Federal Intelligence Service
Foreign intelligence agency of Germany
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| 2025 | Projected year for potential launch of BND's first reconnaissance satellite system. |
| 2022 | Originally planned launch date for BND's satellite system, which was subsequently delayed. |
| December 2022 | A high-ranking BND employee named Carsten L. was arrested on allegations of treason for allegedly disclosing state secrets to the Russian domestic secret service FSB (Federal Security Service). |
| February 2019 | Official opening ceremony of the new BND headquarters, with Chancellor Angela Merkel delivering a speech emphasizing the importance of a strong foreign intelligence service for Germany. Approximately 4,000 employees were expected to relocate to this new facility from the previous headquarters in Pullach, Munich. |
| June 29 2018 | The Independent published a critical article highlighting the BND's employment of former Nazi officers, including those involved in Holocaust-related activities. |
| 2017 | Construction of the new BND (Federal Intelligence Service) headquarters in Berlin is completed, located near the former Berlin Wall site. |
| 2016 | BND initiated its first own satellite project, with systems to be built by OHB Technology. |
| December 2016 | WikiLeaks published 2,420 documents from the BND and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which were originally submitted during the 2015 parliamentary inquiry. |
| July 1 2016 | Bruno Kahl becomes the thirteenth and current BND President, replacing Gerhard Schindler. |
| 2015 | Documents were submitted to a German parliamentary inquiry investigating the surveillance activities of the BND and its cooperation with the US National Security Agency. |
| 2014 | A BND employee was arrested for allegedly handing over secret documents to the United States, specifically documents related to the committee investigating NSA spying in Germany. In response, the German government expelled the top CIA official in Berlin. |
| 2011 | An independent commission of historians began a comprehensive study of the BND's history during Reinhard Gehlen's era. |
| December 7 2011 | Gerhard Schindler succeeds Ernst Uhrlau as the twelfth BND President. |
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