Section: France 24 (France)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell: ‘The UK will be considered as a third country’
Our guest is Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who took office with the new European Commission earlier in December. We ask him about EU foreign policy challenges: the future relationship between the EU and the UK after Brexit, the role of Europe in the Iranian nuclear standoff, plus the...
EU leaders extend Russia sanctions for six months over 2014 annex of Crimea
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday agreed to extend their main economic sanctions against Russia for six months to the end of July 2020, four diplomatic sources told Reuters. …read more Source:: France...
‘Russia is a strategic adversary’, says former NATO chief Rasmussen
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the recent NATO summit in London. He reacted to French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments about the Atlantic Alliance undergoing “brain death”, US President Donald Trump’s apparent change in vision about NATO, as well as...
Russia and Ukraine leaders, in first talks, agree to exchange prisoners
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine agreed on Tuesday to exchange all remaining prisoners from the conflict in east Ukraine by the end of the year, but left thorny questions about the region’s status for future talks. …read more Source:: France...
Live: World leaders speak after Ukraine peace talks uniting Zelensky, Putin in Paris
For the first first time ever, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace talks at the Élysée Palace on Monday. The talks were hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron with German Chancellor Angela Merkel also in attendance. …read more Source:: France...
Fragile hopes for peace in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the first time at a summit in Paris. The aim is to restart the peace process in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, which has been partially occupied by Russian-backed forces since 2014. Although Zelensky has vowed to do all he can to end the...
Macron aims to revive Ukraine peace process at Paris summit
After a three-year freeze in negotiations over the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, a meeting is set for Monday at France’s Élysée Palace. …read more Source:: France...
Sakharov Prize laureate Oleg Sentsov on becoming ‘a thorn in Putin’s side’
Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian filmmaker and activist who was freed from a Russian prison in September, has told FRANCE 24 he wants to use his freedom to help get other political prisoners released. In 2014, Sentsov was kidnapped by Russian agents at his home in Crimea and put on trial in Russia on charges of terrorist activity, a trial and...
Russia and Ukraine prisoner exchange analysis by Alec Luhn
Russia and Ukraine prisoner exchange analysis by Alec Luhn …read more Source:: France...
Film director Oleg Sentsov among 70 scheduled for Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
A long-awaited swap of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine was underway on Saturday, sources and state media said, with 70 people involved in the landmark deal. …read more Source:: France...
