Source link The Marine Nationale is training to face someone “who wants to destroy us,” a top naval officer has said France has shifted its naval posture from intercepting drug traffickers and poachers to training for a conventional war, Rear Admiral Jacques Mallard has told Politico. Mallard commands France’s only carrier battle group, built around […]
Source link French police arrested Avallon Mayor Jamilah Habsaoui as part of a wide drug bust on Sunday. She was apprehended after 70 kilograms of cannabis were found at her house, AFP and BFM TV reported, citing police sources. Avallon is a city in the Burgundy-Franche-Comte region. Habsaoui has been the mayor since 2021 and […]
Source link Earlier, Paris said it had no intelligence linking the Crocus City Hall shooting spree to Kiev French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed claims that Paris may have been involved in the Crocus City Hall massacre outside Moscow, speaking to French media on Thursday. In a phone call on Wednesday with his French counterpart, […]
Source link Auchan could face a heavy fine following an on-site inspection, the outlet has said Russian tax authorities could hit French supermarket chain Auchan with a fine of nearly $2 million over suspected fraud, RBK reported on Tuesday, citing the company’s financial data. The Russian Federal Tax Service (FTS) conducted an on-site inspection of […]
Source link Last week’s terrorist attack in Russia has reportedly raised concerns over the event becoming a target French intelligence services have recommended scrapping plans for a grand opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics because of security concerns, the Europe1 news outlet has reported, citing sources. Under the current plan, the ceremony in the […]
Source link A large number of people fear new assaults in the wake of the mass shooting in Russia, a poll has shown French citizens strongly fear that the country could be hit by a terrorist attack in the coming weeks or months, a poll published on Thursday has shown. The survey, conducted after a […]
Source link Paris has always “fought against Islamist terrorism,” President of the National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet said The French National Assembly observed a minute of silence before its session on Tuesday, in a tribute to the victims of last Friday’s deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside of Moscow. The assault […]
Source link Students from Guinea continue to receive scholarships from Moscow, Sekou Traore has said Guinea’s teaching and research sector is dominated by professionals who received their training from Russia, a senior official from the West African nation’s Ministry of Higher Education, Sekou Traore, told Sputnik in an interview published on Friday. Traore lauded Russia’s […]
Source link France should think twice before sending troops to Ukraine, Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman Pyotr Tolstoy has said. Speaking to French BFMTV on Thursday, he warned that any French soldier who comes to Ukraine to fight against Russia will be eliminated. His comments came in response to recent remarks made by French President […]
Source link The National Rally politician says France must give Kiev “the means to enter negotiations” with Moscow The only way France can help Ukraine is to give it the means to negotiate with Russia, Marine Le Pen has said. The former French presidential candidate and parliamentary leader of the far-right National Rally party also […]
Source link The army’s chief of staff has said that Paris is prepared to fight the “toughest” battles to protect its interests France is ready to face whatever developments unfold internationally and is prepared for the “toughest engagements” to protect itself, the chief of staff of the French Army, Gen. Pierre Schill, said in an […]
Source link The head of the Talant commune has said he cannot accept his subordinate’s “collusion” with Moscow The mayor of the commune of Talant in Cote-d’Or, southern France, Fabian Ruinet, says he has decided to suspend his deputy, Cyril Gaucher, for working as an international observer during the presidential election in Russia. Ruinet wrote […]
Source link Kiev’s Western sponsors will work together as part of yet another “capability coalition” to supply Ukrainian forces with specific types of arms, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said, backing the initiative originally floated by French President Emmanuel Macron last month. During a joint press conference with Macron and Polish PM Donald Tusk in […]
Source link Finnish FM Elina Valtonen has argued that nobody knows how “serious” the conflict could become Helsinki agrees with Paris that all options must remain on the table to support Kiev’s war effort against Moscow, but at this point is not willing to send its own troops to Ukraine or even discuss such a […]
Source link Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen has accused France’s president of “hijacking” the conflict between Kiev and Moscow to score political points French legislators have voted in favor of a 10-year security pact with Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron’s party described the non-binding vote as a means of forcing his left- and right-wing opponents […]