Tag: Frontex

  • Upgrade for the Schengen Information System

    Upgrade for the Schengen Information System

    The European Union is restructuring its police database landscape. Existing systems are being merged and supplemented by new ones. The number of authorised users is also increasing. Following technical changes, the relevant Council working groups are now being reorganised. The…

  • EU Entry/Exit System: Border police purchases new biometric control technologies

    EU Entry/Exit System: Border police purchases new biometric control technologies

    An EU regulation forces travellers from third countries to leave their fingerprints and facial image when crossing the border. All Member States must therefore invest in new infrastructure at land, sea and air borders. Because checks therefore take longer, authorities…

  • Frontex stations long-endurance drones in the Mediterranean Sea

    Frontex stations long-endurance drones in the Mediterranean Sea

    For the next two years, the EU Commission is looking for an operator of large drones at airports in Malta, Italy or Greece. They should remain in the air for at least 20 hours and carry up to 230 kilograms…

  • Frontex expands operations in EU neighbouring countries

    Frontex expands operations in EU neighbouring countries

    After Albania and Montenegro, the EU Commission has concluded a Frontex status agreement with Serbia, to be followed by Northern Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. A first deployment of the EU border troops has meanwhile been increased. The European Commission has now…