Stay informed with the latest from the EU Global Threats programme. This section brings together press releases, project highlights, newsletters, interviews and updates from the field. Whether it’s a new initiative, a successful training or a milestone in implementation, we spotlight the stories and achievements driving progress on the ground.
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Kenya is strengthening its capacity to protect public spaces from terrorist threats through a train-the-trainers programme delivered under the EU-funded Public Spaces + project.
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
North Macedonia hosted two consecutive Project 88 events, a ministerial briefing on project results and the Regional BioEx exercise, bringing together delegates from eight South East and Eastern Europe countries.
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- SEEE - South East and Eastern Europe
From 23 to 27 February 2026, first responders from Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, and Sierra Leone gathered in Cotonou for a sub-regional training on operational chemical risk management organised by the African Atlantic Façade (AAF) Regional Secretariat of the EU CBRN CoE
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- AAF - African Atlantic Façade
Over 120 regulators, prosecutors, judges, financial intelligence analysts and law enforcement officers from 18 Latin American countries came together in Mexico City for a Regional Conference on Virtual Assets and AML/CFT, organised by the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
Between 2023 and 2026, eight mock trial activities brought together more than 150 judicial and law enforcement officials from six Partner Countries, building cross-border capacity to investigate and adjudicate counter-terrorism cases.
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
Under the EU-funded regional initiative “Facilitating region-specific approaches to addressing climate and environment-related risks for peace and socioeconomic stability in Central Asia.
- Threat area
- Climate change and security
An independent assessment finds the goal of automated weapons detection is getting closer but that a training data bottleneck is preventing more rapid advancements.
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
Albania has completed its national CBRN emergency medicine table-top exercise (TTX), strengthening interagency coordination, hospital readiness, and crisis decision-making.
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- SEEE - South East and Eastern Europe
Azerbaijan completed its second national CBRN emergency medicine training in Baku, improving coordination between responders, hospitals, and emergency managers under EU CBRN CoE support.
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- SEEE - South East and Eastern Europe
On 18 February, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the Berghof Foundation, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development convened climate and peacebuilding experts, practitioners, and policymakers from EU institutions and national governments in Brussels.
- Threat area
- Climate change and security