Tag: Germany

  • German football fans speak out against repression

    German football fans speak out against repression

    Umbrella organisation defends itself against surveillance and arbitrary police violence Football fans are demanding less violence and surveillance from the police in Germany. At the annual general meeting of their umbrella organisation in Hanover, 22 local associations published a joint…

  • New EU control system: Waiting times at German borders to triple

    New EU control system: Waiting times at German borders to triple

    In six months’ time, travellers from third countries will have their passports, fingerprints and facial images checked automatically. Because of the time-consuming procedure, the German Federal Police is hoping for the timely delivery of self-service machines and is considering a…

  • 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…

  • 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.…