Tag: France government
Report coming out on French role in 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PARIS — The findings of a commission that has spent two years uncovering France’s role in 1994’s Rwandan genocide are set to be made...
Greek Independence Day events culminate in military parade
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s celebrations for the bicentenary of the start of the nation’s war of independence are culminating in a military parade and...
EU top diplomats in Libya to support interim authorities
CAIRO — The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Germany arrived Thursday in Tripoli to show their support to Libya's newly elected transitional authorities,...
French navy seizes 6 tons of cocaine off African coast
PARIS — The French military says it seized 6 tons of cocaine with an estimated value of up to 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion)...
Greece kicks off events for bicentenary of independence war
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Wednesday kicked off two days of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the start of the country’s war of...
Turkey rejects Macron’s claim of possible vote interference
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestions that Ankara could seek to interfere in France’s next election by manipulating...
France to reopen Libyan embassy, support interim government
PARIS — France will reopen its embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli next week in a gesture of support to the conflict-ravaged country's interim government,...
France’s limited lockdown beset by glitches as cases rise
PARIS — Residents of Paris and several other regions of France spent their first weekend under a limited monthlong lockdown. While the French government...
France to announce new virus restrictions in Paris region
PARIS — France is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions on Thursday, including a potential lockdown in the Paris region and in the north...
Medical workers conflicted by France’s lockdown that isn’t
PARIS — When nurse Anaelle Aeschliman started her 12-hour night shift caring for unconscious patients with COVID-19, the French prime minister was announcing new...
