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Macron names special envoy to African countries with French military bases

France, Feb. 7 -- Jean-Marie Bockel, the minister for cooperation under former president Nicolas Sarkozy, has been named special envoy to Africa. According to a letter obtained byRFI,Jean-Marie Bocke... Read More


Macron names Bockel envoy to African countries that have French military bases

France, Feb. 7 -- Jean-Marie Bockel, the minister for cooperation under former president, Nicolas Sarkozy has been named special envoy to Africa. According to a letter obtained byRFI,Jean-Marie Bocke... Read More


UK, France host cybersecurity conference to tackle 'hackers for hire' threat

France, Feb. 6 -- The UK and France are hosting 35 nations as well as businesses and technology leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle "hackers for hire" and the expanding market for c... Read More


France and Germany must 'overcome difficulties' to prevent rise of populism, Attal says

France, Feb. 6 -- On his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, France's Gabriel Attal called for a reboot of Franco-German relations, saying the two countries needed to rise above their disagreements a... Read More


Faced with inflation, French households reduce food waste

France, Feb. 5 -- Inflation has driven less food waste in France, according to a new poll, which found that inflation remains a top concern across many European countries. As inflation hit 4.9 percen... Read More


Over 900 jobs cut at Societe Generale as French unions cry foul

France, Feb. 5 -- French banking group Societe Generale has unveiled plans to slash 947 jobs at its head office as part of a cost-cutting programme, a move unions have decried as "an earthquake" for w... Read More


Cutting UN funds to Gaza puts 'hundreds of thousands' at risk, says EU

France, Feb. 5 -- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that moves to suspend the funding of UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA were extremely ill-advised. Speaking on Sunday,... Read More


French centrist leader Francois Bayrou cleared of misusing public funds

France, Feb. 5 -- A French court has found that the centrist MoDem was involved in misusing European Parliament funds to pay for party work in France, but party leader Francois Bayrou was not involved... Read More


France summons Russian ambassador over aid worker deaths in Ukraine

France, Feb. 5 -- France has summoned the Russian ambassador over the deaths of two French humanitarian aid workers last week in a Russian strike in Ukraine- as well as what it says is a disinformatio... Read More


Parisians approve referendum on trippling parking fees for SUVs

France, Feb. 5 -- A small number of Parisians voted Sunday in favour of increasing parking fees for large SUVs, as part of a plan to reduce pollution and to discourage drivers from bringing them into ... Read More