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Europe
Palantir, Chapsvision, Octostar: the battle for European intelligence platforms is go

Faced with the Russian threat, several European countries want to acquire intelligence data processing platforms - which they are still lacking - in the very near future. Competition is intensifying between US, French and Italian players.

Armenia, Russia
Pro-Moscow NGO Evrazia expands in Armenia

The organisation's Yerevan branch is led by several young Armenian activists with pro-Russian sympathies and ties to the country's former intelligence head.

The Agencies' Gazette
American reservists in Taiwan, from Campus Cyber to Paris Peace Forum, new DGRIS deputy, former US spy for governor, Turkish-Armenian détente

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

TaiwanUS reservists discreetly re-engage

FranceFormer deputy at Campus Cyber joins Paris Peace Forum

EU-FranceChina expert Emmanuel Puig back from Brussels to shape DGRIS

United StatesWill a former spy soon become Virginia governor?

Turkey/ArmeniaTruce between Ankara and Yerevan in Paris

France
French finance ministry's latest move to bring its spies under one roof

After customs intelligence and pending the arrival of the French finance ministry's Tracfin anti-money laundering service, a sensitive and little-known entity dedicated to smuggling networks is also set to move to a building south of Paris.

France
Fifteen years on, Renault's 'fake spy' case could close with plea bargain

Dominique Gevrey, the central figure in the French carmaker's spy hoax scandal involving accusations of Chinese espionage, could choose to plead guilty. That would bring an end to a case that shook Renault and threatened to spark a diplomatic crisis with Beijing.

Turkey
Turkish gendarmes prepare for activation of Russian-built nuclear plant

The Turkish gendarmerie detachment responsible for security at the future Akkuyu nuclear power plant conducted a new nuclear risk training exercise with the army's CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) command last week.

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

France's interior ministry is making several strategic appointments within the police and domestic intelligence. Intelligence Online reveals the details of this game of musical chairs.

Ukraine
Secretive D-2 unit at heart of anti-corruption agency storm

The alleged espionage affair that is turning into a political crisis in Kyiv has its epicentre in the so-called D-2 unit of the NABU anti-corruption bureau. This highly secretive outfit conducts investigations into Ukraine's most politically sensitive cases.