Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Monday, January 12, 2015
Friday, September 5, 2014
Hollande Threatens: Ceasefire Should Be Reached In Ukraine For France to Deliver Mistral to Russia
French President Francois Hollande set terms for Mistral delivery to Russia, saying that his conditions were a ceasefire and a political settlement in Ukraine, Reuters reported Thursday.
«What are the conditions? A ceasefire and a political settlement… Today these conditions are not in place,” Hollande said as quoted by Reuters.
On the sidelines of a NATO summit currently held in Wales, Hollande told reporters that the contract for two Mistral-class helicopters carriers was neither cancelled, nor suspended, but mentioned that the above conditions must be met in order for the ships to be delivered to Russia.
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French Diplomat: France’s Mistral Warships Deal With Russia Legally in Force
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
Vatican signs deals on financial intelligence with Britain & France
The Vatican announced on Saturday that its financial crimes watchdog had signed cooperation deals with Britain, France and four other nations - Malta, Poland, Romania and Peru. A statement said that under the agreements, the Financial Intelligence Authority agreed to "exchange of financial information to fight money laundering and combat terrorist financing".
Similar deals are already in place with nine other countries, including Italy, Germany and the United States. Last year, the AIF was admitted into the Egmont Group, a worldwide association of financial regulators. In recent years, the Vatican has acted on international pressure to clean up its act in financial matters.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
France, UK, US provide support to Syrian terrorists - Syria's deputy FM
Faisal Mekdad, deputy Foreign Minister of Syria, believes that France, US and UK provide support to the terrorists operating on Syrian territory, Lebanese media reported on Saturday. He said that these countries seek to thwart the reforms aimed at promoting democracy, human rights and creating a rule-of-law state in Syria.
Furthermore, he said that Israel seeks to undermine the presidential elections in Syria scheduled on June 3. "We were baffled by arbitrary actions and open interventions by countries that claim to be democratic but in fact have no idea of the meaning of democracy," Mekdad said.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
UN nuclear watchdog team arrives in Tehran: Iran monitoring to cost $6 million
A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran on Saturday, another step towards implementing a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers which was finalized last week, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.
The team, led by nuclear engineer Massimo Aparo, will begin reporting to the IAEA on Monday, marking the official start of the deal, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Under the terms of the agreement with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany,
Iran will stop work on some portions of its nuclear program in exchange
for relief from some international sanctions which have damaged the
country's economy.
Friday, January 17, 2014
The maradona: France's Hollande visits First Lady Trierweiler in hospital.
French President Francois Hollande has paid his first visit to his official partner Valerie Trierweiler since she was hospitalised in the wake of revelations he was having an affair, his office said.
Hollande visited Trierweiler at a Paris hospital on Thursday evening, six days after she was admitted, a spokesman said.
Monday, September 2, 2013
"We have challenged the US and France to come up with a single piece of proof" - Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday scorned allegations that his forces were behind chemical attacks in Damascus last month and warned that any French military action against his government would trigger negative repercussions. "Those who make accusations must show evidence. We have challenged the US and France to come up with a single piece of proof. (Presidents) Obama and Hollande have been incapable of doing so," Assad told the French daily in an interview."Anybody who contributes to the financial and military reinforcement of terrorists is the enemy of the Syrian people. If the policies of the French state are hostile to the Syrian people, the state will be their enemy," he said. "There will be repercussions, negative ones obviously, on French interests."
Reuters
Monday, July 8, 2013
Photo: Bare-breasted activist: France grants asylum to local Femen leader
Paris has granted political asylum to the leader of the notorious feminist movement Femen in France, Le Figaro reports.
The Ukrainian citizen Inna Shevchenko, who now lives in France, told journalists she has recently had her asylum plea supported by the French government. The request is reportedly dated February 2013.
The French leader of bare-breasted activists for women’s rights said the move to ask for France’s protection was “strategic.”
“To extend our reach we need a country that would act as our base,” she explained.
Paris has not yet commented on asylum for Ms Shevchenko, saying it did not wish to expand on confidential data.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
French family held in Northern Nigeria return safely to France
The French family, father, mother, their four kids and father's brother, who were abducted in Cameroon on February 19th 2013 by Islamist militants and brought to Nigeria, have returned safely to France. They were welcomed by their family members and the president of France.
The Moulin-Fournier family, who were based in Cameroon, were kidnapped while visiting a national park in the northern part of the country. A few days later, they were taken to northern Nigeria where they were held by members of Boko Haram who asked Cameroon to free detained members of their group before they free the abducted family. The French family returned to their country yesterday Saturday April 20th. No word yet on how they were released.
The Moulin-Fournier family, who were based in Cameroon, were kidnapped while visiting a national park in the northern part of the country. A few days later, they were taken to northern Nigeria where they were held by members of Boko Haram who asked Cameroon to free detained members of their group before they free the abducted family. The French family returned to their country yesterday Saturday April 20th. No word yet on how they were released.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
France Bans Twitter Term ‘Hashtag’
The French government has included the Twitter term ‘hashtag’ in a list of words to be avoided in order to protect the national language.
The Académie Française is responsible for maintaining standards of French and has identified the English social networking term as a word that undermines linguistic purity, The Mirror reports.
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