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    Frontex Photo Competition Results

    2013-05-08

    Frontex’s photo contest, "Ties that Bind: Bridging borders in modern Europe" is now closed. First place was taken by Marcin Klepacki for his picture "Crossroads." Curtis Budden, a professional photographer commissioned to judge the entries, said the winning image, “gives the viewer plenty of room for interpretation. [...] The photographer uses leading lines and a shallow depth of field to direct us to the real subject of the image, which is not the bridge but the man standing on it.

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    Final Call for Papers: “Workshop on Innovation in Border Control”

    2013-04-18

    The Workshop on Innovation in Border Control 2013 (WIBC 2013), co-organized by Frontex Research and Development Unit, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS) of the University of Arizona, is soliciting both research and “industrial practice and experience” papers.

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    Frontex Signs Working Arrangement with State Border Service of Azerbaijan

    2013-04-16

    Warsaw, 16 April, 2013 — Representatives of Frontex and the border authority of Azerbaijan signed a Working Arrangement today. Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen represented the Agency in a signing ceremony with Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev, Chief of State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.

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    Above the snowline — cold-weather survival training for air crews

    2013-04-15

    Nothing is easy in deep snow. The simple act of walking is rendered impossible without snow shoes. Other indispensible equipment includes the right clothing, from socks and underwear to gloves and sunglasses, and of course the essential compass and map. Only then, given the right training, do you stand a chance against the elements. Hence the first day of cold-weather survival training for air crews starts with the basics — a run-through of clothing and equipment.

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    Call for Expressions of Interest: Pool of Experts on Automated Border Control

    2013-04-12

    The Frontex Research and Development Unit (RDU) invites relevant candidates to express their interest in participating in a pool of experts in the field of Automated Border Control (ABC). Interested experts are invited to submit their applications in response to this Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI). Candidates will be shortlisted for the pool on the basis of their professional and technical ability and their capacity to carry out the tasks described in the CEI.

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