Section: The Local (France)
Macron hosts Putin in Versailles in new president’s latest diplomatic test
France’s new President Emmanuel Macron was to host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in the latest test of his diplomatic mettle after vowing firm stands on Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukrainians appeal to Macron over Putin’s ‘political’ prisoners
Relatives of Ukrainians jailed by Russia in cases they call “political” have appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron to demand their release when he meets Vladimir Putin on Monday. …read more Source: The Local...
Putin, Macron to air tough issues at Versailles meet
France’s new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday with the two countries harbouring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: The Local...
Hollande covers ISIS, Ukraine and climate in Trump call
US president-elect Donald Trump and French President Francois Hollande vowed in a telephone call Friday to try “clarify positions” on potentially thorny issues including climate change, French presidential sources said. …read more Source: The Local...
Second Northern Ireland supporter dies in France
Northern Ireland were hit by more tragedy on Thursday after another one of their supporters died during the team’s game against Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
What we know of Frenchman’s ‘plot to attack Euro 2016’
Ukraine intelligence services claimed on Monday they had thwarted a plot to carry out a wave of attacks at Euro 2016. As French authorities investigate those claims, here’s what we know. …read more Source: The Local...
Frenchman planned to hit Euro 2016 with ’15 terror attacks’
Authorities in Ukraine say they have helped to thwart some “15 terrorist attacks” in France that were to be committed in the run up to and during Euro 2016. …read more Source: The Local...
France busts sailboat gang of migrant smugglers
French police said on Tuesday they have broken up a smuggling network that used yachts to transport migrants to Britain after finding seven Ukrainians stowed away on a boat on the French coast. …read more Source: The Local...
Avalanche: teacher charged with involuntary homicide
A French teacher who took students onto a closed skiing piste in the French Alps where an avalanche killed two of them and a Ukrainian tourist has been charged with involuntary homicide, his lawyer said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Local...
French Alps avalanche leaves two skiers dead
A Ukrainian and a teenager have died after an avalanche in the French Alps swept away skiers, including a group of school children. Five pupils are still missing. …read more Source: The Local...
