Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. Homeland security chief seeks tougher cargo controls | January 6, 2011 |
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Janet Napolitano calls for EU help to make skies safer. Janet Napolitano, the US secretary for homeland security, today urged EU member states to help strengthen... |
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| 2. Kallas asks for tighter checks on air cargo | November 5, 2010 |
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EU transport ministers will discuss new measures in early December. The European Commission has given aviation security experts a month to come up with new... |
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| 3. Call for EU rules on body scanners | June 10, 2010 |
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The European Commission is to make another push for EU-wide rules on the use of body scanners in airports. In a report to be published on Tuesday (15 June), Siim Kallas,... | |
| 4. Ministers put airport scanners to the test | February 11, 2010 |
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Transport ministers meet in La Coruña to weigh up the pros and cons of body scanners. The merits and drawbacks of using body scanners at airports will be argued over... | |
| 5. Too sweeping on profiling | January 21, 2010 |
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Governments are not rushing to introduce body-scanners. Gus Hosein is an acknowledged expert in the area of aviation security. He testified at length before a sub-committee... | |
| 6. Spain calls for harmonised rules on body scanners | January 7, 2010 |
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Presidency says it will discuss common approach at meeting of interior and transport ministers on 20 January. The Spanish government said today that it will seek a... | |
| 7. EU in disarray over body-scanner rules | January 7, 2010 |
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Security experts to meet officials today amid concerns about passengers' privacy. The European Commission is to revive an earlier attempt to introduce EU-wide rules on the... |
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| 8. Body scans might become mandatory | October 1, 2008 |
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Commission wants voluntary measure used in two EU states to become compulsory across the EU.
The European Commission is proposing to allow airport security officers to... | |
| 9. EU to publish list of items prohibited on planes | August 8, 2008 |
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Air travellers in the EU may finally be able to know in advance what they can and cannot take on board.
In a decision that will overturn some EU secrecy laws agreed... | |
| 10. Ministers back civil aviation security rules | March 6, 2008 |
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Ministers have backed an update to the civil aviation security rules that were introduced after the 11 September 2001 terrorists attacks on the US. One innovation is the... | |
| 11. Institutions at loggerheads over airport security | November 8, 2007 |
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The European Parliament, the European Commission and EU member states remain divided over how the cost of security at airports should be borne with formal conciliation talks... | |
| 12. Minimising threats in the air | September 27, 2007 |
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The technology to combat security threats to aircraft is evolving constantly, writes Judith Crosbie. The attacks on the US on 11 September 2001 focused the minds of... | |
| 13. Commission seeks deals on flying with drinks | February 22, 2007 |
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The European Commission is negotiating bilateral deals with third countries to overcome the problem of airlines passengers arriving in one EU member state but travelling on... | |
| 14. Paying the price for a secure flight | February 15, 2007 |
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Two MEPs discuss security issues | |
| 15. EU states agree on aviation security measures | September 28, 2006 |
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EU member states have agreed to ban airline passengers from carrying large quantities of liquid onto aeroplanes in hand luggage in a response to recent security threats.... | |
| 16. New EU-wide security measures imminent | September 7, 2006 |
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The EU looks set to introduce a series of measures across the 25 member states in an attempt to address concerns following the security alert in London last month. A Green... | |
| 17. Member states step up aviation-security talks | August 31, 2006 |
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EU member states have begun debating whether to ban liquids and laptops on board airlines, increase screening of passengers and introduce a system of profiling passengers... | |
| 18. De Palacio raises stakes over airport security | March 11, 2004 |
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LOYOLA de Palacio, the commissioner for energy and transport, is set to warn member states to double- check airport controls designed to stop would-be hijackers sneaking onto... | |
| 19. Security or commerce: which comes first? | June 5, 2003 |
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IT WAS always the nightmare scenario: al-Qaeda terrorists plant a bomb on board a fuel laden jet with a flight-path above the bustling streets of London or Paris. The result:... | |
| 20. Airport security bid ‘99% a done deal' | September 12, 2002 |
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ONE year after the 11 September attacks on the United States, the EU is set to clinch a deal on stricter security measures for airports and aircraft. Although a proposal... | |
