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EU Council head Donald Tusk (c) getting off a Belgium defence ministry air-taxi in Austria last year (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Investigation

Spy-air? EU warned on VIP jet leasing

Flying EU and Nato VIPs on jets from a part-Chinese firm could be a security risk, a Belgian aviation company has said.

Its warning was lambasted as a "James Bond" fantasy, by reference to the fictional British spy.

But if there is a risk, then top EU officials have already been exposed on other "air-taxis".

And the Belgian aviation company which rang the China alarm has its own security questions to answer on Russia.

Courtroom drama

The spy scare was ...

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