France
DGSE relocation pushed back by two years

France
Budget documents confirm French intelligence services' construction fever

Work is set to start on the DGSE's new HQ, as the DSRD prepares to move into its new home and Tracfin to open a second site. Documents used to prepare the government's 2024 budget also show that the intelligence services are being given greater priority.

France
DGSE's sacking of defiant official on internal security grounds overruled in court

A French DGSE staffer sacked after making a private trip to Iran has been reinstated by an administrative court.

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NASA/Roscosmos, DGSE, Beijing's central military committee

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring you news from the US, Russia, France and China.

United States/Russia Roscosmos to provide security to NASA officers

France Senators see through DGSE recruitment numbers

China Security bodies directly answerable to Xi Jinping

France
French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation

France's external intelligence service has traditionally been reluctant to open up to private companies, but it is edging closer to working with dedicated defence and intelligence innovation outfits.

France
France's centrist and far-left parties advocate for foreign intel

In the context of a new military programming law currently being debated in French parliament, the DGSE has received unexpected backing from several opposition parties who are pressing for the budget allocated to the service's organisational needs to be increased.

France
French intelligence services' spending surges before budget boost

The French government has earmarked more funding for intelligence over the next five years, but France's intelligence services, particularly the DGSE, have already exceeded their 2022 provisional budgets.

France
Macron set to revamp top diplomatic and security team

The French president is likely to reshuffle his top diplomatic and security team in the coming weeks, a move that will have to juggle major strategic issues with the career ambitions of his loyal lieutenants.

France
French DGSE officers become eligible for veteran status

Officers of France's foreign intelligence service, the DGSE, who have [...]

France
French military appropriations bill serves up mostly good news for French intelligence services

France's five-year military appropriations bill, presented by the government on 5 April, contains some very positive developments for the intelligence community, including a budget at an all-time high. But some demands, revealed by Intelligence Online, have fallen on deaf ears.