Section: Radio France internationale (France)
Ukraine elections: Television comedian is unlikely frontrunner
On Sunday March 31st, the first round of the Ukrainian presidential elections will take place with a total of 39 registered candidates. According to elections polls, a popular television comedian and political newcomer, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is the current front-runner for the presidential seat. In the first of a 5 part series on the elections,...
Poland refuses to invite Russia to WWII commemoration ceremony
Angry at Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, Poland has refused to invite a Russian delegation to the 80th anniversary ceremony commemorating the start of World War II. …read more Source: Radio France...
Macron, Putin meet, hoping to save Iran nuclear deal
French President Emmanuel Macron was to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg on Thursday. The leaders will take the time for an in-depth one-on-one discussion according to Macron’s office, with the Iran nuclear deal as well as conflicts in Syria and Ukraine on the agenda. …read more Source: Radio France...
Ukrainian court convicts Frenchman over Euro 2016 attack plot
A Ukrainian court on Monday sentenced a Frenchman to six years in jail after finding him guilty of planning a terror attack in France during the Euro 2016 football championship. …read more Source: Radio France...
Mayonnaise containing engine oil on sale in France
Mayonnaise on French supermarket shelves may contain engine oil, a French weekly paper has revealed, after it emerged that a crooked company in Ukraine has sold 40,000 tonnes of sunflower oil cut with 280 tonnes of engine oil in Europe. …read more Source: Radio France...
French-Israeli conman jailed on extradition from Ukraine
A conman who swindled companies out of millions by pretending to be their CEO has been jailed in France after being extradited from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio France...
Families desperate for news of Ukraine’s disappeared
30 August is designated International Day of the Disappeared by the United Nations and other NGOs. ‘Disappeared people’ are people who are kidnapped or killed and whose families are not told what has happened to them. …read more Source: Radio France...
Families desperate for news of Ukraine’s disappeared
30 August is designated International Day of the Disappeared by the United Nations and other NGOs. ‘Disappeared people’ are people who are kidnapped or killed and whose families are not told what has happened to them. …read more Source: Radio France...
Families desperate for news of Ukraine’s disappeared
30 August is designated International Day of the Disappeared by the United Nations and other NGOs. ‘Disappeared people’ are people who are kidnapped or killed and whose families are not told what has happened to them. …read more Source: Radio France...
French conman arrested in Ukraine
A conman sentenced for tricking dozens of French banks and businesses into handing over millions of euros has been arrested in Ukraine after a hunt lasting more than two years. …read more Source: Radio France...
