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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

Laurent Nuñez visited the European Center for Judaism in Paris to announce his "total commitment to responding to fears of antisemitism."

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for joint drone production with France. According to him, this partnership will strengthen both countries and contribute to enhancing European security overall.

Zelenskyy wrote on X on Sunday that he looked forward to a “historic deal with France in Paris to strengthen our combat aviation and air defense.”

Over 60% of French people, according to the poll, believe that there are reasons for Jews living in France to be afraid.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is now free to travel after French authorities fully lifted the ban on his travel, although the investigation into the platform remains open. French authorities have reportedly lifted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s travel ban amid an ongoing investigation into the messaging platform. Durov had been ordered to remain in France following his arrest in Paris in August last year, facing multiple charges related to his operation of Telegram. Durov was previously granted temporary exemptions, and French authorities have now fully lifted restrictions on his travel, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Read more

In the span of one frenetic week, France unveiled seemingly opposing policy tracks. On Oct. 31, the French National Assembly adopted a first-reading amendment rebranding the country’s real estate-only wealth tax into a broader “tax on unproductive wealth” that now explicitly covers digital assets. At the same time, the right-wing Union des droites pour la […] The post France wants to tax unrealized crypto holdings but also hoard 420,000 BTC appeared first on CryptoSlate.