Five SEE Countries Sign Ministerial Declaration on Border Co-op
[english.cri.cn] Five Southeast European countries signed in Belgrade on Friday a ministerial declaration on border security in the region, in which they express readiness to fulfill the required standards for joining the European Union and the Schengen Agreement. The declaration adopted at the sixth annual ministerial conference on security cooperation in Southeast Europe was signed […]
Overseas police training ends
[di-ve.com] An overseas training course for 19 members of the police was completed, police said on Monday. The course, whose cost of €46,000 was funded under the Leonardo Da Vinci programme, took place over 4 periods of 2 weeks each. In July 2008, the police officers sectioned in the international relations section of the force […]
Italy: Thousands of immigrants expelled this year
[adnkronos.com] More than 3,000 illegal migrants have been expelled from Italy since the beginning of 2009 as part of the government’s crackdown. Interior minister Roberto Maroni announced the figures in an interview aired on Radio Rai Uno. "More than 3,000 illegal immigrants were expelled. We want to intensify this action, because whoever comes to Italy […]
Romania is paid first Schengen evaluation visit
[roumanie.com] A European expert team is paying a first visit to Romania over March 23-29 to check the fulfilment of all the requirements set on police cooperation, in order for Romania to get the status of a full Schengen member state. According to the Interior Ministry’s communication service, the experts will draw up a report […]
Macedonia, Bulgaria sign agreement on joint contact-center for police, customs cooperation
[bsanna-news.ukrinform.ua] SKOPJE, March 20 (MIA). Macedonia and Bulgaria, being neighboring states, have exceptionally good cooperation, especially in the fight against organized crime, but also in the meeting of European Union membership criteria through the use of the Bulgarian experience, said Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska and Bulgarian counterpart Mihail Mikov after Friday’s meeting in Skopje. […]
Belgrade: Regional ministers adopted Declaration on Security
[glassrbije.org] At the regional ministerial conference in Belgrade today, the Declaration on Border Security in Southeastern Europe was adopted and singed by officials of interior ministers of Serbia, Montenegro, B-Macedonia, B-H, and Albania. The document reads that the progress was made in the field of strengthening border security, which is of great importance for closer […]
Bulgaria active in cooperation for Southeast Europe security
[bnr.bg] Serbia’s capital Belgrade played host to the Sixth Annual Ministerial for cooperation in Southeast Europe border security. Special guest to the forum was Bulgarian Interior Minister Mihail Mikov. According to him the conference’s theme is not exhausted with border security but has to do with good police cooperation and interaction and with the region’s […]
Important government databases are illegal & should be scrapped or redesigned says report
[latimes.com] In a hard-hitting report published today, the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust says that in recent years, the Government has built or extended many central databases that hold information on every aspect of our lives, from health and education to welfare, law–enforcement and tax. This ‘Transformational Government’ programme was supposed to make public services better […]
Still more Tasers for plods – but still not in London
[theregister.co.uk] The Home Office yesterday announced funding for a further 6,000 Taser electroshock stunguns to be used by police forces across England and Wales. Nonetheless it appears that in London the weapons will not be widely issued, a situation condemned by rank-and-file officers‘ spokesmen. The funding for 6,000 additional Tasers is on top of an […]
Sarkozy warned of ‘class war’
Peggy Hollinger [ft.com] France faces a “class war” that could undermine President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform efforts and spark a period of damaging labour unrest, one of the country’s most prominent business leaders has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times as France braced for its second national strike in less than two months, Maurice […]
France braced for riots on day of „credit crunch“ protests against Nicolas Sarkozy
Riot police were out on the streets in cities across France on Thursday as a "credit crunch" general strike looked set to paralyse the country. [telegraph.co.uk] Up to two million people were expected to take part in more than 200 demonstrations protesting against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of the global financial crisis. The biggest was […]
Anglo-French detention centre to thwart would-be illegal immigrants
[timesonline.co.uk] A joint Anglo-French detention centre is being planned for Calais to hold hundreds of migrants gathering near the Channel port to try to enter Britain illegally. Migrants would be held to await deportation from France on chartered aircraft paid for by the British and French governments. The move follows calls from the French authorities […]
„The Nine of Tarnac“: Confronted by an absurd state power, we shall speak no more…
LE MONDE | 16.03.09 For four month now, the legal & media spectacle titled "The Tarnac affair" won’t come to an end. Was Julien Coupat to come out of prison for Christmas? For New Year’s Eve then? Or would Friday the 13th be his lucky day? No. In the end ‚we‘ will keep him a […]
New Zealand: hey hey, ho ho, Anti-terror laws have got to go!
[october15thsolidarity.info] A report from international jurists has condemned so-called ‚anti-terrorism‘ laws saying they undermine human rights. After a three-year global study, the International Commission of Jurists said many states used the public’s fear of terrorism to introduce such measures. It concluded that many measures introduced to fight terrorism were illegal and counter-productive. Over the past […]
Malta offers AFM participation in Libya-Italy migration patrols
[timesofmalta.com] Malta has offered participation by AFM personnel should joint patrols against illegal immigration be started between Italy and Libya, Foreign Minister Tonio Borg said today. Speaking in Rome after a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, he said that the patrols are expected to start in May. They would be useful to Malta, […]
“Internet monitored and controlled, even in democracies”
After joint appeal with Amnesty International for an end to online censorship, Reporters Without Borders issues report on “Enemies of the Internet” [rsf.org] Reporters Without Borders today issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. “The 12 ‘Enemies of […]
„Sat Expo“, from March 19 to 21 at the fair of Rome
Rome, Italy – For the second year in a row, returns the appointment with satellite technology [avionews.com] Galileo Navigational System and UAV’s (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), Earth Observation and Homeland Security, Space research and Transportation, Integrated Telecommunications, will be the four themes and focus of the 2009 "SAT EXPO" Europe, the international exhibition dedicated to space […]
Conference on border security cooperation is being held in Belgrade
On the second day of the conference, on Friday, March 6, the interior ministers of Serbia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYRMacedonia and Montenegro will sign the ministerial declaration, bilateral agreements and the annual plan for 2009. [emportal.rs] The 6th ministerial conference on border security cooperation in South-East Europe will be held in Belgrade on March 5-6, the […]
ITALY-EGYPT: TASK FORCE OF ITALIAN SECURITY SPECIALISTS
[ansamed.info] The Italian Employment Ministry will create a ‚task force‘ of qualified Italian specialists to cooperate with Egypt in the following areas: controlling immigration; the intersection of supply and demand; training to encourage legal immigration; and the promotion of the establishment of a mixed group of specialists to look into issues relating to cooperation between […]
Surveillance Self-Defense
[ssd.eff.org] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created this Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it. Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) exists to answer […]