Tag: Belgium

  • Advertising for police databases: Germany wants “European Data Quality Day”

    Advertising for police databases: Germany wants “European Data Quality Day”

    Alerts in the Schengen Information System are increasing significantly every year, entries in Europol databases are also continuing to grow. The German government now wants to use video messages and giveaways to promote the acceptance of the largest European police…

  • Migration control: Drones now fly across the English Channel

    Migration control: Drones now fly across the English Channel

    1,700 migrants are said to have crossed the strait between France and Great Britain in small boats this year. Both governments therefore requested patrols with drones from the European Union next year. Until then, the border authorities will fly with…

  • Eurodrone delayed by two years

    Eurodrone delayed by two years

    The envisaged date for series production of a European long-range drone is not tenable. The German Ministry of Defence is to be responsible for the delay of at least two years. In the meantime, the project has been transferred to…

  • New database at Eurojust: Who’s a terrorist?

    New database at Eurojust: Who’s a terrorist?

    The EU has a Criminal Record Information System since 2012, but last week a second database was introduced only for “terrorist threats”. Its added value is unclear and may be the search for “interconnections”. The system also includes “right-wing and…