15

Apr

Business Forum For Businesses with French Interests

“Doing Business with France, then and in today’s environment” will be the theme of this year’s annual Business Forum being organised by the Maltese French Chamber of Commerce on Monday…

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13

Apr

Alan Kurdi ship saga ends… migrants to be taken in by four EU countries

  The Maltese government announced that more than 60 migrants stranded at sea for more than a week on the German rescue ship Alan Kurdi would be taken in by four EU…

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12

Apr

France ready to take some Sea Eye migrants

  French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner  announced that France is ready, along with several other European partners, to welcome 20 out of the 60 migrants stranded off Malta aboard the…

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11

Apr

Salvini warns that Italy won’t stand by if France blocks Libyan peace process

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned he would not "stand by" if France were to block peace in Libya. Salvini, speaking on the Italian radio station Rtl 102.5,…

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10

Apr

EU parliament head Tajani says Europe split over Libya

  Parliament President Antonio Tajani complained that France and Italy are divided over policy toward Libya despite the official position of EU unity stated by the bloc's foreign policy chief.…

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08

Apr

Tajani accuses France of involvement in Tripoli’s clashes

The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani has accused France of intervening in Libya to serve its interests after nearly four days of clashes in the suburbs of Tripoli.…

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08

Apr

EU calls on rebel leader Khalifa Haftar to halt offensive on Tripoli to avoid civil war – France under pressure to condemn Haftar

The EU called on rebel leader Khalifa Haftar to halt offensive on Tripoli to avoid civil war, France 24 reports. The Libyan Report said that while  EU Foreign Ministers discussed…

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07

Apr

Slideshow: Preview of L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE, WRAPPED by Christo

Photos made available by the Center Pompidou Press Office show various sketches showing the 'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' Project for Paris, Place de l'Etoile, Charles de Gaulle by Christo. Bulgarian-born…

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07

Apr

Tripoli Government summons French Ambassador to protest France’s link to Tripoli invasion

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj summoned French Ambassador in Libya Béatrice du Hellen to officially protest France’s support to warlord Khalifa Haftar’s armed groups in their attack on Tripoli. Sources…

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07

Apr

Rwanda mourns the dead on the 25th anniversary of the genocide that shocked the world

Rwanda on Sunday begins one hundred days of mourning for over 800,000 people slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a century on from the day…

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07

Apr

Joint European police action against Albanian drugs traffickers

Police in five European countries carried out a huge strike against a gang of Albanian drugs traffickers, making 67 arrests. A total of about 650 police officers in Belgium, the…

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07

Apr

Fire causes major explosion in Paris

Fire caused a major explosion in central Paris, no casualties were reported, French daily Le Figaro said on Saturday. Le Figaro said that a "violent fire" was in progress in…

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06

Apr

French government publishes decree to control rent prices to create affordable housing and protect tenants in Paris

The French government published a decree on April 5 paving the way for Paris to reintroduce citywide rent control, in a resounding victory for housing advocates. France24 reports that the…

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06

Apr

Macron orders investigation of France’s role in Rwanda’s genocide

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a panel of experts to investigate France's role in Rwanda's genocide 25 years ago. Twenty-five years after the Rwandan genocide, both Kigali and Paris…

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05

Apr

Salvini says dispute with France over

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced that a dispute with France over migrants and other issues was over. Salvini said his French counterpart Christophe Castaner had recognized that Italy had been…

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04

Apr

French government Twitter campaign encouraging people to vote in EP elections blocked by France’s new fake news law

A campaign by the French government encouraging people to register to vote in the European Parliament elections has been blocked on Twitter, officials said on Tuesday. The platform claimed it…

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31

Mar

Yellow vest protests enter 20th week

Yellow vest activists protested across France on Saturday to support an activist injured last week in a confrontation with police and to show that they remain mobilized against the government’s…

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30

Mar

Bordeaux calls for shutdown amid more ‘yellow vest’ protests for today

  The mayor of the French city of Bordeaux, France's fifth-biggest city, called for residents to remain indoors Saturday and for shopowners to shutter their stores as the authorities braced…

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28

Mar

French resignations linked to forthcoming European and Municipal elections

France's government spokesman and two ministers quit the cabinet on Wednesday as they prepared to run in European and municipal elections. President Emmanuel Macron's office said spokesman Benjamin Griveaux had quit…

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27

Mar

French presidency says government spokesperson and two ministers have resigned

France24 reports that a government spokesperson and two ministers have resigned. Developing story

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27

Mar

Air France pilot from Entebbe hijacking dies at 95

Captain Michel Bacos, whose flight was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists on June 27, 1976  and insisted on staying with Israeli captives in Entebbe, has died aged 95. Bacos…

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26

Mar

Cooperation between China and Europe dominates meetings’ agenda

Cooperation is the mainstream in China-Europe relations, and even if there are differences and competition, it is benign competition, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday during a visit to…

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24

Mar

China’s Xi heads to France

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to the French Riviera on Sunday for the final leg of his European tour. Xi's trip will begin in the Mediterranean city of Nice and…

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23

Mar

Yellow Vests banned from Champs-Élysées

French police have banned the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vest) protesters from the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday after rioters destroyed businesses last week. The government has warned that it intends…

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22

Mar

French soldiers with orders to fire if threatened in Yellow Vests protests

General Bruno Leray, military governor of Paris, in a rare public address, said soldiers mobilized for Saturday's planned Yellow Vests protests, the gilets jaunes,  will operate under strict instructions, but…

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21

Mar

Troops to be deployed in streets of France during Yellow Vest protests

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that soldiers will be deployed across the country to help maintain security during more yellow vest protests planned this weekend. Macron said the military…

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19

Mar

Yellow Jackets protest movement led to ‘explosion’ of false and misleading news

France's Yellow Jackets protest movement led to an explosion of false or misleading news items circulating on Facebook, with posts shared some 4 million times over a five-month period, according…

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19

Mar

French Minister for European Affairs names her cat Brexit

Update: Despite reports to the contrary, French Europe Minister Nathalie Loiseau has not named her cat "Brexit", her office said on Tuesday France’s minister for European affairs was reported saying…

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19

Mar

Yellow Vests Violence – French government fires Paris Police commissioner

The French government on Monday sacked the Paris police chief and vowed to crack down harder on Yellow Jackets protesters after a resurgence of violence in weekend demonstrations. Prime Minister Edouard…

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17

Mar

French couple barred from naming son Grizemann Mbappe

A football-mad couple in south-west France have been barred from naming their son "Griezmann Mbappe" after two of the stars of France's World Cup-winning team. A family judge in the…

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17

Mar

Clean-Up operation underway in a race to prevent heavy fuel oil damage after shipwreck in France

Despite poor weather conditions, four ships began a clean-up operation on Friday afternoon. The 214-metre-long vessel sank on Tuesday, 300 kilometres west of the French town of La Rochelle, carrying…

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16

Mar

UPDATED: Violence in the streets of Paris during Yellow Vest protest

After weeks of declining participation, France's "yellow vest" protest movement attempted to rebound on Saturday with a major rally in Paris.  It quickly turned violent with Police firing tear gas…

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10

Mar

Nationalities of people on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max announced

The Ethiopian Airlines CEO and Kenya’s transport minister say Canadians, Chinese, Americans and others are among the many nationalities among the victims of Sunday morning’s deadly plane crash after takeoff…

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10

Mar

Italian government defuses multibillion-euro TAV project row

  Giuseppe Conte, the Italian Prime Minister, halted the launch of tenders for a high-speed rail link to France, defusing a dispute within the ruling coalition over the project that…

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09

Mar

Cartoon Selection – Europe’s Renaissance according to Macron

First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, March 9, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas

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09

Mar

Polls in Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Spain and France show that Far-Right parties are to double seats in European Parliament

Far-right parties are poised to double their seats in the European Parliament election in May, while mainstream conservative and Social Democratic groups face big losses, a new poll released by…

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09

Mar

Rise in anti-Semitism in France linked to ‘Yellow-Vests’

France has seen a 74% rise in anti-Semitic incidents over the past year, according to French authorities. France is the home to Europe's largest Jewish community, CNN reports that French President…

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07

Mar

Was Malta used as a test-base for the Nutella biscuits prior to their official market launch today?

Italian news agencies report the launch of the Nutella biscuits, for now only in France. The biscuits, who had the Maltese shops during 2018, were launched officially on Thursday through…

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07

Mar

Prominent French cardinal convicted of child sex abuse cover-up

  Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was found guilty by a court in Lyon of failing to report to the justice authorities accusations against a paedophile priest in his diocese in what…

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07

Mar

France unveils the “tax of the 21st Century”

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (photo above) has unveiled plans for what is being described as the "tax of the 21st Century." A new French tax on digital giants.…

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05

Mar

Macron calls for a revision of the Schengen system

French President Emmanuel Macron has made an impassioned defence of a new Europe in a newspaper column published in each of the 28 member states in which he laid out…

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04

Mar

Macron seeks reconciliation with Italy

French President Emmanuel Macron held out the olive branch with Italy following a diplomatic spat that saw Paris briefly recall its ambassador. In the spirit of reconciliation, Macron said he…

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04

Mar

Riots in Grenoble after French teen deaths

  Rioters clashed with police in the eastern French city of Grenoble on Sunday night after two teenagers died while they were being chased by police. The BBC reports that…

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04

Mar

Another mass attempt by migrants to board cross-Channel ferry to Dover

Police in the French port of Calais arrested more than 40 migrants on Sunday after an attempt to board a cross-Channel ferry bound for Dover. French police sprung into action…

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02

Mar

Sixteenth consecutive week of demonstrations by France’s Yellow Vests

France 24 reported that once more on Saturday, Yellow Vests took to the streets of France for the sixteenth consecutive week of protests amid signs of waning support. For more…

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28

Feb

France asks for clarifications after Dutch acquisition of significant stake in Air-France-KLM

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Dutch government must "clarify its intentions" after purchasing a significant stake in the Air France-KLM alliance without first informing Paris. "The government was…

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23

Feb

EU agriculture is threatened by internal divisions and rival trading blocs – Macron

European Union agriculture is being threatened by internal divisions and rival trading blocs, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, calling for a large budget to defend EU goals on…

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21

Feb

France mulls encouraging people on sick leave to work for home to tackle absenteeism

France is mulling tackling a rising tide of workers taking sick leave by encouraging them to work from home when ill. Sick leave costs France’s social security system up to…

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20

Feb

Benalla Affair – French Senate demands investigation of three close aides to Macron

A French Senate commission demanded Wednesday an investigation into three close aides to President Emmanuel Macron after finding "major flaws" in the government's handling of a scandal involving security aide…

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19

Feb

French police shoot man after four wounded in knife attack

French police have shot a man after four people were wounded in a knife attack in Marseille. The case happened in central Marseille on Tuesday. The individual had tried to…

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17

Feb

Macron condemns antisemitic abuse by Gilet Jaunes

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has condemned antisemitic abuse of a leading intellectual by gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protestors and said it would not be tolerated. Police intervened to protect…

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16

Feb

French ambassador to Italy returns to Rome

France’s ambassador to Italy returned to Rome on Friday, eight days after his recall by President Emmanuel Macron, as the European neighbors defused their worst diplomatic crisis since World War…

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15

Feb

Vatican’s envoy to France is under investigation for sexual assault – CNN

The Vatican's envoy to France is being investigated for sexual assault after he was accused of molesting a official at the Paris mayor's office during a ceremony last month, a…

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14

Feb

More than half of France’s population wants that yellow vests protests end

More than half of France's population want the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) anti-government protests to stop, with two out of three people no longer believing the demonstrations reflect the group's…

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14

Feb

A battle for the soul of Europe – Italy and France find in one another the perfect ideological rival. – Matthew Bugeja

The governments in Rome and Paris are similar in many respects. Both found their way to power by railing against the political establishment. They promised to shake up the political…

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12

Feb

Macron’s closest aide resigns after Benalla Affair links

Ismaël Emelien, a close aide to President Emmanuel Macron whose name has recently been linked to the so-called “Benalla Affair”, has become the latest member of the president’s entourage to…

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09

Feb

Yellow vests protests turn violent

Yellow Vest protests in Paris turned violent on Saturday in front of the National Assembly, with one protester losing a hand amid reports of other casualties.  In the midst of…

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