Tag: France

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  French Group will recover port of Beirut devastated by a massive explosion in 2020

  

  French Group CMA-CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistic has won the concession bid to manage, operate and maintain the Port of Beirut’s container terminal for a 10-year period starting next month.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Duque wants Ukraine crisis not to repeat itself in Latin America

  

  Colombia's President Iván Duque Tuesday told the European Parliament that Latin America was not going to be the stage of “geopolitical games of other nations,” which highly resemble the Cold War between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union. His remarks were pointing at Russia's increasing military presence in Venezuela.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

  Anticipation on first OOS Summit's conclusions grows globally

  

  The One Ocean Summit (OOS), an environmentalist gathering in the city of Brest sponsored by the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, is to deliver its findings Friday after three days of deliberations among delegates from up to 40 countries, which agree that regarding pollution and the preservation of water “we are all in the same boat.”

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Ukraine crisis: US finds Macron's diplomatic efforts encouraging

  

  The Government of the United States said French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic attempts to cool off the Ukraine crisis had shown some encouraging signs.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  French and EU investigation into major fisheries incident that caused the death of tons of blue whiting

  

  France's fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a major incident with tons of dead fish drifting off the country's Atlantic coast. Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of dead fish floating on the sea surface.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  France eyes new rules which would let Djokovic play at Roland Garros

  

  According to the latest version of the everchanging press reports, France is now said to be eyeing a change in the immigration rules, which would allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to play at the most emblematic French Open at Roland Garros after being deported from Australia for the first Grand Slam event of the year.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 07:36 UTC

  The Battle for the French Right

  

  By Daniel Cohen – The French presidential election in April will almost certainly be decided in a second-round contest between the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, and one of the right-wing candidates. Much, therefore, will depend on the performance of potential spoilers like Éric Zemmour, the French version of Donald Trump

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  France reports new coronavirus variant detected

  

  French scientists have warned the world about yet another variant of SARS-Cov-2 after spotting it in a vaccinated patient who had just returned from Cameroon, it was reported in a medical journal last week.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

  

  The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:35 UTC

  Channel Islands UK/France fishing licenses dispute far from over

  

  Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said France is considering litigation proceedings against the United Kingdom over the remaining post-Brexit fishing licenses still pending to be awarded in the island of Jersey. The UK/French licenses dispute at the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, off the French coast, has been ongoing for weeks.