Daily Archives: 22. Juli 2016


22.07.2016 - 22:37 [ Organisation der Vereinten Nationen ]

Selecting the next UN Secretary-General: Security Council holds first round of secret poll on candidates

Since 1946, the Council has done just that, discussing and voting behind closed doors in straw polls for members to ‘encourage’ or ‘discourage’ a candidate to continue. This process has come to be known as the ‘Wisnumurti Guidelines,’ named after Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti of Indonesia who held the rotating presidency of the Council in November 1996 when the guidelines were set.

22.07.2016 - 19:43 [ RT ]

Frankreich: Anti-Terroreinheit fordert Nizza auf, alle Kamera-Aufnahmen des LKW-Attentats zu löschen

Le Figaro berichtete, einen Tag nach dem Angriff verlangte die Polizei die Zusammenfassung von 30.000 Stunden Videomaterial, das mittels öffentlichen Überwachungskameras zur Verfügung stand. Derzeit scheinen Sicherheitsbehörden in Operationen zur Datensicherung involviert zu sein. Laut Le Figaro sind die Behörden in Sorge um den Erfolg der Sicherungsoperationen angesichts der neuen Forderungen der Anti-Terroreinheiten.

22.07.2016 - 19:09 [ Netzpolitik ]

Jahr der „gemeinsamen Zentren“: Europäische Geheimdienstzentrale in den Niederlanden geplant

(2.2.2016) Die Gründung der „Counter Terrorism Group“ erfolgte durch den informellen „Berner Club“. Über dessen Struktur ist äußerst wenig bekannt, auch parlamentarisch ist der Zusammenschluss kaum kontrollierbar.

22.07.2016 - 18:58 [ Netzpolitik ]

Überwachung aus einer Hand: Planungen für gemeinsame TKÜ-Zentren der Bundesländer werden konkret

(8.10.2015) Das GKDZ soll als „zentraler Dienstleister“ alle Formen der operativen Telekommunikationsüberwachung ausführen. Benannt werden diese nur vage. Aus der Präsentation geht hervor, dass Server zur Ausleitung von Daten abgehörter Telekommunikation von den Netzanbietern betrieben werden. Vermutlich übernehmen die Zentren aber auch Einsätze von Stillen SMS oder Trojaner-Programmen.

22.07.2016 - 18:46 [ Scharf-links.de ]

„Überwachungszentrum ein weiterer Schritt zum Überwachungsstaat“

Erst war es der Verfassungsschutz und jetzt die Polizei, denen SPD, Grüne und SSW immer weiter gehende Überwachungsmöglichkeiten einräumen. Mit dem Staatsvertrag zur Errichtung eines Telekommunikations-Überwachungszentrums gibt das Schleswig-Holsteinische Parlament seine Kontrollrechte im Überwachungsbereich weitgehend auf und zahlt Millionen zur Perfektionierung der Telefon- und Internetüberwachung.

22.07.2016 - 18:41 [ Al Arabiya ]

Anti-ISIS meeting: How can the coalition boost Syria and Iraq gains?

(21.7.2016) US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hosted on Wednesday counterparts and senior military leaders from more than 30 nations at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C. to discuss the next steps in the fight against ISIS, including how the US-led coalition can liberate the Iraqi and Syrian cities of Mosul and Raqqa.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi attended the meeting as well.

22.07.2016 - 18:17 [ Lexology ]

Bavarian Data Protection Authority issues guidance paper on video surveillance under the General Data Protection Regulation

On 6 July 2016, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority issued a brief guidance paper on video surveillance under the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

This short paper is the first issue within a series of non-binding guidance papers on selected topics in relation to the GDPR, which the Bavarian Data Protection Authority has planned to publish periodically, and which can be found here.

22.07.2016 - 18:02 [ Ekathimerini ]

Ex-wife of German neo-Nazi victim speaks out

“Today we know that there had obviously not been that many ‘mistakes.’ German authorities, police and intelligence, had much more information about the so-called NSU than they were ready to admit. False accusations against the victims were spread deliberately while available information about the real murderers was deliberately held back by authorities. We even found out that intelligence services prevented police from arresting the terrorists on many occasions.

22.07.2016 - 17:50 [ Ekathimerini ]

Eight energy giants mull Cyprus gas exploration

Officials from Italy‘s ENI and Frances Total have met with President Nicos Anastasiades in recent weeks to discuss exploring the blocks.

The Cypriot government said on Friday it would appoint a team to negotiate contracts with the winning companies.

US firm Noble Energy made the first gas find off Cyprus in 2011. The Aphrodite field is thought to contain over 125 billion cubic meters (4.5 trillion cubic feet) of gas.

22.07.2016 - 17:37 [ Common Dreams ]

Brazilian Prosecutor Finds No Crime Committed by Dilma: Will the Law Count for Anything in Brazil?

In a society where the rule of law is in effect, that would spell the end of the effort to remove the elected president. But press reports — inasmuch as they even bothered to report on the prosecutor’s conclusion — seem to indicate that pro-impeachment forces are acting as though the law, and the prosecutor’s statement, are irrelevant. They are pressing full steam ahead for the Senate to reverse the results of the October 2014 presidential elections. And as we now know from leaked transcripts of phone conversations, some of the leaders are doing it to prevent further investigation of their own alleged corruption.

Can they get away with it? Much depends on whether the media — and the public — will now accept that a group of corrupt politicians can remove a democratically elected president, without any legal basis for doing so.

22.07.2016 - 16:05 [ Hurriyet ]

Turkey’s intel chief under fire for alleged failure in stopping coup attempt

The chief of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT), Hakan Fidan, has come under fire for not informing high level officials of the July 15 failed coup attempt. Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Interior Minister Efkan Ala said they learned about the coup attempt from various sources other than the country’s intelligence chief.

22.07.2016 - 15:59 [ RT ]

Kerry: Russland und die USA wollen innersyrische Gespräche in Schwung bringen

(21.7.2016) Der US-amerikanische Außenminister John Kerry gab nach einem Treffen mit seinem russischen Amtskollegen Sergei Lawrow bekannt, dass beide Seiten daran arbeiten, den syrischen Friedensprozess aufrechtzuerhalten. Die Verhandlungen sind zuletzt ins Stocken geraten und sollen mit internationaler Unterstützung wieder voran getrieben werden.