Tag: France

The court found that the wife of former French Prime Minister François Fillon received a state salary for working as an assistant to her husband in parliament, which she did not actually do

The re-elected president promised to build a “stronger France” and expressed confidence that the country would show its best in “difficult times.” The ceremony was attended by his predecessors Sarkozy and Hollande Emmanuel Macron The inauguration of French President Emmanuel Macron took place at the Elysee Palace. He officially took office as head of state for the next five years. The ceremony began at 11:00 […]

According to Nice-Matin, the property is owned by a company 99% owned by the entrepreneur's daughters. The arrest is related to the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Fridman, according to the publication Mikhail Fridman French authorities have arrested the Copab villa, writes Nice-Matin. The publication calls it owned by the family of the founder of Alfa Group. Mikhail Fridman. The area of ​​the […]

The Malian authorities announced “flagrant violations” of the republic's sovereignty by the French military. Bamako terminated the defense agreement with Paris, which had been in force since 2014 =”The authorities of Mali have announced the termination of the defense agreement with France” /> Mali is terminating the defense agreement with France, announced in a televised speech the official representative of the government, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, […]

France, under EU sanctions, arrested three villas associated with Russian businessmen. Since the end of February, the country's authorities have blocked €178 million in banks, arrested four yachts and six helicopters Oleg Deripaska As part of the implementation of the sanctions imposed against Russia, the French authorities arrested three mansions in the south of the country, allegedly belonging to Russian businessmen, the Nice-Matin newspaper reported. […]

Unpopular reforms complicate the new term of the head of state Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election has become as expected as the protests over the outcome of the second round of voting. But the scale of the anti-presidential demonstrations, judging by the reaction of both the police and ordinary citizens, turned out to be much larger than predicted. The end of the […]

The fight for the electorate will continue in May The second round of the next presidential election is coming to an end in France. While the official results of the voting have not been summed up, exit polls (polls of voters at the exits from polling stations) predictably indicate a likely victory for Emmanuel Macron. According to an expert interviewed by MK, if the current […]

French artillery needs greenhouse conditions French President Emmanuel Macron announced on April 22 that 155-mm Caesars would be sent to Ukraine as military aid. Alexey Leonkov, a military expert and editor of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of the French howitzer. Photo: en.wikipedia .orgSelvejp According to him, “Caesar” has a long range – up to 42 kilometers. In addition, […]

Poll shows Macron likely to win Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron could win the second round of the presidential election with 53.5 percent of the vote. The victory of the head of the Fifth Republic is predicted according to the results of a sociological survey by Elabe. Photo: Global Look Press Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally party, according to the poll, could get 46.5 […]

Macron: Putin singles out France among other Western countries, relations need to be rethought European countries should rethink relations with Russia and Turkey in order to “bring” them closer to themselves, Macron believes. According to him, Putin distinguishes France from other Western countries, but dialogue with him is always frank Dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin is always demanding and frank, he revived the dream […]

Following the processing of 100% of the votes, Emmanuel Macron scored 27.84%, and his main rival Marine Le Pen – 23.15%. Both will participate in the second round of elections, which will be held on April 24 The turnout in the first round of the presidential elections in France was 73.69%— this is the lowest figure since 2002 (then 72% of voters came to the […]

Paris declared six Russian diplomats persona non grata, the secret services found out that they acted against the national interests of France. This is stated on the website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “After a very lengthy investigation, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) revealed on Sunday, April 10, a covert operation carried out by Russian special services on our territory,”— the […]

Missing voter turnout threatens unpredictable results It's only a matter of time before the first round of the French presidential election. According to the polls among the candidates, the current head of state Emmanuel Macron is in the lead, but the voter turnout remains a big question – and this factor introduces an element of unpredictability. Photo: Global Look Press Emmanuel Macron is the clear […]

The press secretary of the Russian president said there is a “potential risk” of a severance of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Paris if the expulsions of diplomats continue Embassy of the Russian Federation in France France's decision to expel Russian diplomats « closes the window for relations between countries, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with LCI. Answering a question about […]

According to French media, Paris will send about 30 Russians. Earlier, Germany announced a similar decision

French Minister of Ecological Transition Pompili spoke about the possibility of paying for Russian gas in euros with further conversion into rubles, “in particular, by Gazprombank” Companies will be able to continue paying for gas from Russia in euros through banks, who will convert them into rubles, in particular Gazprombank. This was stated by the French Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili, BFM TV reports. […]

Expert: 'It's more of a political decision' France has put three of its nuclear-powered missile submarines into the sea for the first time in thirty years, according to The Times. We asked the Chairman of the St. Petersburg Navy Submariners Club, Captain 1st Rank Igor Kurdin, to comment on the message. Photo: en. wikipedia.org The French consider their submarine fleet to be the first in […]