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France condemns the November 7th incident that left peacekeepers physically injured, following an attack that took place close to a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy near Saida, despite the prior communication of the convoy’s itinerary. Five Malaysian peacekeepers were injured. Five other peacekeepers had already been injured over the past several weeks […]
France condemns in the strongest possible terms the unacceptable Antisemitic violence and acts of aggression against Israeli fans that took place around a soccer match yesterday evening in Amsterdam. The rise in Antisemitism in Europe and across the world calls for an urgent, collective wake-up call and an uncompromising response. France will continue to tirelessly […]
The 12th World Urban Forum, which has been organized every two years by UN-Habitat since 2002, is being held in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 to 8 November 2024, bringing together 172 countries. A global conference on urban planning The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the major high-level international conference on urban issues, with more than […]
Full-scale war in the Middle East involving Israel and Iran is now likely, most western Europeans responding in a poll believe, with many criticising Israel’s conduct thus far and saying that if such a war did occur, the US and Europe should not provide it with military aid. A YouGov Eurotrack survey in France, Germany, […]
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The controversy over whether Notre Dame should charge visitors an entrance fee (Row erupts over plan to charge €5 to enter fire-hit Notre Dame, 26 October) brought to mind a trip to Italy earlier this year. Caravaggio’s painting The Burial of Saint Lucy has been recently relocated to the church for which it was originally […]
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs today delivered nearly 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the Lebanese civilian population, including solar lamps supplied by the NGO Electriciens sans Frontières, tents, blankets and other essential goods. This shipment represents the first concrete step in fulfilling the commitments made by the President of France at the […]
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to “liven up the street”. Yama-Tani, which means Mountain Valley in Japanese, features pleats of chestnut wood cascading down its street-facing facade at jaunty angles to make patterns of light and shadow. Yama-Tani has a […]
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This Roadmap sets out the approach of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) as regards media development for the 2023-2027 period. This strategy is the result of broad consultation which has brought together MEAE departments and the diplomatic network abroad, in close collaboration with Canal France International (CFI), the French media development agency. […]