President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the closure of France’s Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), the training ground for French leaders founded by Charles de Gaulle at the end of World War II. Envisioned as the pinnacle of a meritocratic system
President Emmanuel Macron extended light lockdown measures from 19 areas including Paris to all of mainland France from April 3 for 4 weeks at a televised address on the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday. Macron widened the light lockdown measures currently imposed
MOSCOW, March 30. /TASS/. Russia is ready to resume cooperation with the European Union is it demonstrates reciprocal interest, the Kremlin press service quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying during videoconference talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French
President Emmanuel Macron will make a prime-time television address on Wednesday evening as the country awaits a government decision on new measures to halt a surge in coronavirus cases, his office said Wednesday. Macron has drawn fire from opposition parties and
France reopened its embassy in Tripoli on Monday after a seven-year closure, in a show of support for Libya’s new unity government. A decade after French forces helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi, FRANCE 24 takes a look at France’s damaged
Germany on Friday declared the whole of France a “high-risk” area for coronavirus infections, a move that means travellers need to show a negative Covid-19 test and quarantine upon arrival. France, including all French overseas departments, is now considered “at
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, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. Macron said that France owes “a debt to Libya and the Libyans, which is a decade of disorder.”
France’s prime minister on Thursday imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift course. Since late January, when he
France must do everything to avoid a new coronavirus lockdown as pressure on hospitals grows, Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an interview on the Twitch website Sunday. He also urged the French public to have faith in the AstraZeneca vaccine, which
France will ease some restrictions on international travellers from outside Europe beginning on Friday, the foreign ministry has announced, including those from Australia, Britain, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. The ministry said in a statement that people travelling