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French envoy returns to Italy as friendship rekindles World

French envoy returns to Italy as friendship rekindles

February 15th, 20191004 France's ambassador to Italy returned to Rome on Friday, eight days after his recall by President Emmanuel Macron, as the European neighbours defused their worst diplomatic crisis since World War Two. A senior French diplomat described the recall as "electro-shock therapy" necessary to end to "repeated, baseless" attacks by Italian...
Naval base buzz builds as French ambassador visits Mari Cyprus

Naval base buzz builds as French ambassador visits Mari

February 5th, 20192466 French ambassador to Cyprus Rene Troccaz has visited the Mari naval base on the back of reports that Paris in interested in acquiring permanent naval facilities on the island. On Monday Troccaz visited both Mari outside Limassol as well as the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos. He later tweeted: “Prospects for cooperation on...
Force of habit and French blunders save Wales Rugby

Force of habit and French blunders save Wales

February 2nd, 2019849 Wales were saved by a couple of shocking French errors and sheer force of habit as they achieved a great escape in a thrilling 24-19 comeback win in the Six Nations opener at the Stade de France on Friday. Trailing 16-0 at halftime to a fired-up France, the Welsh turned the situation around, greatly assisted by schoolboy errors from...
Government tightlipped on naval base use by France Cyprus

Government tightlipped on naval base use by France

February 1st, 20193782 THE GOVERNMENT on Thursday neither confirmed nor denied fresh reports of plans for a naval station at Mari to permanently service French warships. When asked government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou demurred, saying only that Cyprus already provides facilities to several nations, including France through the use of the Andreas...
Interview: Turning enmity into an unmatched friendship Cyprus

Interview: Turning enmity into an unmatched friendship

January 22nd, 20191939 Today marks 56 years since the signing of the Élysée Treaty between France and Germany. The ambassadors of two countries talk to the Cyprus Mail about what it meant for Europe By Esra Aygin "MY HEART is overflowing, and my soul is grateful," said French President Charles de Gaulle in fluent German after he and German Chancellor...
Suspected work-scam mastermind referred for trial Crime

Suspected work-scam mastermind referred for trial

January 11th, 20192630 The suspected mastermind of a scam who managed to steal some €300,000 from Cypriot craftsmen and workers seeking employment in the aftermath of the economic collapse will go directly to trial, the Larnaca district court ruled on Friday. The court scheduled the trial to begin on February 25, at the Larnaca-Famagusta criminal...
Death toll in French 'yellow vest' protests rises to nine Europe

Death toll in French 'yellow vest' protests rises to nine

December 20th, 2018950 The death toll linked to France's anti-government "yellow vest" protests has risen to nine, the government said on Thursday, as demonstrators kept up major disruptions of road traffic. "There has been a ninth death, this morning in Agen, by a roundabout. It was a 'Yellow Vest' who was protesting outside but was not following roadway...
US withdrawal from Syria will spark Islamic State revival Middle East

US withdrawal from Syria will spark Islamic State revival

December 20th, 2018872 The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Thursday a White House decision to withdraw from Syria will allow an Islamic State revival and threaten the battle in eastern Syria. The Kurdish-led force said pulling US troops and officials out of its region would have "dangerous implications" on international stability. This...
'Yellow vests' hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests Europe

'Yellow vests' hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests

December 15th, 20181057 Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government, despite calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg earlier this week. In Paris, police were out in force to contain possible outbursts of violence. But several major...
French borrowing costs surge on Macron wage rises, tax cuts Europe

French borrowing costs surge on Macron wage rises, tax cuts

December 11th, 20181086 By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - France's 10-year borrowing costs climbed to their highest level compared with Germany in a year and a half on Tuesday, as French President Emmanuel Macron announced spending measures in a bid to restore calm after weeks of violent protests. Macron announced wage rises for the poorest...
Gunman kills 3 people in French Christmas market (update 3) Europe

Gunman kills 3 people in French Christmas market (update 3)

December 11th, 20181132 A gunman on a security watchlist killed three people and wounded a dozen others near the picturesque Christmas market in the historic French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening before fleeing. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the shooter had evaded a police dragnet and was on the run, raising concerns of a follow-up...
Protesters in France block access to three fuel depots - Total Europe

Protesters in France block access to three fuel depots - Total

November 19th, 2018991 French protesters angered by higher fuel taxes blocked access to three oil depots on Monday, including two run by Total, the company said, as protests against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies entered a third day. Thousands of people took part in demonstrations on motorways across France over the weekend, sparking major...
French far-right overtakes Macron in EU parliament election poll Europe

French far-right overtakes Macron in EU parliament election poll

November 5th, 2018862 France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party has moved ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's Republique En Marche (LREM) party for the first time in a poll of voting intentions for the May 2019 European Parliament elections. An Ifop poll published on Sunday showed Macron's centrist movement with 19 percent of voting intentions...
French police arrest over 100 after Halloween 'purge' night riots Europe

French police arrest over 100 after Halloween 'purge' night riots

November 1st, 20181067 French police arrested more than 100 people after gangs of masked youths stormed through Paris suburbs and the centre of Lyon on Halloween night, authorities said on Thursday, following a message on social media calling for a "purge" against police. Police fired teargas overnight at hundreds of youths who barged through the city centre...
France's ban on full-body Islamic veil ‘violates human rights’ Europe

France's ban on full-body Islamic veil ‘violates human rights’

October 23rd, 20181235 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France's ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called on it to review the legislation. France had failed to make the case for its ban, the committee said, giving Paris 180 days to report back to say what actions it had taken. The panel's...
Flash floods in southern France kill at least 12 people Europe

Flash floods in southern France kill at least 12 people

October 16th, 20181004 At least 12 people died in southwestern France on Monday when some of the worst flash floods in a century turned rivers into raging torrents that engulfed homes and swept away cars. Up to seven months' rain fell in just a few hours overnight, local officials said, catching sleeping residents by surprise and isolating...
French police arrest gangster on the run since spectacular escape Europe

French police arrest gangster on the run since spectacular escape

October 3rd, 2018646 French police have arrested a gangster who went on the run following a spectacular prison escape over the summer, police sources said on Wednesday. Police sources told Reuters that Redoine Faid, whom they had tracked since early July, after armed gunmen sprung him from jail to escape in a helicopter, was arrested in the town of Creil,...
Frenchman lands job after Macron advice Europe

Frenchman lands job after Macron advice

September 27th, 2018685 A jobless young Frenchman told by Emmanuel Macron that all he needed to do to find a job was cross the road and ask has landed a position after video of his exchange with the president went viral online. Jonathan Jahan, 25, didn't cross the road in the end. But a temporary work agency contacted him with an offer to be a coach driver...
Man arrested after knife attack in Paris wounds seven Europe

Man arrested after knife attack in Paris wounds seven

September 10th, 2018860 French police detained a man, said to be of Afghan origin, who wounded seven people in a knife attack in downtown Paris late on Sunday, a source said early on Monday. Four of the victims suffered severe wounds, the source said. The attack took place an hour before midnight in the 19th arrondissement in the northeast of Paris. It...
French President expected to visit Cyprus in November Cyprus

French President expected to visit Cyprus in November

September 9th, 20181533 French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Cyprus in November for talks with President Nicos Anastasiades, with whom he is set to announce a number of bilateral agreements. The Cyprus News Agency reported that Macron’s visit is also related to an invitation extended to him six months ago by the Rector of the University of...
French FM due in Cyprus Friday Cyprus

French FM due in Cyprus Friday

September 6th, 20181211 French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is due on the island on Friday for talks with his Cypriot counterpart on a range of issues. Bilateral relations, the Cyprus problem, the migration crisis and European and regional issues will be on the agenda, according to a statement. The two sides will also be discussing ways of further...
Turkish Cypriots criticise Dutch, French FMs for not meeting with them Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots criticise Dutch, French FMs for not meeting with them

September 6th, 20182412 Turkish Cypriots on Thursday criticized the Netherlands and France for not scheduling visits with them during the visits of their foreign ministers to Cyprus this week. Baris Burcu, the spokesman of Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, said it was unacceptable for them to come to Cyprus and not meet with the Turkish Cypriot...
French foreign minister to visit Cyprus

French foreign minister to visit

September 4th, 20181821 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will be in Cyprus on Friday for a working visit that will include meetings with the president and the UN. According to the Cyprus News Agency, Le Drian will have talks with Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar. The French diplomat will also meet the...
French call for more negotiations ‘bullying, excessive’ - Iran Middle East

French call for more negotiations ‘bullying, excessive’ - Iran

August 31st, 2018864 Iran's foreign ministry on Friday dismissed a French call for more negotiations with Tehran over the international nuclear accord as "bullying and excessive". There was no need for the 2015 agreement between Iran and six world powers to be renegotiated, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, according to the Islamic...
France: EU needs strategic relationship with Russia on defence Europe

France: EU needs strategic relationship with Russia on defence

August 30th, 2018929 The European Union needs a strategic relationship with Turkey, including in defence matters, and should modernise its post-Cold War relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Macron is a strong advocate for a Europe that is able to defend its strategic interests and financial independence and respond to...
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