Firefighters and volunteers are battling the blaze in France and the Iberian Peninsula, where temperatures remain sweltering while, further north, Britain has been put on red alert ahead of a heat wave expected early in the week, with the mercury climbing to 40 degrees. This heatwave is the second in a month for western Europe. […]
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France: Hundreds of residents evacuated from their homes as fires spread
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as forest fires rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities said today. More than 1,000 firefighters supported by nine firefighting aircraft have been battling since Tuesday to bring under control two wildfires fanned by heat and strong winds. “Conditions remain adverse,” said authorities in the […]
French ambassador to Greece: Greece-France relations ‘closer than ever’
In the Greek-French relations that are “closer than ever” and in the internal political situation in France, which marching with a minority government “must” learn the art of “compromise”, the French ambassador to Greece Patrick Mezonav mentioned in the greeting which he addressed to the official guests at last night’s reception, on the occasion of […]
N. Dendias: Greece and France anchor stability in the face of challenges
The historical ties between Greece and France, but also the “excellent level” of current relations, was highlighted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, in his greeting at yesterday’s reception of the French embassy in Athens on the occasion of the National Day of France. In particular, capturing the stigma of bilateral relations, he […]
In France, on Monday, the president of the UAE
The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will travel to France on July 18, his first official visit abroad since taking office last May. Sheikh Mohammed will meet French President Emmanuel Macron to jointly discuss actions in the fields of “energy, climate change and advanced technology”, as well as […]
N. Anastasiadis: France’s support for the reunification of the country is always important
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis, attended the reception hosted by the Embassy of France at the embassy residence, on the occasion of the National Day of France. In his greeting at the reception, President Anastasiades, after wishing a speedy recovery to French ambassador Salina Grene Catalano, who is ill with coronavirus, […]
Macron: ‘Difficult and hard autumn’ for energy, economy and Ukrainian
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a “difficult” and “hard” autumn, both on the front of the military conflict in Ukraine, and on the front of the French and European economy, during a televised interview he gave, on the occasion of today’s national holiday of France. An interview that traditionally takes place after the military […]
After Portugal and Spain, France and Britain are preparing for extreme temperatures
After Spain and Portugal, which have already been affected by heat for days, Britain and France – where 10,000 hectares of forest have burned – are today preparing to face a second wave of extreme temperatures in less than a month. The increase in these phenomena is due to climate change, according to scientists, as […]
New round of political confrontation in France for Uber
The subject of intense political controversy in France is the issue of Uber, and in particular whether and to what extent Emmanuel Macron during the period 2014-2016, i.e. during the presidency of François Hollande of whom he was Minister of Economy, methodized the installation of the American multinational in France with often opaque procedures . […]
Macron ‘of course was in contact’ when he was Minister of Finance with service companies, clarifies the Elysee on the UBER issue
There was a first reaction this morning from the Champs-Élysées in relation to the publications of several European newspapers on the mode of operation in the transport sector of the company UBER and whether and to what extent Emmanuel Macron was in France its privileged interlocutor during the period 2014- 2016 which was in the […]
