Police officers wounded in Brussels shooting
Shots were heard in the area of a police operation in Brussels some two hours after a raid linked to November's Paris attacks began Tuesday (15 March).
View ArticleSix people arrested in Brussels after attacks, one in Paris
Six people were arrested yesterday (24 March) in a series of police raids in Brussels, federal prosecutors said, two days after jihadist attacks in the Belgian capital left 31 dead.
View ArticleHypocrisy at the heart of the PNR debate
EU member states still refuse to share information on air passengers, fearing the data could fall into the wrong hands. France is pushing for the proposal’s adoption with one hand, while watering it...
View ArticleCommission calls for closer cooperation to combat foreign fighters
Poor information sharing between security services is one of the great shortcomings of European cooperation. About 5,000 Europeans are thought to have joined extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, but...
View ArticleCazeneuve: Over 100 arrested on terror charges in France this year
France has arrested 101 people since the start of the year over "direct links to terrorism", Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in an interview to be published later today (13 May), exactly six...
View ArticleFrance struck on its national day by horrific terrorist attack
A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 80 in what President François Hollande today (15 July) called a "terrorist" attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day...
View ArticleCazeneuve: Three held in France in August for planning attacks
Seven people with links to terrorist networks, at least three of whom were planning attacks, have been arrested in France this month, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday (23 August).
View ArticleEU backs Franco-German bid for access to encrypted messages
France and Germany want to compel operators of mobile messaging services to provide access to encrypted content to terrorism investigations, after a series of deadly attacks in both countries.
View ArticleBrussels prepares EU-wide scheme for visa-free travel authorisation
The European Commission is preparing a proposal inspired by France and Germany to introduce a “European ESTA” modelled on a US scheme that requires international travellers who do not need a visa to...
View ArticleFrance arrests seven people suspected of planning terror attack
France said yesterday (21 November) it had foiled a possible militant attack after detaining seven people, including some who had been in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria.
View ArticleCommission battles hostile firearms lobby
One year and hundreds of hours of meetings after the Paris attacks, the EU is still struggling to find common ground on the regulation of firearms. Some hunters and sport shooters have flatly rejected...
View ArticleCazeneuve steps up to ‘protect’ France
France's former Minister for the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve has taken over from Manuel Valls as head of the government, which he will lead for the last five months of François Hollande’s mandate....
View ArticleFrance introduces card system to tackle posted worker fraud
France has begun issuing professional cards to construction workers in a scheme that will become compulsory this year. The objective is to combat illegal employment and the fraudulent posting of...
View ArticleFrench PM says Britain must agree divorce terms before trade deal
Britain must discuss the terms of its divorce from the EU before talks on any future trade agreement can start, French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned on Monday (6 February).
View ArticleFrench election turns ugly as political attacks mount
Journalists accused of bias. Judges said to be taking orders from the president. The country in a state of "near civil war".
View ArticleFrench PM visits Athens to offer support on bailout talks
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, accompanied by Finance Minister Michel Sapin and Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir, will visit Greece today (3 March), aiming to offer...
View ArticleFrench Socialist Party in disarray after joining new Left alliance
France's Socialist Party has joined the New Popular Ecological and Social Union formed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise ahead of the legislative elections in June but the news has not been...
View ArticleFrench left demands resignations over police response to riots
French opposition leaders have called for the resignation of the Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and police chief Frédéric Veaux in a row over the police's heavy-handed response to the riots that...
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