LAST UPDATE: 18.00 Fierce storms battering the western Mediterranean since Tuesday have killed five people in Corsica, according to the latest tally from local authorities. There are more than 20 injured and three of them are hospitalized in a critical condition. After successive heat waves and drought, storms and wind gusts of up to 224 […]
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Macron and Modi want to work together to end the war in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Tuesday to “work together to end the conflict” in Ukraine, the Elysees said in a press release. The two leaders exchanged views by phone on “the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine and its destabilizing consequences for the rest of the world,” […]
France says all its troops fighting Islamists in Mali have now withdrawn
LAST UPDATE: 17.49 France announced today that all of its troops fighting Islamist militants in Mali since 2013 have now left the country, following a decision to withdraw in February amid worsening relations between Paris and Bamako. France and its military allies had said at the time that after almost a decade of staying in […]
NATO: Macron signed the accession protocols of Sweden and Finland
President Emmanuel Macron signed and ratified on behalf of France the admission protocols of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Élysée announced yesterday, Saturday. The French National Assembly had approved the accession of the two Nordic states to NATO on August 2. “The dominant choice of Finland and Sweden, European partners, […]
Europe is rushing to help France fight the fiery nightmare
Firefighters from several European countries are arriving in France today to help fight several forest fires raging amid back-to-back heat waves and historic drought, including a giant front in the country’s southwest. A total of 361 firefighters from European countries are on their way to south-west France to support their 1,100 French colleagues who are […]
Fires are raging in southwestern France amid a new heat wave
Fires raged in southwestern France yesterday, Tuesday, destroying 16 homes, burning 60,000 acres and forcing nearly 6,000 people to flee the region, which was already hit last month by huge fires. France, like the rest of Europe, is dealing with heat waves and drought that have caused many fires in the past two months. “The […]
Erdogan messes with Germany and France: They have become instruments of Greek propaganda
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized France and Germany in remarks shortly before boarding the presidential plane to return to Turkey after meeting Vladimir Putin in Sochi. As reported by Anadolu Agency, when asked about Germany and France targeting Turkey in defense of Greece’s claims, Erdogan said that both Berlin and Paris have become “an […]
Kremlin: Putin and Macron are not on the phone because France is not a friendly country
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron have not spoken by phone for two months because France is an “unfriendly” country with which talks are not “necessary” at the moment, the Kremlin said today. “Well, in principle, France is an unfriendly state in terms of the actions it takes that concern our country,” […]
France: Industrial production increased significantly in June
French industrial production rose sharply in June, beating forecasts for a recession, despite supply chain problems and the energy crisis. According to data released today by the statistical agency Insee, total industrial production increased by 1.4% compared to the previous month. Economists had expected factory output to fall 0.2% on a monthly basis. Manufacturing output […]
France: Almost half of the reactors are out of operation
In times of energy crisis, a significant number of French nuclear reactors have been shut down. Is France on the brink of a power outage? At a time when the public debate is intensifying in Germany about a possible extension of the operation of the nuclear reactors with the aim of ensuring energy sufficiency in […]