Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: United States

  • German police under critique for training mass murderers in Saudi Arabia

    German police under critique for training mass murderers in Saudi Arabia

    Germany and the U.S. may have trained mass-murdering border guards in Saudi Arabia. The Bundeswehr was also involved in some measures. The government lies about details of trainings. Under a 2009 “security agreement” between the German government and Riyadh, the German Federal Police trained thousands of officers from security agencies in Saudi Arabia. As such, […]

  • France installs floating barrier on English Channel, such buoys with saw blades in Texas could violate laws

    France installs floating barrier on English Channel, such buoys with saw blades in Texas could violate laws

    A barrier of floating buoys across the Canche River is designed to prevent departures of inflatable boats to the United Kingdom. Such a construction in the U.S. state of Texas could violate various laws. The responsible authorities of the Pas-de-Calais department in France want to curb crossings of refugees to Great Britain with a swimming […]

  • New super-databases: EU agencies get experience from the USA

    New super-databases: EU agencies get experience from the USA

    The EU wants to store fingerprints and facial images of over 400 million people from third countries in a single silo. US authorities already have such a system for around 275 million people. Both sides now want to cooperate more closely on this matter. The European Union is currently merging all databases containing biometric data […]

  • US military test flight: Zephyr solar glider crashed

    US military test flight: Zephyr solar glider crashed

    Airbus’ high-flying drone has crashed in the desert just hours before setting a record for the longest flight ever recorded by an aircraft. The Zephyr solar-powered drone has crashed over the Arizona desert after a long-distance flight of 64 days. On tracking websites, the glider’s route suddenly became invisible on Friday 19 August and did […]