Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: EU Commission

  • „AI Act“: Germany in favour of facial recognition, against lie detectors

    „AI Act“: Germany in favour of facial recognition, against lie detectors

    In Brussels, governments and parliament discuss a law on artificial intelligence The German government is committed to improving facial recognition procedures throughout the EU with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Such systems should admittedly not be able to be…

  • EU finances defence against “hypersonic threats”

    EU finances defence against “hypersonic threats”

    Russia, China and North Korea have missiles with very high velocities. The EU cannot yet combat such systems. For the first time, the EU Commission has released funds from the European Defence Fund. The first €1.2 billion is to be…

  • Military and secret services: EU gears up for cyber attacks

    Military and secret services: EU gears up for cyber attacks

    The German Armed Forces are leading an EU project to coordinate “hackbacks”. Information gathering will be taken over by “cyber intelligence services”. The European Union is to strengthen its cyber defence capabilities, including the development of “active defence capabilities”. These…

  • After years of EU funding: Maritime emergency centre in Libya “not operational”

    After years of EU funding: Maritime emergency centre in Libya “not operational”

    Since 2017, the EU has invested in one project alone at least €57 million to counter migration from Libya. The Brussels backers also are worried about their reputation. Since the so-called “migration crisis”, the European Union has been investing in…

  • Laws for “U-Spaces”: More airspace for commercial drones

    Laws for “U-Spaces”: More airspace for commercial drones

    At an aviation trade fair in Cologne, Deutsche Telekom’s business and the surveillance of commercial drone flights are also on the agenda As in Hamburg, small civilian drones could soon be conducting test flights within a so-called “U-Space” airspace in…

  • Police agreement: Europol to exchange biometric data with Israel

    Police agreement: Europol to exchange biometric data with Israel

    Israeli authorities are to be allowed to process and interlink personal information from the EU using “automated procedures”. According to a draft, this would even be possible in the territories occupied after 1967, although the so-called territorial clause excludes this.…