During the FIEP Summit in Paris on the 07th of October 2015, the calendar of activities for the year to come was approved, along with the general theme under the Romanian Presidency - “The prevention of radicalization and exploitation of intelligence in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism” that will guide the discussions during [...]
Here are a 2 New Year's Eve safety tips: have a designated driver: Do not ever drink and drive. ask a friend or a family member for a ride, or make a reservation for a taxi Take the keys If you have a friend who is too drunk to drive, take the keys. [...]
Many FIEP forces are involved in international peace support operations, be they under EU, UN or NATO mandate. The 253th issue of the Revue de la gendarmerie nationale highlights their role in this framework and the challenges they face when deployed in such operations. It presents several points of view from high-level international and French [...]
Lieutenant General H. (Harry) van den Brink EMPM was appointed Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee on 05 November 2015. Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has command of the organisation on behalf of various ministries. These are the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the [...]
This article was first published on the EUROGENDFOR website and is reproduced with EUROGENDFOR's kind consent. From 3 to 7 August, 2015, the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) conducted with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) a first joint training in favor of 15 [...]
In the context of Romania holding the CIMIN Presidency of the European Gendarmerie Force, through the Romanian Gendarmerie, the institution organized a very complex international exercise with forces on the ground – „ROMANIAN GENDARMERIE INTERNATIONAL EXERCISE 2015 – RoGendIntEx 2015”. The international exercise, which was held from 7th to 11th of September 2015 in [...]
They swapped their grey and black uniforms for the blue one, and put on their new stripes and the gendarmerie cap. Coming from Rabat in Morocco and Amman in Jordan, lieutenant Otmane Boussebaa and captain Ashraf Al-Shra'ah have been following a three-day, full-immersion course in the Loir-et-Cher divisional gendarmerie groupement, in the centre of France. [...]
The FIEP Summit took place in Paris on October 7th and 8th, 2015, under the chairmanship of the General Director of the French Gendarmerie Nationale, General Denis FAVIER. This concluded the French Presidency of the Association, which committed itself, in close partnership with the FIEP Members, to reinforcing the operational ambitions of FIEP, boosting the [...]
On September 9th and 10th, 2015, a seminar on drones and intelligent vehicles gathered the FIEP gendarmerie forces in the general headquarters of the French gendarmerie nationale in Issy-les-Moulineaux. This seminar took place within the works conducted by the association during the French presidency, which were dedicated in 2015 to the challenges of digital transformation. [...]
Each year, tens of thousands of people are victim of online identity theft. What about you? What to do if you are concerned? Opened Facebook page showing your holidays as a profile picture, creation of a blog based on elements of your life, comments posted under your name, bank transaction or mail hacking... These [...]
