Matthias Monroy

The surveillance powers Germany introduced after 9/11 were meant to be temporary.

Frontex is expanding its presence along the French coast as crossings of the English Channel remain high.

A Palestinian spent nearly two years fighting to force Berlin to restrict Israel’s use of two German-leased drones – and lost.

An expert report by the Berlin-based organisation Forensis, presented by lawyers for the joint plaintiffs, argues that the fatal “hogtie” restraint used by police against Ibrahima Barry caused his death, as the trial against nine officers charged over his…

German courts have repeatedly challenged the withdrawal of benefits from asylum seekers in “Dublin cases”.

Berlin’s police plan to use AI cameras to detect “suspicious” behaviour.

A Moscow-linked assassination plot forces Stefan Thumann allegedly into hiding.

Ankara is expanding its military and security role in Libya as the EU seeks to extend its own migration-control infrastructure to the country’s east.

Explosive drones are increasingly being controlled via mobile networks, making them harder to detect.

The peace process launched in Turkey with the PKK’s self-dissolution is historic.

Boats, radar and training for coastguards in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, and above all Turkey: an EU presentation reveals the scale of its border externalisation.

With the former cultural diplomat Andreas Görgen, the German Thyssenkrupp subsidiary TKMS is expanding its submarine business worldwide.

Right-wing conservative media were leaked a Frontex video showing a Sea-Watch crew rescuing 90 migrants, as five masked men on board the small boat sped off back to Libya.

Pedro Corona’s lawyer has evidence of brutal police violence: the victim tried to de-escalate but suffered a heart attack while restrained and pinned down with knees.

With protests across Europe, international left-wing radicals wanted to build on Seattle and Prague in 2001.

The German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to grant secret services new “operative” powers.

Six antifascists on trial in Düsseldorf over attacks on neo-Nazis in Budapest have broken their silence, denying any intent to kill while framing their actions politically.

Flight tracking has revealed that Metrea, a firm tied to the US military and secret services, flies surveillance missions for Frontex under a €14.5 million contract.

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has thrown out the appeal against the acquittal of all five police officers charged over the fatal shooting of Mouhamed Dramé in Dortmund.

More injuries and still many deaths from police shootings, along with more taser deployments: Current figures from Germany show a significant increase in police use of police weapons.

The European Commission wants Frontex to send much more assets to the Channel for the first time.

Finland is set to become the first EU country to deploy autonomous surface vehicles on its external border.

In November, a deaf twelve-year-old was seriously wounded by police gunfire in Bochum.

Under the Military Service Act, the government in Germany classifies data on refusals as confidential on grounds of “national interest”.

In the Schengen Information System, the number of searches conducted by member state authorities, Europol and Frontex rose in 2025 to nearly 17.8 billion.

The arms manufacturer IAI is planning production facilities in Berlin – and rival Elbit Systems is also pushing into the German market, having signed a similar partnership with Diehl Defence for kamikaze drones.

The EU plans to triple Frontex’s Standing Corps to 30,000, decentralise commands into seven regions, deploy to six third countries plus Ukraine, operate “return centres” to boost deportations, and build a new headquarter in Warsaw In 2004, the then EU mem…

Parents of Sammy Baker, killed by police in Amsterdam in 2020, appeal against a ruling that lets prosecutors keep false claims online.

The Bern cantonal parliament wants the Swiss government to ban groups operating under the names “Antifa” or “Black Bloc”.

TU Dresden’s rectorate approved a €30,000 research contract with Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems — overriding its own ethics commission, which had voted almost unanimously against it.

Following the provisional suspension in the case of his wife, EU financial repression has now been extended to the mother of Hüseyin Doğru.

The Verden regional court has sentenced 67-year-old to 13 years in prison.

Using an Arabic alias, a female officer infiltrated left-wing and pro-Palestinian groups in Madrid.

After Libyan forces opened fire on the “Sea-Watch 5”, Italy is now investigating – but targeting the victims of the attack.

Germany has expanded its maritime risk warning for Libyan waters to the countries’ the search and rescue zone.

The two journalists were reportedly caught up during the capture of Raqqa, where they had been researching Islamist networks.

According to the draft framework agreement on a “border partnership” with the Trump administration, US authorities would be permitted to query not only facial images but also names, health data and sexual orientation from police databases in EU member sta…

Frontex is developing two apps — “RRApp” and “Recapp” — to manage migrant “returns”.

The EU border agency’s “Standing Corps” Category 1 has reached only 75 per cent of its planned strength due to meagre pay – it mainly attracts police officers from member states with lower wages.

US authorities have passed extensive IS-related data to Germany via the FBI.

The German Army has tested electronically controlled cockroaches for reconnaissance in Munster.

The Kurdish woman Zübeyde Akmese is being held in German custody on suspicion of supporting terrorism due to risk of absconding – even though the ailing 71-year-old has lived in Munich with her children and grandchildren for 40 years and is strongly socia…

Once again, a Frontex drone has crashed into the Mediterranean – this time off Malta.

Three reports commissioned by the Bundestag are unequivocal: the US attacks on Iran violate international law – and by tolerating Ramstein, Germany may be complicit.

Since January 2026, men up to the age of 45 have been required to seek permission from the Bundeswehr before leaving Germany for more than three months – regardless of any conscription status or military contact.

A new UN report from Libya describes arbitrary detention, abduction, sexual violence against women, men and children, and the forcible interception of boats in the Mediterranean.

The Trump administration is planning an international summit to counter “Antifa” and other left-wing groups, Reuters reported, citing three sources.

Criminal investigation departments used a facial recognition system of the BKA more than twice as often as in the previous year.

After months of attacks by right-wing media, Guido Arnold speaks about the power of Big Tech and its ideological orientation.

Customs authorities have now also seized the accounts of the wife of German journalist Hüseyin Doğru.