Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Cobra

  • Policemen’s Olympics: International special forces compete in Germany

    Policemen’s Olympics: International special forces compete in Germany

    Male-only teams from 48 countries shall find each other in “foam, mud, sweat and water” in the middle of June. As an intellectual challenge, there have already been Sudoku puzzles. Every four years, the German Federal Police invites special units from all over the world to the “Combat Team Conference” (CTC) in Sankt Augustin. The […]

  • Coordination by Europol: Special Intervention Units train with drone carrying explosives and robot dog

    Coordination by Europol: Special Intervention Units train with drone carrying explosives and robot dog

    Since this year, the ATLAS network has had a Support Office at Europol, with which the police agency coordinates cross-border operations of units from Schengen states. Most of the money from the coming budget will again go to police forces from Germany. The European Union is further expanding its association of special police units.The so-called […]

  • European Anti-Terrorist Force now coordinated at Europol

    European Anti-Terrorist Force now coordinated at Europol

    For four years, Austria is in charge of the EU network of special units. The head of the Cobra decided on a closer connection to the EU police agency. This also applies to military forces that assume tasks in the field of internal security. The Network of European special units now has a permanent “Support […]

  • Europe-wide anti-terror exercise coordinated by Europol

    Europe-wide anti-terror exercise coordinated by Europol

    European special units have trained in seven EU member states for terrorist attacks. The aim of the exercise was to harden against “Islamist” as well as “right-wing or left-wing ideologies”. European special task forces held a Europe-wide exercise on Tuesday and Wednesday to deal with “terrorist situations”. The police units wanted to train the common […]