Six names added to Al Qaeda list
(BRUSSELS2) The European Union has decided, from this Friday (August 22), to ban the visas and freeze the assets of six leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (EIIL / ISIS) and
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(BRUSSELS2) The European Union has decided, from this Friday (August 22), to ban the visas and freeze the assets of six leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (EIIL / ISIS) and
Read(BRUSSELS2) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned on Thursday (July 24) Poland, considered complicit in the illegal detention of two suspected terrorists in a secret CIA prison on its
Read(BRUSSELS2) Foreign ministers condemned "unambiguously" on Monday (23 June) the "counter-kidnappings perpetrated by terrorist groups" such as the payment of "ransoms and the granting of political concessions
Read(B2) The 28 Interior Ministers adopted on Thursday (5 June) conclusions on terrorism and border security. These largely reflect the recommendations of the European Union coordinator, Gilles
Read(BRUSSELS2) The phenomenon of European fighters, present or returning from Syria, raises concerns at the highest level. A discussion in front of the ministers Following the intervention of French President François Hollande and
Read(BRUXELLES2) Gathered on Saturday (17 May 2014) in Paris for a summit devoted to the Security of Nigeria, the Heads of State of Benin, Cameroon, France, Nigeria, Niger and Chad, as well as
Read(BRUSSELS2) On Monday (5 May), the Commission adopted a communication in which it outlines the main guidelines for combating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) type attacks. The previous Communication on
Read(BRUXELLES2) Terrorist movements do not seem totally out of harm's way in Mali. The recent announcement (Tuesday, April 22) by MUJAO of the death of the French hostage Gilberto Rodriguez Leal, proves it. Just like, the
ReadThe improvised explosive devices (IED) are one of the instruments of the guerrilla war waged in northern Mali. Here, soldiers from the Balanzan Battalion signal the presence of an IED during an exercise (©: Leonor Hubaut
Read(BRUSSELS2) Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, proposed on Wednesday (15 January), in a communication, ten recommendations to Member States to “stimulate efforts deployed against radicalization and violent extremism”. A subject
Read(BRUSSELS2) "The creation of a PNR (Passenger Name Record *) of the European Union is extremely urgent" With these words, Joëlle Milquet, Belgian Minister of the Interior, and her French counterpart Manuel Valls, hammered together, before
Read(BRUSSELS2) The European authorities are still worried about the increase in the number of fighters coming from Europe and heading for Syria. This subject was already on the agenda of the meeting of the Union's interior ministers
Read(BRUSSELS2) The Court of Justice of the EU confirmed, on Thursday (18 July), the judgment of the court of first instance in the case of the anti-terrorist lists (Kadi case). The judgment was expected because it intervenes in a case involving
Read(BRUSSELS2) The inclusion of Hezbollah's armed wing on the European Union's anti-terrorist list will be the main issue at the last Foreign Affairs Council before the summer. If there seems to be "a certain convergence" in favor of
Read(BRUXELLES2, exclusive) The question of the registration of Hezbollah, the military wing, should be on the agenda of the next Council of Foreign Ministers, on 22 July. This at the request of a Member State,
Read(BRUSSELS2) The Europeans do not yet really agree on the inclusion of the armed wing of Hezbollah on an anti-terrorist list. Discussions failed Two meetings were held at working group level
Read(BRUSSELS2) The name of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, killed in the attack by American commandos in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, will be removed from the European Union's “black list”. EU
Read(BRUSSELS2) How to prevent the action of “lone wolves”, isolated terrorist actors (lone actors)? The interior ministers of the 27 will discuss this issue on Friday (7 June) in Luxembourg, on the sidelines of their discussion on the
Read(B2) The establishment of an anti-terrorist list of the European Union was formalized after the attacks of September 11, 2001 which struck the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington (USA). Organizations
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