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A false start and a Russian loan: Macron-Le Pen debate takeaways

April 21, 2022 2:10 pm

Televised debates have long featured in French elections and have yielded exchanges, one-liners and put-downs remembered by the public for years.

France announces minor cabinet reshuffle as minister Gourault steps down

March 06, 2022 1:37 pm

Nathalie Elimas, who was a junior minister within the Ministry for Education, will also leave the government, added the French presidency.

Mali's junta expels French ambassador as tensions mount

January 31, 2022 10:19 pm

The action puts into question a French-led anti-terrorist military operation present in Mali at the request of Malian leaders.

Two Afghans who trekked to France have lessons for evacuees

September 19, 2021 1:47 pm

The two Afghans don't know each other, but they share a fear-driven past: escaping their homeland on foot, bus, train or ferry and landing in a new country where they had no rights, not even the right to stay.

France's Nicolas Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial

June 23, 2021 10:45 am

Prosecutors said on March 10, 2012, eight weeks before the presidential election runoff, the campaign’s budget was already above the legal limit. The next day, Sarkozy held a giant rally at Villepinte, north of Paris, which alone cost 6 million euros.

French govt sets target of 10 K Indians as foreign students by 2020

June 01, 2017 11:43 pm

With an increasing number of Indian students getting enrolled in French universities, the French government has set a target of having 10,000 Indian students by 2020.

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Rafale deal: France says no to offset, yes to Make in India

August 16, 2015 1:32 pm

India’s insistence on the offset clause, tweaking of weaponary technology and plans to set up two bases for Rafale fighter jets would lead to cost escalation.