Source link The State Duma will formally address Paris after the reported deaths of foreign fighters in Ukraine, Vyacheslav Volodin has said The French public and lawmakers should be aware that their compatriots are fighting and dying as mercenaries in Ukraine, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday. The senior lawmaker was commenting […]
Source link The conflict with Russia generates jobs and export advantages for arms manufacturers, Sebastien Lecornu has said The surge in demand for weapons amid the Ukraine conflict benefits the economy of France, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Le Parisien on Wednesday. The senior official revealed plans to produce 78 Caesar howitzers for Ukraine in […]
Source link An Indian navy helicopter was launched in an “ambulance role” upon receiving an alert message from a French vessel The Indian Navy on Tuesday evacuated a patient aboard a French-flagged vessel 65 nautical miles off the country’s west coast and carried him to safety, officials said. The Navy’s ALH MK III (MR) helicopter […]
Source link The country’s population is increasingly sustained by immigrants and the elderly, government statistics show Births in France fell to their lowest number last year since the end of the Second World War, the country’s national statistics office has revealed. As in much of Europe, fertility rates in France are declining, while mass immigration […]
Source link France will not stop supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, new French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne told reporters during his trip to Kiev on Saturday. He made his statement as Western countries are struggling to come to an agreement about additional military and financial aid for the embattled country. Sejourne arrived in […]
Source link Media coverage has soft-pedaled Stephane Sejourne’s relationship with France’s youngest-ever PM Gabriel Attal French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal appointed his husband Stephane Sejourne as foreign minister on Thursday, just days after he himself became the first gay man to hold his role. Sejourne, who also leads President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party and […]
Source link The ex-president responded to Paris describing the Belgorod carnage as Ukrainian “self-defense” The French Foreign Ministry has justified Russia’s historic dislike of France by declaring the Ukrainian massacre of civilians in Belgorod to be self-defense, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claimed on Wednesday. Ukrainian artillery struck the central square of the Russian city […]
Source link Police in France and Germany made hundreds of arrests over New Year’s Eve as mobs torched vehicles and shot fireworks at officers. Nevertheless, authorities in both countries described the night as more “peaceful” than last year. Authorities in Berlin deployed 4,500 police officers to the streets of the German capital in anticipation of […]
Source link Over 50 French actors, writers, producers, and musicians have signed an open letter calling for an end to the “public lynching” of film legend Gerard Depardieu, who has been accused of rape and sexual harassment. The letter comes after the release of a documentary film titled ‘Depardieu: The Fall of an Ogre’, which […]
Source link Niger’s coup leaders have urged nations on the continent to “decolonize their minds” and promote Pan-Africanism values Niger’s military rulers have suspended all cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone Nations (OIF), accusing it of being used as a tool to defend French interests. The decision, announced in a statement on Sunday, comes […]
Source link A former chief of staff for France’s air force has warned that Kiev will only be able to defend its current positions, “at best” A retired French general and former NATO commander has painted a chilling picture of Ukraine’s prospects over the next several months in its conflict with Russia, saying the best […]
Source link Authorities in Burkina Faso have arrested four French civil servants with diplomatic passports and visas on espionage allegations. They were detained earlier this month in the West African nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a French diplomatic source. According to the unnamed source, the detainees are not intelligence agents, but rather […]
Source link Nudity in a classic painting has triggered accusations of Islamophobia in a suburban Paris school A teacher in suburban Paris is being accused of Islamophobia for showing her class, for the purpose of an analytical exercise, the classic painting ‘Diana and Actaeon’ by Giuseppe Cesari – all because the “five muses of antiquity” […]
Source link None of the teens involved in the murder of Samuel Paty will see the inside of a jail cell Six teenagers have been convicted for their role in the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty in 2020. Paty was beheaded by a Muslim refugee who took offense to his depiction of the Prophet […]
Source link The Council of Ministers has approved the move in an amendment to the constitution An amendment to Burkina Faso’s constitution granting local languages official status, while dropping French and making it a working language, was approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. The minister of justice and human rights, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, […]