Espionage

Macedonia: Government accused of industrial-scale eavesdropping

Journalist Danica Radisc reports how "leaked tapes revealed by Macedonia’s opposition seem to suggest that the country’s intelligence services have been illegally wiretapping more than […]

17 March 2015 – VoxEurop Global Voices Online

Sweden: ‘Two new observations in search of intruders’

Two new observation missions have been conducted by the Swedish navy in the Stockholm archipelago “in search of what is thought to be a Russian […]

23 October 2014 – VoxEurop Svenska Dagbladet

Espionage: ‘Berlin: chief American agent must leave Germany’

On 10 July, the German government deported the head of the CIA in Berlin, following the discovery over the last 10 days, of two […]

11 July 2014 – VoxEurop Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Espionage: ‘Dragonfly attacks energy’

For over a year, a group of hackers from Eastern Europe called Dragonfly have spied on energy companies in the US, Europe and Poland, writes […]

2 July 2014 – VoxEurop Rzeczpospolita

Espionage: ‘Russia increases reconnaissance against Sweden’

Moscow has informed Stockholm of its annoyance in the wake of revelations of espionage undertaken by Swedish secret services on behalf of the American National […]

6 December 2013 – Presseurop Svenska Dagbladet

American eavesdropping: ‘For us, the most evil fruit of dictatorship was the secret service’

In the wake of further revelations in documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden to effect that the American NSA keeps records on the location of […]

6 December 2013 – Presseurop Die Tageszeitung

American eavesdropping: Brussels warns US over European citizens’ data collection

The American government has improperly forced US technology companies to hand over European consumers’ data and must stop the practice or be forced to comply […]

26 November 2013 – Presseurop Financial Times

American eavesdropping: ‘UK secretly agreed to US surveillance of British citizens’

British intelligence officials approved a US request to analyse and store the telephone, internet and email records of UK nationals, including those not suspected of […]

21 November 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

UK Eavesdropping: ‘Germany vents its fury at British “spying operation”’

UK ambassador to Germany “has been called in by the German Foreign Minister,” in the wake of allegations that a secret listening post is operating […]

6 November 2013 – Presseurop The Independent

Cyprus: Isle of spies

Due to its strategic location, Cyprus has long been a hotspot for spies. The British secret service has located one of its main listening posts on the island: complete with a staff of agents disguised as tourists, who, in partnership with their American colleagues, intercept optic fibre cables that channel communications between the Middle East and Europe.

5 November 2013 – Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich)

Edward Snowden: ‘Who will betray him?’

Are Germany's leading political parties capable of sacrificing Edward Snowden, on whose behalf many celebrities are calling for asylum, on the altar of German-US relations? On […]

5 November 2013 – Presseurop Die Tageszeitung

American eavesdropping: ‘Britain’s “secret listening post in the heart of Berlin”’

The UK may be operating “a top-secret listening post from its Berlin embassy to eavesdrop on the seat of German power”, reports The Independent. The revelation […]

5 November 2013 – Presseurop The Independent

US-EU: Despite the spying, we’re still family

The NSA spy scandal is a serious breach of trust between the EU and US. But a long rift would play in Vladimir Putin’s hands. That is why the EU must continue negotiating its free trade agreement and redefine its links with the US, argues a Polish columnist.

4 November 2013 – Gazeta Wyborcza (Warsaw)

American eavesdropping: Europe’s Sputnik moment

Beyond the outrage, the American spying scandal should serve as a wake-up call to the Europeans. Just like the first Soviet satellite pushed the Americans to go into space, these revelations should motivate the Europeans to catch up in information technology.

30 October 2013 – Cicero (Berlin)

American Eavesdropping: ‘Washington admits spying’

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, which is quoted by Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Barack Obama learned this summer that foreign heads of […]

29 October 2013 – Presseurop Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Espionage: ‘How the Russians spied on the G20’

Participants of the G20 meeting held on September 5 in St Petersburg received a “poisoned gift”, reports La Stampa: a set of USB drives which […]

29 October 2013 – Presseurop La Stampa

American Eavesdropping: ‘NSA spied on 60m phone calls in just one month in Spain’

El Mundo has obtained access to a document entitled "Spain — last 30 days," which shows the flow of calls intercepted by the American NSA […]

28 October 2013 – Presseurop El Mundo

Germany-United States: ‘The secret of a happy relationship’

“Angie & Barack. He is very attentive to what she says, and interested in every detail of her life. He knows her secret wishes. He […]

28 October 2013 – Presseurop Die Tageszeitung

American eavesdropping: After bugging, EU should speak with one voice

“US spied on 35 world leaders” reveals The Guardian in the latest twist in the National Security Agency (NSA) bugging scandal. According to confidential documents released […]

25 October 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

American Eavesdropping: ‘US spy activity in EU jeopardising trade talks and data-sharing arrangements’

“An escalating transatlantic row over American spying in Europe has thrown doubt ” over talks on a proposed EU-US Free Trade Agreement and “may compromise […]

25 October 2013 – Presseurop The Irish Times

American eavesdropping: Communication lines under tension

If allegations US intelligence services bugged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone are proved true, it will prove the worst fears a reality. After revelations of US spying on other countries, this could be the final straw in relations between Europe and the United States.

24 October 2013 – Die Welt (Berlin)

American eavesdropping: ‘Merkel’s calls reportedly intercepted by the US’

According to an investigation by Spiegel Online “the German government has received information that the German Chancellor’s mobile phone may be tapped by American secret […]

24 October 2013 – Presseurop Süddeutsche Zeitung

Post-PRISM: Europe should create Web 3.0

In response to NSA eavesdropping and the massive collection of user data by internet giants, it is up to the EU to lay the foundations for the future worldwide web. Because only Europe can guarantee a “responsible, shared” environment in which individuals can manage the data that concerns them, points out a French philosopher.

23 October 2013 – Le Monde (Paris)

Data Protection: ‘The EU can pound on the table, the US is not impressed’

"The European Parliament could, [on October 23,] give the strongest response yet by a European institution to illegal surveillance" carried out by the US intelligence […]

23 October 2013 – Presseurop Trouw

American Eavesdropping: ‘Revelations on spying on France by American NSA’

“Some 70.3 million calls were recorded [in France] between December 10, 2012 and January 8, 2013,” reports Le Monde, which “has obtained some of the […]

21 October 2013 – Presseurop Le Monde

American eavesdropping: ‘NSA suspected of hacking Belgacom’

According to a recent Belgacom study, undertaken in the wake of revelations of american eavesdropping, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been recording international […]

16 September 2013 – Presseurop De Standaard

American eavesdropping: MEPs call to halt EU-US data exchange deal

In the wake of new allegations of American spying, three MEPs are leading the call for the suspension of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP), […]

10 September 2013 – Presseurop

american eavesdropping: ‘Exclusive: how the US and Britain unlock privacy on the internet’

US and UK intelligence agencies inserted “backdoors” into commercial encryption software allowing them to access the confidential personal data of hundreds of millions of people, […]

6 September 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

American eavesdropping: British secret services spy on Germans

“The British secret services are intercepting data from Germany,” writes Süddeutsche Zeitung. According to the paper, new documents released by the whistleblower and former American […]

29 August 2013 – Presseurop Süddeutsche Zeitung

Prism scandal: Data protection before the Commission

"Data protection groups call on European Commission," says French daily Le Monde, reporting on a letter, sent on August 19, by the Article 29 Working […]

20 August 2013 – Presseurop Le Monde

American eavesdropping: UK government pressures The Guardian

The US spying scandal took an unexpected turn after the husband of the journalist who revealed the mass surveillance programme for The Guardian was detained […]

20 August 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

Prism scandal: Is Germany a victim of the NSA, or an accomplice?

Berlin and Washington have drawn the consequences of the PRISM affair and are seeking an agreement following revelations that Germany has been under surveillance by […]

13 August 2013 – Presseurop Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Tageszeitung, Der Spiegel

Security: ‘American spy ‘ears’ in Bucharest’

American website Cryptome. org has published a map showing the location of NSA X-Keyscore servers, which enable US intelligence services to monitor Internet activity in […]

7 August 2013 – Presseurop Jurnalul Naţional

United Kingdom: ‘Inside GCHQ: how the US pays Britain’s spy agency £100m for a very special relationship’

America has paid £100m (€114m) over the last three years to get access to and influence the direction of intelligence gathering by the UK surveillance […]

2 August 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

European Union: ‘From the shadows, US applies pressure to limit data protection regulations’

“The biggest lobby campaign Brussels has ever known” is being carried out by the Washington administration and “big US firms (Google, Microsoft, Facebook etc)” so […]

22 July 2013 – Presseurop El País

Belgium: ‘Operators must keep record of emails’

The Belgian government has requested that the country’s parliament hold an urgent vote on a bill presented at the end of June, which will oblige […]

8 July 2013 – Presseurop De Standaard

American eavesdropping: Why Europe must protect Edward Snowden

In an article published in several European newspapers, the WikiLeaks founder and the Director General of Reporters Without Borders call on European states grant asylum the whistleblower who exposed the NSA eavesdropping, for the sake of freedom of the press and of information.

5 July 2013 – Le Monde (Paris)

American eavesdropping: European drama queens

EU leaders’ outrage at US spying is overblown, writes the New York Times, and so is their threat to suspend EU-US trade talks. Such surveillance is legal in the US, and Washington will have kept its European partners well informed of its findings.

3 July 2013 – The New York Times (New York)

American Eavesdropping: ‘Europe closed to Snowden’

Several European countries have refused to welcome former National Security Agency (NSA) IT expert Edward Snowden, who is wanted by Washington for disclosing information about […]

3 July 2013 – Presseurop Hufvudstadsbladet

American Eavesdropping: ‘Europe – United States: networks of anger’

“France and several European countries” threatened to “block negotiations” with Washington on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on July 1, following revelations of […]

2 July 2013 – Presseurop Libération

American Eavesdropping: ‘Vienna would not extradite Snowden’

According to diplomatic sources, the United States has asked several European governments to hand over Edward Snowden in the event that he arrives in their […]

2 July 2013 – Presseurop Die Presse

American Eavesdropping: ‘Merkel in unknown territory’

“Bugging friends is unacceptable. It can not go on. We are no longer in a Cold War”: Chancellor Angela Merkel has openly criticised spying on […]

2 July 2013 – Presseurop Die Tageszeitung

American spying in Europe: ‘Uncle Sam has behaved very badly’

New revelations of National Security Agency spying on EU embassies and delegations have shocked America's European allies and prompted indignant and at times fatalistic comment in European press.

1 July 2013 – Presseurop

Prism scandal: ‘New leaks show how US is bugging its European allies’

The US has installed electronic bugs in European Union offices in New York and Washington DC as part of a large scale intelligence gathering operation […]

1 July 2013 – Presseurop The Guardian

Belgium: Are the security services spying on politicians?

"Abolish the Sûreté d'Etat," runs a February 13 headline in Belgian daily De Morgen, quoting socialist Renaat Landuyt who wants to get rid of the […]

13 February 2013 – Presseurop De Morgen