Defence`s Feeds

South Africa's Madlanga Commission hears about Brazilian butt lift bribe denials and alleged drug heists.

Abula, a Nigerian sport inspired by the Yoruba concept of a balanced meal, aims to grow from a local pastime into an internationally recognised game.

On 3 June, SEDE Members will have an exchange of views with the European Commission on the selection of projects under the European Defence Fund’s 2025 call for proposals. On 4 June, following the EP resolution, SEDE will also discuss the follow-up with the European Commission on drones and new systems of warfare and EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges. ...

Debriefs will be held on the SEDE mission to Canada on the growing importance of the EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership as well as on the participation of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly at Spring Session in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

Despite Washington's attempts to crack down on images of its facilities in the Middle East, Chinese satellite images continue to [...]

With just months to go before Russia's 2026 State Duma elections scheduled from 18 to 20 September, tensions are mounting [...]

Bangkok has no shortage of luxury hotels, but civil servants from Thailand's National Security Council (NSC) have found that the [...]

The long-standing efforts of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to realign the Chinese diaspora will soon be put to the test. [...]

The French finance ministry's anti-money laundering unit Tracfin plans to [...]

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 from 9.00-12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday, 4 June 2026 from 9.00-12.30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3E2).

Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.
_______________________
SEDE missions 2026:

• Taiwan - 30 March - 2 April 2026
• Poland and Czechia - 16-18 February 2026
• Ukraine - 5-6 February 2026

SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2026
Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

Un nouvel accord entre le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations unies et le fonds américain Food for Peace prévoit que les denrées alimentaires distribuées dans sept pays vulnérables devront être produites aux Etats-Unis.

Saudi military chiefs have been in discussions with Chinese defence manufacturers over a deal to purchase cheap anti drone solutions, Intelligence Online has heard. A person aware of the talks said the Saudi officials were targeting "a solution in the single [...]

Poland's Formoza special forces unit has in recent weeks amped up the training of its operators in the use of [...]

A veteran of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, who worked for nearly four decades at the agency, stepped down from [...]

Several US intelligence agencies, including the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the National Security Agency (NSA), [...]

Chinese sanctions against European defence manufacturers announced on 24 April are not merely symbolic or harmless, contrary to what some [...]

Bill Udell's appointment on 18 May as Control Risks Group's [...]

Avec plus de 200 morts probables en RDC, l’épidémie due au virus Ebola s’étend et menace les pays voisins. Hôpitaux saturés, vaccin inexistant et conflits armés… Dans ce podcast, Delphine Roucaute et Morgane Le Cam, journalistes au « Monde », aux services Planète et Afrique, nous racontent la crise sanitaire en cours.

Dans un énergique pamphlet, le politiste démontre que le système colonial déployé par la France en Algérie est une préfiguration d’Auschwitz. L’auteur se livre toutefois à des raccourcis lorsqu’il dresse des proximités idéologiques entre le colonialisme et le nazisme.

Le passage frontalier reste ouvert aux seuls membres des équipes de lutte contre la maladie, à l’aide humanitaire, au transport de nourriture ou de fret, et à certains membres des forces de sécurité, sous strictes conditions.

Une loi adoptée en France interdit toute prospection sans accord explicite du client à partir du 11 août. Elle met en danger des dizaines de milliers de salariés dans les centres d’appels marocains, largement dépendants du marché hexagonal.