After Canada & the US, now France is also advising its citizens against traveling to Iran. In latest update to its travel advisory map, @francediplo red-flagged "entire" Iranian territory, urging the French to avoid travel to Iran as even tourists may be arbitrarily arrested
Voting gets underway in mainland France in the first round of parliamentary elections, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. Polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT)
2 year agoFrench FM: Good interview in Paris with my Moldavian counterpart @nicupopescu. I salute the solidarity of the Moldovan people who are hosting many Ukrainian refugees. The cooperation between our two countries is already close, it will be continued
2 year agoTrain breakdown at Gare de l'Est: the police used tear gas to disperse the passengers
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it. Because it is Russia that humiliates itself. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. This will bring peace and save lives
2 year agoFrance: A young neo-Nazi admirer of Hitler, acting under the pseudonym HeinrichHimmler88, was arrested on Tuesday by the DGSI in Ardèche, suspected of having fomented violent action, mass or against the Jewish community, and sought to obtain 1 weapon
Khamenei: Imam Khomeini was the leader of the greatest revolution in the history of revolutions. Why the greatest Because the most famous revolutions were those of France & the Soviet Union, which quickly deviated, people no longer played any role in them & their revolutions collapsed
The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company: Iraq is discussing with France the possibility of supplying the European market with oil
Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu announced that the Ankara Ambassadors of France and Germany were summoned to the Ministry due to the demonstrations organized by the PKK in these countries.
2 year agoAccording to BFMTV, another of their journalists, Maxime Brandstaetter, was slightly wounded and a local fixer was uninjured. Both are now safe, the outlet said in a press release
French Foreign Minister: The murder of the French journalist took place in a hard-to-reach war zone
A French journalist has been killed while working in eastern Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday on Twitter, the latest of several reporters killed or wounded during Russia's invasion of the country
Director-General of TF1 group: On behalf of the editorial staff of the TF1 group, my condolences to the family of our colleague Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff. We think hard this evening of our colleagues from Bfmtv and tribute to all the reporters who choose to cover Ukraine so that we are informed
2 year agoMinister of Foreign affairs of France Catherine Colonna visited Bucha
Yesterday evening, residents who were overwhelmed by the noise called 17 to report a bus rodeo in Paris11. Intervention of. who discovered that the car had just been stolen. 3 arrests despite the attempted escape of one of the perpetrators. Support for the slightly injured police officer
MFA: Russia in response to the expulsion of 41 employees of Russian diplomatic institutions from France expels 34 employees of French diplomatic institutions
Essonne: A young man files a complaint with the IGPN against police officers whom he accuses of violence in the Juvisy-sur-Orge police station
Russian assets of France's Renault now state property: ministry
2 year agoThe French military base at Abeché (the fourth largest city in Chad) was stormed by anti-French protesters. Protester removed the French flag replaced it with the Chadian flag
Macron visited Scholz today in Berlin. Scholz said that no one could have known the war in Ukraine would break out, or that "thousands and thousands would experience death and destruction" as a result
2 year agoOn 03/05, 2 M2000-5F France deployed in Estonia as part of the NATO eAP air policing mission took off on alert to accompany 3 aircraft operating near Baltic airspace.
2 year agoUrsula von der Leyen: Finally, we now propose a ban on Russian oil. Let´s be clear: it will not be easy. But we simply have to work on it. We will make sure that we phase out Russian oil in an orderly fashion. To maximise pressure on Russia, while minimizing the impact on our economies
Mali's junta has officially terminated the July 2014 defence agreement with France
Macron assures the Ukrainian President that France will continue to provide Kyiv with defensive weapons and aid
2 year agoConfirmed: Real-time network data show regional disruptions to internet connectivity in France on multiple providers leaving users in parts of the country offline; the incident is being attributed by operators and authorities to acts of sabotage on fibre infrastructure
In just a few days, the man who claimed to be a policeman from the financial brigade of Avignon extracted several hundred or even thousands of euros from each of his victims
Elysee: Macron discussed with Biden by phone the developments of the war in Ukraine
Vučić congratulates Macron: France can count on Serbia as a sincere friend and partner
Ipsos projects Macron has won the French election on 58.2% to Le Pen's 41.8% - slightly above expectations and making him the first French president in 20 years to win reelection
1,400 journalists accredited to the Champ de Mars for Emmanuel Macron, 500 to the Bois de Boulogne for Marine LePen
