raqqa and Mosul to gather information on how Islamic State (IS) operates. [...]

GERMANY 28/09/2016

Bruno Kahl 

Bruno Kahl, who was appointed to head Germany's external intelligence [...]

GERMANY 31/08/2016

The BND 

The BND, Germany's external intelligence service, has taken delivery of [...]

MOLDOVIA 31/08/2016

Moscow wakes up Transnistria 

In August Russian troops carried out a military exercise in [...]

UNITED STATES 27/07/2016

Moldavia, US’s future ally 

Chisinau will be one of the main beneficiaries of the [...]

GERMANY UNITED STATES 16/03/2016

The BND 

The BND, Germany's external intelligence service, took part in an [...]

FRANCE 02/03/2016

Ex-DT chief favours cyber merger 

At a recent conference, Bernard Barbier, the former head of interceptions at the DGSE, revived a discussion about merging France's cyber-defence capacities. [...]

GERMANY 17/02/2016

The BND 

The BND, Germany's external intelligence service, sent agents to Saudi [...]

UNITED STATES RUSSIA 17/02/2016

Next up, Minsk and Chisinau 

In his annual address to the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 9, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, [...]