European Commission

The Tech Telegraph
RB 42's contracts, Luxemburg spy satellite, USA-Taiwan cyber cooperation

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

ParisRB 42, European cyber ecosytem pioneer

LuxembourgArianespace's Vega-C launcher rocket leaves spy satellite in the lurch

Washington/TaipeiLobbying in Congress for cybersecurity rapprochement with Taiwan

The Agencies' Gazette
Austria pessimistic over Ukraine, Russian soft power for Africa summit, Europol reaches out to Kyiv

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

AustriaAnalysts not optimistic about Ukraine's chances

RussiaRussian influence agency supports African journalists

UkraineAsset recovery agency steps in line with Europol

The Tech Telegraph
Neptune Silo chooses ManTech, Galileo's second generation, Senate blind spot on USCYBERCOM partners

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

QuanticoManTech, top provider to NCIS's Neptune Silo unit

Brussels/MadridTecnobit to handle Galileo's second-generation secure communications

WashingtonSenate blurry on US Cyber Command's cyber intelligence operations

Europe, Russia
Association of European Businesses escapes foreign agent status in Moscow and Brussels

The lobbying organisation, which has been caught in the crossfire since Russia invaded Ukraine, has been investigated by both the European Commission and the Russian justice ministry. Both have decided, however, not to take action against it.

China
Xi Jinping allows some space for 'pacifist' Politburo members

Three rising stars of the Chinese administration, Wang Huning, Li Qiang and Ding Xuexiang have been given space to voice new opinions within the Politburo Standing Committee, with President Xi's consent.

Europe, Hungary
Informal Fidesz lobby starts to take shape in Brussels

Two young Hungarians, sent by the government in Budapest, have been organising informal evenings for their compatriots in the "Brussels bubble". This embryonic lobby can only be good news for the Hungarian authorities, which are mobilising hard in the European Union capital.

France, Poland
Poland's Air Force Institute of Technology turns into defence partnerships hub

Poland is pursuing the modernisation of its airborne surveillance capacities with French and other European defence companies through its Air Force Institute of Technology.

Europe, Hungary
Viktor Orban's intelligence corps keeps watch in Brussels

Hungary's two-year battle for access to EU funding has had a profound effect on its external intelligence missions. The Informacios Hivatal's priority is now to carefully observe EU policymakers in Brussels.

The Tech Telegraph
EU's hybrid warfare centre, Campus Cyber, Social Links in Latin America, BAE Systems in Qatar

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsEU picks Leonardo and Indra to develop European cyber situational awareness centre.

ParisBig data analytics specialist Temno further opens France's Campus Cyber to intelligence.

New York/MexicoOSINT specialist Social Links wants a share of Latin American market.

DohaBAE Systems nudges way into US business networks in Qatar.

Moldova
Counter-intelligence and external intelligence reforms examined in Moldova

Keen to show impeccable credentials to its future European and US allies, the Republic of Moldova is implementing measures to stamp out corruption and improve transparency and governance. Its intelligence sector is no exception and is also set to come under Western-style governance rules.

Spotlight | Europe
Defence companies position themselves for new European cyber situational awareness platform

A European Cyber Situational Awareness Platform, to be built under a programme launched by the European Commission last month, will add another layer to the EU's hybrid warfare apparatus, which some big defence companies are already engaged in.

The Tech Telegraph
EC launches hybrid warfare centre, ICEYE hires Apeldoorn, Plath appoints lobbyists, Carbyne's advisory board slims

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsEuropean Commission orders hybrid warfare centre in response to Russian threat

Paris/HelsinkiJeffrey Apeldoorn takes charge of ICEYE public contracts in Europe.

BerlinPlath seeks to influence German defence policy.

New York/Tel-AvivCarbyne's advisory board slims.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Kyiv to appoint new head of asset recovery

Ukraine's asset recovery agency, another of the country's anti-corruption tools, is following Kyiv's good governance path and focussing its efforts on managing assets seized from sanctioned individuals.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
EIB increases investigations spending, Nardello, Herminius, TDI Sustainability, Enyo

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on developments big and small in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we report from Luxembourg, London and Brussels.

LuxembourgEIB boosts corporate intelligence budget.

LondonFCDO veteran Kilby joins Herminius.

LondonFormer Alaco staffer becomes MD at Nardello's London office.

BrusselsEuropean Commission brings in specialist conflict minerals investigators.

LondonEnyo sends in lawyers to ICSID

Europe
European Commission pieces together its OSINT platform

The European Commission wants to help its member counties lacking in open source intelligence tools ramp up their capacities in the field but its protocols around contracting parties is slowing down the process.

Spotlight | Russia, United Kingdom
Londongrad divided over use of SLAPPs and GDPR in lawsuits

Private investigators and lawyers representing foreign executives, particularly Russian, East European and Central Asian oligarchs, are bracing themselves for bitter fights over libel and privacy cases.

Belgium, China
Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments

The draft law aimed at creating a body to "filter" foreign investments, which is in line with the approach taken by more and more European countries, has met with reluctance from Standing Committee R.