Section: The Local (France)
Anger as French atlas places Crimea in Russia
Ukraine’s ambassador to France has voiced his “shock” at the new 2016 edition of a French atlas which features a map showing “Crimea as being part of Russian territory.” …read more Source: The Local...
BREAKING: Egypt to buy Mistral warships
Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Local...
France agrees to repay Russia for warships
The French Presidency announced on Wednesday that Russia would be “fully reimbursed” for the cost of two warships, which Paris has refused to deliver due to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Local...
French MPs under fire for trip to annexed Crimea
France’s foreign minstry has deplored a group of opposition MPs who are paying a visit to the peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
France’s Depardieu ruled ‘a danger to Ukraine’
France’s larger than life actor Gérard Depardieu has been added to a black list in Ukraine, which features names of people judged “a threat to national security”, according to reports on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Local...
France offers Russia ‘deal to ditch Mistrals’
Paris has allegedly offered Moscow the sweet sum of €785 million to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a Russian newspaper reported Friday. …read more Source: The Local...
Hollande warns Moscow over Ukraine ceasefire
France’s President Francois Hollande Thursday denounced as “unacceptable” ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after a brief conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Aachen in Germany about the conflict involving Russian-backed rebels. …read more Source: The Local...
Putin calls on Hollande to mend ties to help trade
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his French counterpart François Hollande to restore ties that have been undermined by tension over Ukraine. For his part Hollande told Puting to ensure there the peace accords were implemented. …read more Source: The Local...
Paris to pay back Russia if warship deal pulled
President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that France will reimburse Russia if it fails to deliver two Mistral warships in a deal frozen over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Local...
France in talks with Russia to end Mistral row
French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Local...
