Surely the most famous mountain rescue unit in France, the Gendarmerie High Mountain Unit (PGHM) of the city of Chamonix, in the Alps, is celebrating this month its 60th anniversary. Highly trained gendarmes are on duty 24/7. Winter and summer are the busiest seasons of the year on the Mont Blanc area. It all adds [...]
The third commission meeting, under the Turkish Presidency was held in Doha, Qatar from 9th to 12th of April, 2018. The main theme, "Prevention of Terrorist Attacks in Public Spaces" was discussed in the perspective of new technologies, logistics and equipment that are being used or have been developed by the Members. Within this context [...]
The Commission was held in Paris, France from 12th to 15th of February, 2018. During the meeting held, the presentations in regard with the main theme “Prevention of Terrorist Attacks in Public Spaces” were delivered by the national representatives and the experts from international organizations. In addition to this, admission processes, challenges due to the [...]
The Commission was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 13th to 17th of November, 2017. During the Commission, the presentations were delivered by the national representatives on the main theme of “Prevention of Terrorist Attacks in Public Spaces” from the human resources perspective. Besides this some cooperation project proposals, such as [...]
The research and inspection team of the National Guard in Sidi Bouzid in the middle-East of Tunisia managed to uncover a Tikfiri cell consisting of 09 elements aged between 21 and 27, including those who had previously been involved in terrorism-related cases and those who were among the terrorist groups in Syria. Investigations also revealed [...]
The meeting of the Senior Council of General Directors and Commanders of the International Association of Gendarmeries and Police Forces with Military Status (FIEP) was held on 16th October 2017 in Amman, Jordan. In this meeting, FIEP Presidency was taken over by Turkish Jandarma from Jordanian Gendarmerie Directorate. The hammer representing the Presidency was handed [...]
The Carabineros de Chile present the second edition of its Manual of Doctrine an Ethics Code in order to celebrate its 90th Anniversary on April 2017. The first edition was published in 2010, which consolidated and systematized a set of publications issued some decades ago in the institution related to its doctrine and ethics. [...]
The FIEP Preparatory Meeting, was held in Amman, Jordan from 28th - 31st of August , 2017 which was the last FIEP meeting of this year under the Jordanian Presidency, before the FIEP Summit. The main purpose of this meeting was to finalize different matters of interest at the Association’s level. The Preparatory Meeting [...]
On August 23rd 2017, the Minister of Interior of Spain, Mr Juan Ignacio Zoido Àlvarez, and his French counterpart, Mr Gérard Collomb, were welcomed in the Gendarmerie nationale headquarters by General Richard Lizurezy. The Director of the Guardia civil, Mr José Manuel Holgado, was also present. This official visit started with a minute of silence [...]
Practicing any of these sports over the summer? trekking and trailing, biking, hiking, white water sports, via ferrata, climbing. Here are some advices to safely enjoy them: in English, en español, en français.
