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First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with Nicolas Forissier, France’s Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Investment Attractiveness at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

The NATO chief prompted pushback from France, the European Union’s only nuclear power, as analysts call for a distinct European pillar within the alliance.

Indonesia has received three Rafale fighter jets from France in the first deliveries from a multi-billion dollar defence deal between the two countries, a defence ministry official told Reuters on Monday, marking a major upgrade to the country’s ageing military hardware. Jakarta, France’s main arms client in Southeast Asia, has placed orders for as many as 42 Rafales, built by Dassault Aviation, as well as French frigates and submarines, as the archipelago steps up defence spending under President Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander. “The aircraft have been handed over and are ready for use by the Indonesian Air Force, Defence Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait said in a message in response to a Reuters query — the first confirmation that Indonesia has possession of the advanced military aircraft after striking an $8 billion deal with France in 2022 and expanding it last year. Sirait said the three aircraft arrived on Friday and were stationed at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Base in Pekanbaru, ...

France has initiated a request to hold NATO exercises in Greenland and has stated its readiness to contribute.

Lithuania-licensed crypto payments app Brighty brokered over 100 property deals worth $500,000 to $2.5 million across UK, France, and Malta for wealthy clients spending $50,000 monthly, with euro-backed stablecoin transaction sizes jumping from €15,785 in Q3 to €59,894 in Q4 as buyers favor EURC over USDC to eliminate conversion costs for European purchases. The post Stablecoins Power $500K-$2.5M Property Deals Across UK, France, and Malta: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

France is becoming a European hotspot for crypto wrench attacks, with over 14 crypto-related attacks documented last year.

Magazin Universal Maramures, a company that manages a commercial center of Baia Mare, has granted a EUR3.8 million loan to Foxmoor Development SAS, headquartered in Antibes, France.

The British Ministry of Defence said it cooperated with France on Saturday night to strike an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the militant Islamic State (IS) group to store weapons. “Royal Air Force aircraft have completed successful strikes against Daesh in a joint operation with France,” the ministry said in a statement, using the Arabic acronym for IS. “This facility had been occupied by Daesh, most likely to store weapons and explosives. The area around the facility is devoid of any civilian habitation,” the statement added. The ministry said there was no indication the bombing north of the ancient site of Palmyra had posed any risk to civilians. IS was territorially defeated in Syria in 2019 but still maintains a presence, particularly in the country’s vast desert. Last month, Washington said a lone IS gunman in Palmyra attacked American personnel, killing two US soldiers and a US civilian. US forces said they struck dozens of IS targets in Syria in retaliation.

The first 30 of 260 passenger buses transferred to the Kyiv region by the Île-de-France region have arrived in the Kyiv region.

Hidroelectrica, the crown jewel in the Romanian state’s portfolio, has published the convening notice for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (AGA), a document that for the first time details the legal, financial and governance architecture of the proposed association with France’s EDF Power Solutions International for the Tarniţa Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant (PSHPP).

According to the UN's peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, one of the incidents left one soldier slightly wounded with an ear concussion. France said the two incidents follow 'a series of similar actions' by the IDF in recent weeks. Last month, the IDF said it fired on UN forces due to 'weather conditions'

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Fourteen countries including Britain, Canada, France and others have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, prompting strong criticism from Tel Aviv. On Sunday, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that authorities had greenlit the settlements, saying the move was aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. “On the ground, we are blocking the establishment of a Palestinian terror state,” said Smotrich, a vocal proponent of settlement expansion and a settler himself. Subsequently, fourteen countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Canada, issued a statement late on Wednesday urging Israel to reverse its decision. “We call on Israel to reverse this decision, as well as the expansion of settlements,” said a joint statement released by Britain, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain. Such unilateral actions, they said, “...

Senior officials from France, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia discussed raising funds for the Lebanese Army and ways to ensure it actively works to disarm the organization. A conference on the issue is expected to convene in February, but behind the scenes doubts are mounting

The Ukrainian Season, which began on December 1 in France, is the largest program of bilateral cultural cooperation, with major events planned in French twin cities that Ukrainian cultural diplomacy has previously barely reached.

France is very supportive of Ukraine, but raising funds for aid is becoming more difficult. At the same time, French volunteers remain mobilized and continue to hold fundraisers, in particular preparing to transfer another STABNET—a stabilization container of medical aid “at zero”—to the 37th Marine Brigade.

On Monday, a meeting will take place in London between the presidents of Ukraine and France and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany, who plan to discuss peace negotiations mediated by the United States.

Sediul central al France Télévisions din Paris a fost evacuat sâmbătă, în urma unei amenințări cu bombă primite de compania publică de televiziune. Momentul a fost surprins în direct.

The French Minister spoke out at CAM's European Summit of Mayors Against Antisemitism

Emmanuel Macron en déplacement à l'île Maurice, première étape d'une tournée africaine de cinq jours, s'est exprimé hier sur Madagascar. « La France accompagnera la transition avec une attitude d'ouverture, et de soutien en priorité aux Malgaches », s'agissant en particulier du développement économique, de la jeunesse, de la lutte contre la corruption et l'enrichissement illicite , a-t-il indiqué, au côté du Premier ministre mauricien Navin Ramgoolam. C'est par ces mots, lourds (…) - Politique