An exchange of gunfire between groups of Afghan migrants left injured in the French port of Calais, officials said, blaming an apparent settling of scores between traffickers. Gunfight among migrants in French port of Calais wounds five https://t.co/WlRbNH9icP — Voice of Europe 🌍 (@V_of_Europe) November 25, 2017 The local prefect’s office told shots were fired…
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Russia protects senator-oligarch charged with fraud in France
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny commented on the scandal around the detention of Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov (51) in Nice, France. In his opinion, Paris did what Moscow had to do a long time ago. https://twitter.com/navalny/status/933718513230995457 Since 2008 Kerimov has been elected to represent the Republic of Dagestan in Russia’s parliament upper house. Navalny, who…
Russian senator arrested in Nice
 Russian businessman and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov was arrested by French police at Nice airport on Monday evening , November 20, in alleged tax evasion case, an official at the French prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. đź”´Le sĂ©nateur russe Suleyman #Kerimov arrĂŞtĂ© par la police française Ă #Nice➡️https://t.co/svqQzqVvMA #France #Russie pic.twitter.com/tsYLFyfGH7 — RT en français (@RTenfrancais)…
EU building up a new defence structure
At the EU Summit the EU27 leaders reiterated their commitment to launch a new EU defence co-operation structure – Permanent structured co-operation (PESCO) – early next year. It will assemble member-state resources to conduct specific operations and provide funding for joint research and procurement. #EUDefence #EUCO welcomed progress made by Member States in preparing Permanent…
Juncker confident in France economy
France is on its way to tidy up its public finances, the European Commission president said on Monday, signaling confidence in the economic changes pursued by French President Emmanuel Macron before euro zone reform talks. 🎥 Watch live: joint press point by President @JunckerEU and French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe: https://t.co/8gqminKcct pic.twitter.com/Xe4iLNXAyx — EC AV…
France will not recognise Catalan independence
In case Catalonia declares independence “unilaterally,” France will not “recognise” it, said the minister of European Affairs, Nathalie Loiseau. Nathalie Loiseau, Ministra encargada Asuntos Europeos: "Francia no reconocerá DeclaraciĂłn Independencia Cataluña" https://t.co/P9peNuLp9e — España en Francia (@EmbEspFrancia) October 9, 2017 The president of the breakaway region, Carles Puigdemont, is expected to announce the independence of…
Merkel welcomes Macron vision of Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on EU reform, her spokesman said, without giving details on how she would go about improving the way the European Union is run. Macron offered a sweeping vision for Europe’s future in a speech in Sorbonne University in Paris, calling for the EU to cooperate…
Szydlo trades barbs with Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron caused Polish ire after an attempt to review a controversial EU rule on cheap labour: “Poland today is not a country that can show Europe the way, it’s a country that has decided to go against European interests in many areas,” Macron said at press conference in the coastal city of…
Marseille: killed and injured in car attack
At least one woman has been killed and another seriously injured after a van crashed into two bus shelters #Marseille, France. Police advised the public to avoid the Old Port area where the driver of the Renault Master, a 35-year-old man, known to police, was arrested. The driver first hit a bus shelter around 8:15am…
Killing wolves: En Marche! to Middle Ages
Anna van Densky, OPINION. The presidency of Emmanuel Macron has been ‘inaugurated’ in a Middle Ages tradition of killing ‘evil’ wolves. Difficult to imagine that it can happen in France of the 21 century, when progressive humanity is increasingly concerned by ecological catastrophe of destruction of ecosystems, and extinction of rare species. The ‘licence to…
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