The French National Assembly, the lower house of France’s parliament, on Tuesday approved the protocols for the admission of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, after the historic decision by the governments of the two Nordic countries to abandon their neutrality due to the military invasion of of Russia in Ukraine on […]
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A new heat wave hits France which is now completely plagued by drought
France, battered by a third heatwave in the middle of the summer, which is intensifying in the south of the country, is now fully plagued by drought after Paris and its suburbs were put on “vigilance” following July’s driest month on record. has ever been recorded. France is expected to record highs of 35C or […]
France sends a mobile DNA analysis laboratory to Kyiv
French President Emmanuel Macron said today that France is determined to ensure that war crimes committed by Russian military forces in Ukraine do not go unpunished and will donate a mobile DNA analysis laboratory to Kyiv authorities. After a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Macron also welcomed the departure of the first […]
Energy crisis in Europe: Paris may be the first city to suffer a blackout this winter
By Javier Blas On the subject of the European energy crisis, all attention is on Germany and gas from Russia. However, France and its fleet of nuclear reactors are at least as important. Indeed, the first European city to be at risk of blackout due to falling temperatures at the end of the year may […]
France: New fires in the southeastern regions of the country
Fresh fires broke out in southeastern France today, with 2,000 hectares reduced to ash in the department of Gars where a firefighter was seriously injured and near Marseille, causing partial highway closures due to smoke. South of Nîmes, a fire destroyed 2,000 hectares of pine forest, causing a large plume of smoke that caused the […]
France: 100 MPs denounce Erdogan’s ‘war policy’ against the Kurds
One hundred French MPs denounced Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “war policy” against the Kurds of northern Syria, in an article published yesterday, Saturday. “As Vladimir Putin’s Russia multiplies war crimes in Ukraine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the shadow of global emotion, plans to launch another bloody attack against the Kurds of northern Syria,” the […]
French Foreign Minister in Dendia: On Greece’s side against threats against its sovereignty
A clear message that France, as in the past and as it has repeated through the French president, is an ally and friendly country with Greece and will stand in solidarity against threats against its sovereignty, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna sent after the meeting with her Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, in Paris. “We will […]
N. Dendias is in Paris for a meeting with the French Foreign Ministry
After the meeting with Analena Burbok that took place earlier in Athens, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias went to Paris, where he met with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna. This is the first meeting between the foreign ministers of Greece and France after the formation of a new government in France, following the parliamentary elections in […]
The diversification of energy sources was discussed by Emmanuel Macron and Prince Salman
French President Emmanuel Macron underlined the importance of diversifying energy sources during his talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), according to a statement from the French Presidency. Emmanuel Macron hosted Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader at a dinner at the Elysee Palace yesterday as Western efforts to reach out to the […]
France: Macron to discuss human rights with Mohammed bin Salman
French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss “the issue of human rights” during dinner with Mohammed bin Salman tonight, the French presidency has announced, as the Saudi crown prince’s visit angers campaigners. of human rights. “The president of the Republic will discuss the issue of human rights as he does every time with Mohammed bin Salman. […]