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Clinton calls parliament chief over bank data deal

04.02.2010 @ 15:08 CET

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called EU parliament chief Jerzy Buzek to voice concern over a vote due next Thursday in which MEPs could scrap a deal allowing American investigators to track down terrorist funding via European bank transactions.

Nato chief presses for more police trainers in Afghanistan

01.02.2010 @ 17:42 CET

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday said that roughly 500 more police trainers are needed in Afghanistan, echoing similar calls from the EU's own mission on the ground.

New EU laws to target Facebook

28.01.2010 @ 17:58 CET

The EU commission is concerned that its existing rules on data protection dating back to 1995 are out of date. Brussels is not just worried that the internet has sped ahead of its regulatory grasp, but that many other technologies have also proceeded apace, leaving EU legislation in the lurch.

Merkel clashes with Switzerland over 'stolen' bank data

02.02.2010 @ 09:27 CET

Germany's centre-right government is considering paying an informant €2.5 million for data on alleged tax evaders in Switzerland, a move the Alpine country slammed as illegal.

EU police mission in Afghanistan still understaffed

26.01.2010 @ 09:34 CET

On the eve of an international conference on Afghanistan, the commanders of the EU's police mission in the country have asked MEPs to press their governments to send more police trainers, who may be deployed outside Kabul.

EU and US to increase airport security

22.01.2010 @ 09:23 CET

EU and US interior ministers agreed on Thursday to step up airport screening of passengers, increase onboard security and to improve data sharing after a failed attack last month on a US-bound flight departing from Amsterdam.

US to close Guantanamo within three years

28.01.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The US will close the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects "within Barack Obama's term" after missing last week the self-imposed deadline of one year, an American official said.

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Airport security tops EU and US home affairs meeting

20.01.2010 @ 09:25 CET

US home affairs chief Janet Napolitano will join EU interior ministers gathering in Toledo to discuss enhancing security in European airports, including via full body scans, following the thwarted airline bomb attempt on Christmas Day.

Malmstrom pledges 'humane' asylum policies

19.01.2010 @ 17:34 CET

Sweden's EU affairs minister, Cecilia Malmstrom, has pledged to focus on migrants' rights to the same extent as border security and law enforcement, if approved by MEPs as home affairs commissioner.

MEPs call for delay on US bank data deal

21.01.2010 @ 17:37 CET

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek is planning to send a letter to the Council of Ministers, the EU institution representing member states, calling for a suspension of a recent agreement that was to enable the continued transfer of EU citizens' banking data to US investigators.

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Incoming commissioner criticises US-type approach to terrorism

13.01.2010 @ 09:27 CET

Luxembourg commission nominee Viviane Reding has tried to secure MEPs' approval for a third term in the EU executive with criticism of a US-type approach to anti-terrorism.

EU asks Slovakia to explain explosives botch-up

08.01.2010 @ 16:23 CET

The European Commission has confirmed it will be sending a letter to the government of Slovakia, seeking clarifications on a recent airport security botch-up that resulted in a man unwittingly carrying explosives from Slovakia into the Republic of Ireland.

Parliament threatens to derail EU-US bank data deal

18.01.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The European Parliament is threatening to derail an interim agreement allowing US authorities to track European bank transactions in terrorism investigations.

French law could see fines for burqas

08.01.2010 @ 09:20 CET

The author of a new anti-burqa law in France has told the press he will propose €750 fines for women wearing the head-to-toe covering.

Belgium to step up security at EU summits

07.01.2010 @ 09:19 CET

Belgian authorities on Wednesday said they will step up security at EU summits after being embarrassed by Greenpeace activists who breached the system in December to stage a surprise protest.

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