The French military agree that miracles should not be expected because creating flight groups ready for combat and capable of facing the most experienced Russian pilots can take four or five years of Editorial Staff With an age between 21 and 23 ten years Ukrainian soldiers are training on [...]
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by Editorial Staff Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu reportedly had a telephone conversation from which the possibility of holding talks on the conflict in Ukraine emerged. The Russian ministry reported this to the Tass agency: “Availability for dialogue on Ukraine has been noted. The starting points […]
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As part of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) contract, to meet the new needs of mine hunting with drones, requested by the French Navy, Thales developed, in less than six months, the Light Operations Center (e-POC). Tested at sea and delivered to the French Navy, the e-POC demonstrator allows you to quickly carry out […]
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“The Italy-France Quirinale Treaty” stated the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago who spoke at the event Dialoghi Italia: Defense and the Quirinale Treaty on the initiative of the IREFI Institute (institute for economic relations between France and Italy) and of the French CEPS (Centre for Studies and Strategic Foresight) "one year after its entry [...]
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Yesterday an important meeting of the Tte, transport, telecommunications and energy Council was held where the various EU countries represented their positions on the nascent Ia act. Today the Commission, Parliament and Council could find a solution and draft the founding and guiding document for the development of AI at community level. The point […]
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by Editorial Staff Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, of Iranian origins and French citizen, was arrested for the attack that took place on 2 December in Paris, during which he attacked and killed a German tourist with a knife and hammer under the Eiffel Tower, shouting “Allah Akbar”. He swore allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) in a video in which [...]
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The President of the United States Joe Biden, that of France Emmanuela Macron, the German Chancellor Olaf Sholz, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak express firm and united support for the State of Israel and unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and of its appalling acts of terrorism. The White House reports this in [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) At the international conference for the twentieth anniversary of the UN convention against organized crime, Alfredo Mantovano, Carlo Nordio and Matteo Piantedosi illustrated the plan to 34 foreign delegations. Also present were the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the French Minister Gerard Darmanin with whom Italy signed an agreement for the establishment of a cabin [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Die Welt reported the news that Germany has written to the Italian government to temporarily interrupt the reception of migrants on its territory, more precisely it wrote clearly that the "voluntary solidarity mechanism is for the moment suspended, due to the strong migratory pressure towards the Federal Republic". […]
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The government of Mali has announced that forty-nine civilians and fifteen soldiers have been killed following two "terrorist" attacks claimed by an al Qaeda-affiliated group which targeted a passenger ship and an army base in the north of Evils. The two separate attacks targeted "the [...]
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The African Union ousts Niger from the international organization
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Niger: the US talks to the coup plotters for peace and France with Ecowas for war
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“In the face of the threat of intervention becoming increasingly apparent… Nigerien airspace is closed as of today,” a representative of the junta said on national television Sunday evening. Last night, before the Ecowas ultimatum expired at midnight, Niger closed its airspace until further notice. In the […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Intervening in Niger? The ultimatum of Ecowas - the community of West African states - launched to the Nigerien coup plotters to return to democratic leadership of the country expires on Sunday. However, just yesterday, the putschists received the support of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the event of a military attack by any block of [...]
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France condemned the violence against its embassy in Niger and pledged to react strongly to any attacks against its citizens or interests. Anti-French protests took place today in front of the French embassy in Niamey following last week's military coup. "The President will not tolerate [...]
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The policeman who opened fire on Nahel, the 17-year-old boy killed on Tuesday in Nanterre near Paris, was investigated for "intentional homicide" and placed in temporary detention. Clashes between the police and young Frenchmen continued tonight. The tensions had started last Thursday at the end of the "white march" [...]
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“Securing supplies of critical raw materials must be a priority for cooperation between European states”. This was stated by Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo's CEO, on the sidelines of the summit between France, Germany and Italy on critical raw materials Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo's CEO, expresses satisfaction with the proposal of the European Commission [...]
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An almost obligatory convergence between Meloni and Macron: there are too many common goals, too many activities that the two countries carry out jointly. On the North African side, the aim is to have free elections held in Libya by 2023 and there is also agreement on the policy to be adopted with Tunisia to seek [...]
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(by Antonio Adriano Giancane) Africa, a land full of riches and not just diamonds as appeared in the film presentation "Blood Diamond": Africa is much more! Africa is a huge mine of natural resources such as oil, diamonds, gold, rare earths, coltan and cobalt. Even the uranium used by France comes from Africa in particular from Niger. The […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Paris implosion? Not really, but the affair with Italy in the last few hours makes Macron's nights extremely sleepless as he grapples with unpredictable internal political frictions and with the decline in consensus due to the disputed pension reform. France cannot digest some points on which the Italian government, [...]
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After meeting with British officials, the Ukrainian leader went to Paris to meet Macron and Scholz. The request is to have fighter planes and long-range missiles as soon as possible. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni was not invited. Nor had the French president told her anything about [...]
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NATO will continue to strengthen its partnership with Japan during the war in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Japan, where he will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "The war in Ukraine is important for all of us, we are very grateful for the support that Japan [...]
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Yesterday Defense Minister Guido Crosetto met his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Rome. The purpose of the visit was to define the terms of the agreement to deliver the Italian-French Samp-T ground-to-air defense system to Ukraine. Italy and France have decided to purchase hundreds of Aster-30 surface-to-air missiles, built by Eurosam, a [...]
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Yesterday the French president, Emmanuel Macron in a speech at the Montde-Marsan air base in southwestern France confirmed that "there are no more peace dividends due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine". He promised the military to increase French defense spending by 400 billion until the end of 2030 [...]
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The Polish Defense Ministry has signed an agreement to acquire two observation satellites from the French company Airbus Defense and Space. Poland thus wants to boost its military reconnaissance capabilities after Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and the Minister of Forces [...]
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France plans to acquire one or two aircraft carriers to replace Charles-de-Gaulle. However, not everyone agrees. Emmanuel Macron will talk about it in January on the occasion of the presentation of the next military planning law (Lpm). The president must convince the French about the new defense budget and convince his ministries about the choices [...]
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We are preparing to close a record 2022. Despite the growth in inflation, the high energy price and the boom in raw material prices have created many problems for households and businesses, in the last 12 months (third quarter 2022 over third quarter 2021), Italian economic growth has been double to that registered by […]
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Report published on tax and social security contributions for January-September 2022 2022% compared to the same period of 54. The figure, contained in the Report prepared monthly by the Department [...]
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To counter the high bills, in the EU27 only the executives of Germany and France have allocated more resources in absolute terms than those put in place by the Draghi government. If between September 2021 up to now Berlin has approved an expenditure in several years equal to 264,2 billion euros, Paris, on the other hand, has allocated [...]
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(by Maria Stefania Cataleta) “My only friends were pigs, so I ended up moving like them, on all fours” (Jean-Pierre Gosse, La Bête que j'ai été, 2005). Between 1962 and 1984, 2.015 children, aged between two and twelve, were deported to France from the island of Réunion. Many of these children [...]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Africa two days ago to give a strong response to the trip of his Russian counterpart Lavrov who visited Egypt, Uganda, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of July. Lavrov sought support for Moscow after the war events in Ukraine [...]
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War of energy and wheat (by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end Putin is probably succeeding in his crazy plan, which is not so crazy: to undermine Western democracies that for years have rested on the conviction of lasting peace guaranteed by NATO and the United Nations. Less convincing, however, is the Union's ability to influence [...]
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Emmanuel Macron has not yet decided if and when to visit Kiev but is preparing to launch a pincer diplomatic-operational operation on the Ukrainian, Moldovan and Romanian front to give France a new international prestige in the light of the activism of the British Boris Johnson. The elections are near in France and Macron does not want to commit [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Conventional attack with aviation bombing and invasion with armored vehicles or simply massive cyber attacks, followed by a coup? The hybrid war has probably already begun, thousands would be fake social accounts that have been making propaganda for the Russian separatists of the Donbass for months. It would therefore be [...]
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(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]
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Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in 2013 celebrated the French troops after the arrival in the Saharan city of Timbuktu following the defeat of some jihadist groups. Today, almost ten years later, France has halved its contingent to 5000 men and is thinking of leaving the territory permanently due to the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Saif al Islam, Gaddafi's son, initially ousted from the electoral competition, was then readmitted to the list of candidates in the elections scheduled for tomorrow and postponed, according to the words of the UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, at the end next January. The Electoral Commission had excluded him but subsequently the judiciary, with final judgment, [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi signed the Quirinale Treaty in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. An important signal for Europe, the two largest economies after that of Germany, will share large-scale projects by systematizing industrial, military, research and [...]
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French companies have delivered a total population surveillance system to Egypt. An apparatus capable of intercepting billions of telephone and internet communications, locating the positions of users and highlighting all their present and past relationships. A very powerful means that Cairo has used, writes La Repubblica, to arrest thousands [...]
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The "serious crisis" opened by Australia, with the cancellation of a 66 billion dollar contract for the purchase of French submarines in favor of US supplies, opens a "serious crisis" that "will affect the future of NATO". The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, rejects the idea of the United States, which expressed the [...]
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Today the extraordinary G7 summit was held remotely, organized by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss international security, migrants and respect for human rights with a particular focus on the situation in Afghanistan in light of the expected withdrawal date of the American military, the 31 August next. While on the one hand the [...]
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New “flop” for Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French regional elections, to win the very strong abstention which recorded a resounding 66%. Instead, Les Republicains (LR) and the Socialist Party fly together with the allies. Rassemblement National (Rn) of the ultra-nationalist leader who aims for the Elysée has not conquered even a region between [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Macron last week launched an appeal to the US and other Western countries to form a coalition of special forces to replace the French operation Barkhane, which cost several billion and 55 casualties among French soldiers. Paris has decided to withdraw from the Sahel thus marking the failure of a presence [...]
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Signing of the memorandum of understanding on "cooperation in the field of police training" between the department of public security and the institute of higher studies of the French Ministry of the Interior. Guest, in the splendid headquarters of the Joint Postgraduate School, a delegation of the highest level made up of over 60 attendees of the Institute of Higher Studies in Paris, Si [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Western intelligence agencies are certain that the new global crises will come from Africa where terrorist violence is renewing with the birth of many "caliphates" while the Islamic State, al-Qaeda and other militias exploit the withdrawal of foreign troops to reorganize. After years of attrition in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, [...]
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In La Stampa Domenico Quirico explains without mincing words the quagmire of the Sahel, an area of the world where the regular armies have failed and where the terrorist militias have a greater hold on the local people, a bit like what happened in Afghanistan after almost 20 years of war. useless, considering the results left on the field [...]
read more“France's decision to remove all obstacles to the just course of justice for a story that has been a deep wound in Italian history, for the high toll of blood shed and for the attack on the institutions of the Republic, has a historical significance. My thoughts today go first of all to the victims of the years of lead and [...]
read moreTwo days ago at the Farnesina a meeting was held between Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. There are many topics covered by Libya to the Covid emergency in Europe up to the Iranian nuclear agreement. The two foreign ministers of France and Italy met for 3 hours, a meeting that was [...]
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Four men were arrested by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, believed to be members of a spy cell run by an agent who collected information on extremist groups in favor of French intelligence. The arrests were reported on Tuesday by a newspaper linked to the Turkish government. However, the news of the arrests was not confirmed by [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Eurogroup will meet in 4 days and in seven days (next Friday) there will be another confrontation between the heads of state and government of EU countries. The last time they met, in a 6-hour teleconference, the European Union risked disappearing into thin air with a [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The contents "screamed" by the leader of the Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni on a Fb video that has totaled more than 7 million views have not gone unnoticed by those who have to check on the so-called "family jewels". We are talking about those national assets and assets of a strategic nature that in a moment of emergency [...]
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More than 7 million views in 48 hours on social networks. On Facebook 6.7 million, 163 thousand likes and 44 thousand comments with over 142 thousand shares. These are the numbers of Giorgia Meloni's live broadcast entitled “A perfect storm against Italy: my“ j'accuse ”against Germany and France“. During his live speech [...]
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On 9 March, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) at the Elysée, for a meeting held secret, which had not even been included in the agenda. The newspaper "Le Monde" reports it. Sources close to the dossier let it be known that the visit of the Libyan general is part of the [...]
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“The video that aired in France during a Canal + broadcast is shameful and gruesome. Faced with the moment of crisis and difficulties that not only our country but the whole of Europe is facing, the media and television should inform citizens, telling the truth. That would be enough. Instead, they choose to denigrate an entire country. This […]
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Everything has a price. Macron made us the "package", to stay in the Neapolitan environment. Unlocking of the joint venture Fincantieri Stx France, new more ambitious European budget and redistribution of migrants, these are the main measures of the agreement between French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the Naples summit. Perhaps on the horizon also [...]
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Yesterday in Naples the summit between Italy and France, with Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte present, in the evocative setting of the Royal Palace. After a brief visit to the San Ferdinando Theater and a walk in the city center, the French president declared on the sidelines of the summit: “It is the summit of diplomatic peace, of the relaunch of cooperation [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Turkish Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Thursday 2 January at 14, when in Italy it will be 12, to anticipate the vote on President Erdogan's AKP motion authorizing the sending of troops to Libya in support of the government of national accord of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive of the militias of [...]
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Italy lost Libya in 2011 when Gaddafi was overthrown by force at the hands of Sarkozy's France. France has never digested our relevance, our privileged lane in Libya. The final push for Italy is the signing, on November 27, of the Turkish-Libyan treaty on the jurisdictional areas of the Mediterranean of [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macron from Abidjan announced the partial end of the CFA franc, a currency linked to the euro and France used in 14 African nations, former French colonies. So Emmanuel Macron said during the meeting with the Ivorian head of state, Alassane Ouattara: “The CFA franc brings a lot of criticism to France. I see your young people [...]
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The Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, writes the Agi, advances towards the Libyan capital Tripoli and is close to hitting the government of national agreement, protected by the Misrata militias and recognized by the UN. The armed forces of the strong man of Cyrenaica, which in the last hours of intense battles have lost at least six fighters - according to Tripoli between [...]
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The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
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While in Italy there is always discussion of internal politics and the usual national trifles, Emmanuel Macron yesterday met the president of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi. During the meeting, a press release from the Elysée reads, the two heads of state shared the desire to establish a true strategic partnership between the two countries to address [...]
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Yesterday a bolt from the blue. French President Emmanuel Macron used very harsh words about NATO: "he is in a state of brain death". The criticisms leveled at NATO by French President Emmanuel Macron are "an unnecessary broadside". This is what Chancellor Angela Merkel declared during the press conference with the NATO secretary general, [...]
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The Iranian government may have used a female intelligence officer to lure a leading Iranian dissident from his home in France in Iraq, where he was then kidnapped by Iranian security forces and secretly transported to Iran. The Iranian authorities gave the news of the arrest of Ruhollah Zam last October 15, news also confirmed [...]
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It is always difficult to justify a war, which brings death to military and civilians. Innocent men, women and children who will bear the signs of conflict throughout their lives, giving rise to feelings of hatred and resentment that will be handed down for generations and which will most likely cause other wars. There is no answer to justify a conflict. [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) For sub-government positions there is a brawl between the grillini, at the Democratic Party, they say: "We are ready". The fight to grab a seat of power risks blowing up the "dead line" requested by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, "by tonight I want the names". Pentastellati contest the method, that is to reward [...]
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France had struck an agreement with Palestinian terrorists, reports intnews.org. Paris allowed Palestinian militants to operate freely on its territory in exchange for not receiving terrorist attacks. The news leaked directly from the former director of the French national security service. The alleged agreement was reached between the French government and [...]
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“But what does Luigi Di Maio want? I am not a minister, or rather an undersecretary, I have not sworn on the French Constitution ”, so Macron's new adviser, the Italian Sandro Gozi, responded to the Italian controversy in an article in the Republic. It should be remembered that Sandro Gozi was a politician in the ranks of the Democratic Party and undersecretary for [...]
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Macron announced that France will soon have a military command of space, as early as next September. The French president said this in a speech to the armed forces, broadcast live on Twitter by the Elysée, on the eve of the Republic Day on July 14. "To ensure the development and strengthening of our space capabilities [...]
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Yesterday the meeting of the EU Council for the appointment of the new leaders of the highest offices of the European institutions. Prime Minister Conte during the various meetings and during the works has always been anchored to the phone to discuss with his two deputies, Di Maio and Salvini and during the final press conference he said: "Not [...]
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Angelo Ferrari on AGI talks about Chinese dominance in Africa. In recent days, West African countries - most of them former French colonies anchored to the infamous currency (the CFA franc) linked to the euro and guaranteed by the French treasury - have been able to equip themselves with their own currency, thus abandoning the CFA franc. All this emerged [...]
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Cristina Carlini on Adnkronos summarizes all the matches open with France and those already closed. Apparently France is doing "shopping" in Italy. The jewels of the beautiful country are targeted. The waters do not have time to calm down, at least apparently, for a dossier that immediately another ends up in the eye of the storm: not [...]
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Donald Trump, without consulting with the State Department, supported General Haftar, creating embarrassment also for Italy which found itself almost alone in supporting the Libyan contender Al Serraj, the only one legitimized by the international community. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from China had to review the Italian position: "Our position is not at [...]
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According to the first investigations, the fire would have developed from a scaffolding present on site for the restoration work. During the works, 16 copper sculptures were removed, depicting Jesus, the 12 apostles and the symbols of the evangelists, which should return to their place in 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Notre-Dame in […]
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France helps Haftar in his attempt to take Tripoli, and does so with its own specialists deployed on Libyan soil. This is what emerges from the militias on the ground. According to reports from "Libya Observer", a militiaman fighting for General Haftar confessed that he had boarded a flight departing from Benina, the airport [...]
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Luigi Bestetti, 67 years old from Verbania, returned to Italy, escorted by SCIP (Service for International Police Cooperation), arrested last July by the French police in Ajaccio (Corsica) where he had built a new identity working as a cook. Bestetti, included by the SCO (Central Operational Service of the State Police) in the list of the most [...]
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Far from Italy and France? It would not seem like it if you consider the commercial relationships and some strategic mergers at a global level that are in the works. Fca and Peugeot are looking at each other more and more, Essilor and Luxottica are already in business and then there is the question of the Tav. Then there is the ongoing clash between Tim and [...]
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On the occasion of the summit between the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Paris and Beijing signed a series of agreements covering various sectors, such as aerospace, energy and agri-food. In total there are 14 agreements signed before the two presidents, for a total value of several tens of billions of euros. [...]
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Xi Jinping landed on the Cote d'Azur and in Nice Macron as soon as he met the Chinese president said: "I am happy to welcome you to France". The agenda is very dense with a bilateral meeting at the Elysée, signing of commercial agreements and then a state dinner. Tomorrow the meeting at the Elysée with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the Commission [...]
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The French president Macron was a guest of Fabio Fazio on Rai in the show “Che Tempo che fa”. The event was preceded by quite a few controversies on the part of some Italian politicians. Heading Giorgia Meloni of Fratelli d'Italia who thundered from Washington against the conductor Fabio Fazio: have the courage to ask [...]
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The president of the AIAD (Italian Defense Industry Association) Guido Crosetto was interviewed by Defense News on the Franco-German project of the fifth generation fighter, FACS - Future Air Combat System. According to Crosetto, the plans of France and Germany for the new fighter program are an affront to Italy and will weaken the European Union. Recently also [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will soon have an update with the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, on the latest events in Libya. Conte told reporters from Sharm el Sheikh, after meeting with the premier of the government of national agreement, Fayez al Sarraj. The news is reported by the agency [...]
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A source quoted by the broadcaster "Libya Ahrar" said that the men of the "Karma" (Dignity) operation took control of Murzuq after a siege of about 20 days. The contribution of the militias of General Kalifa Haftar was important. The latest clashes had affected the artery connecting Murzuq to Ghadwa, the source concluded. On February 22, the press office [...]
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The under-the-table actions of the French government in Libya do not end. Transalpine diplomacy is reportedly working to organize a summit between the head of the Libyan National Accord Government (GNA), Fayez al Sarraj, and the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. French concerns arose from the recent escalation of clashes south of [...]
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The Isis perched around Baghuz is about to capitulate and the US, once the dirty work is over, will leave Syria. The Washington Post, which cites US sources and other countries involved in the area, highlights the Franco-British position towards Donald Trump. British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt had already pointed out: “There is no prospect for [...]
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A high-ranking intelligence adviser to late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, Abdullah al-Senussi, reportedly told French investigators that the Libyan government "donated" $ 8 million to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for the election campaign 2007 An accusation harshly denied by Sarkozy himself: "During a 20-minute television interview, Sarkozy described [...]
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Spain has officially joined the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program, the new generation fighter aircraft intended to replace the Eurofighters and Rafale, which until now has been supported by France and Germany. Avio news reports it. The signing took place on February 14th, on the sidelines of the NATO summit between [...]
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The clashes in Paris are ignited this weekend in the area of the esplanade of the Invalides. Small groups of Black bloc launched everything against the police, who had to resort to tear gas to defend themselves. A few dozen before the Eiffel Tower there was an evacuation for safety reasons. In Normandy, a motorist lost his [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The lifeline for all crises across the border is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. More and more often the leaders of other countries turn to the Quirinale to resolve and dissolve "embarrassing" situations. This time the French president Macron did not delay a moment and addressed the Italian president [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Donato Masciandaro on Il Sole24Ore makes real pindaric flights between the CFA (African Franc) and the Euro, trying to make it clear that the need to create a currency in the former French colonies and anchor it to a stable currency, the euro, with a guarantee from the French Treasury, was a requirement of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The French ambassador to Italy leaves Rome: "It is impossible to know how long he will remain in France," a source from the ministry told French radio. The French Foreign Ministry had announced the return of the ambassador, Christian Masset, for consultations, following a series of "outrageous statements" and "groundless or previous attacks" by [...]
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Seven people died and one was seriously injured in the fire of a building in a residential area of Paris, in the 16th arrondissement. The firefighters announced it. "The budget could still rise because the fire is still going on on the seventh and eighth floors" of the building. Another 27 people, including 3 fighters [...]
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Libyan air fighters loyal to General Khalifa Haftar yesterday conducted a series of air strikes on the village of Marzuq, south of Sebha, where there are believed to be gatherings of Chadian rebels. This was revealed by the spokesman of the local civil society associations, Suleiman Sida, to the Libyan newspaper “al Ayam”. According […]
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The Aachen agreement between France and Germany could penalize the Italian military industry which needs to actively participate in new programs. The alternative to the Franco-German axis could be to look more closely at the Anglo-Saxon industrial world. Very interesting what is written by Sole24 on the fact that Italy could look to Great Britain, where there is already [...]
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said in a weekly press conference, broadcast live on state TV, said that he could not confirm secret talks with France on the ballistic missile program, as he had requested. the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian who [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On the eve of the Europe-Africa Interministerial Council, the Italy-France affair becomes a diplomatic case due to the controversial exchange on migration issues. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian ambassador, Teresa Castaldo, to ask her for clarification on the declarations defined as "hostile and unmotivated" made by Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who had spoken [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'elia) A question that we have asked ourselves many times. Why is Africa, notoriously rich in natural resources, unable to grow its economy? A continent that has seen the largest number of coups in the world. But who arms and trains the militias to encourage such coups? The continent […]
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There is also an Italian citizen among the 37 injured in the explosion caused by a gas leak this morning around 9 in a bakery located in the ninth arrondissement of Paris. The French media report it. It would be a girl who works in a hotel in the area, but at the moment there are [...]
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Yellow vests in Paris burned motorcycles and blew up barricades on luxurious Boulevard Saint Germain, while protests against the high cost of living and perceived indifference of President Emmanuel Macron became increasingly violent. The last marches of the "yellow vests" started peacefully but then degenerated in the afternoon while [...]
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During his visit to Chad on 22 and 23 December last, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, confirmed France's commitment to the Sahel with operation Barkhane and support for the G5 Sahel, the joint military device between Burkina Faso , Mali, Niger, Chad and Mauritania. According to reports from the Nova agency to N'Djamena [...]
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France: “Yellow Vests” protest: more than half of the 3275 speed cameras destroyed across the country. The desperation and the fight against the possible increase in taxes and sanctions affects the electronic equipment for detecting infringements. From 17 November, the first day of the mobilization of the "yellow vests", more than half of the 3.275 automatic speed cameras [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is flying to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission Jean Claude Junker and propose a revised economic maneuver, however far from the wishes of the commissioners. Many newspapers today have emphasized the fact that Macron's request to exceed the deficit / GDP ratio beyond 3 for [...]
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Macron: “What happened has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate anger. Nothing justifies these excesses ”France takes stock of the Paris urban guerrilla of the yellow vests. 412 arrested with 378 people still in custody and 133 injured. One protester is in very serious condition and among the [...]
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A XNUMX-year-old Frenchman took his own life last October and his father decided to file a complaint against WhatsApp, YouTube, a dating site for teenagers (rencontre-ados.com) and the French state for allowing his son to get in touch. with the infamous “Momo Challenge”. Very active in the community and full of dreams [...]
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According to reports from the French newspapers, on the occasion of the recent visit to Bangui by Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, France, to regain lost ground in Central Africa, has decided to adopt a new strategy that involves sending weapons and money to counter Russian activity. In fact, since December 2017, Moscow has been supplying Central Africa with [...]
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Issue of border migrants, Libya dossier and Palermo summit on 12 and 13 November, Italian economic maneuver, these are the hot topics that keep relations between Italy and France on a razor's edge. Competition and tensions, however, start from afar, as Corriere della Sera writes, from the Telecom, Mediaset affair, [...]
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After Moscow's announcement of the delivery of the surface-to-air missile system, the French Foreign Minister said that the deployment of the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft defense system in Syria risks fueling military escalation and hindering prospects for a political solution to the seven-year conflict. Russia accused Israel of being [...]
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France advised, in an August 20 communication addressed to its diplomats and foreign ministry officials, to indefinitely postpone all non-essential travel to Iran, referring to a thwarted attack on a demonstration - held by a group of the Iranian opposition in exile near Paris to which [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The case of the Diciotti ship was yet another proof that made it clear who really dictates the rules in Europe. The "Sherpas" the other day who met urgently in Brussels did not respond to Italy's requests for a structural program for the relocation of migrants (many say that that day during the important meeting [...]
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Italy “minimized” by France in Niger. The confrontation between the two European "cousins" continues
The competition in international politics between Italy and France is always alive. Libya, the enlarged Mediterranean but also Niger. Right there Italy after the agreements of the "Quirinale" and the approval of the Parliament decided to establish a control base on the border between Niger and Chad. In Ghat, southwest of Libya, the idea was to [...]
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Faced with French activism in Libya, Italy does not stand by, quite the contrary. The Italian government is trying to reopen a partnership with the former Jamairyia, to go beyond the migration dossier. It is no coincidence that the Italian authorities have often been to Libya in the last two months. Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini, then that of Foreign Affairs [...]
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Israel helped foil an alleged Iran-sponsored bomb attack in Paris. Several arrests between Iranian agents and at least one diplomat in France, Belgium and Germany. The arrests began on 30 June last, when members of the Belgian special forces group arrested two spouses of Iranian origin living in Brussels [...]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has officially signed the new multi-year defense budget, giving a significant boost to funding for aviation, army and navy procurement. Macron signed the 2019-2025 military budget law on July 13 at Brienne House, just before the garden party on the eve of the military parade […]
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France beat Croatia 4-2 and raised the most prestigious cup for the second time in history, after the 1998 triumph. Chirac at the time said: “a tricolor victory of many colors”, with reference to a multi-ethnic national team. French in the lead for an own goal by Mandzukic that touches a splendid free-kick by Griezmann. Draw for Perisic for [...]
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The two Italian ships with 450 migrants on board docked in Pozzallo. The odyssey that saw the Italian government at the forefront to assert the considerations expressed at the end of June by the European partners has finally ended. On a voluntary basis, all EU countries offered to contribute to the reception. Opposition emerged from the countries [...]
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gave little weight to the plot intended to strike an Iranian opposition rally in France calling it a "false trick" aimed at overshadowing President Hassan Rohani's just-begun journey to Europe. As soon as the presidential visit to Europe began, an alleged Iranian operation and [...]
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The day of the informal summit in Brussels, with at least 16 member countries present, the Visegrad group absent, is preparing to become a mini summit, an insignificant meeting both for the non-decisions that will be taken and for the weakness of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who on migrants will try to reacquire the role of leader of [...]
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The pressure of the Italian government on the Maltese one continues to open ports to the Lifeline which has 242 migrants on board. To this day it still has the "transponder" turned off and it is not possible to understand where it can be. A tweet launched by the crew suggests that the Lifeline is in Maltese territorial waters. After this revelation immediately [...]
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Nine days at sea, 629 people who were on board the ship of Sos Mediterrane ', landed in Spain. The first 274 arrived at dawn aboard the Dattilo ship of the Italian Coast Guard, then the same Aquarius arrived, which still had 106 people on board, and finally the Orione of the Italian Navy with [...]
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An isolated act, but in any case it always puts France on the alert for continuing terrorist attacks of this kind. This time a woman was arrested by the French police in the town of Seyne-sur-mer after injuring two people with a knife while shouting "Allah AKbar". This was announced in a note by the Public Prosecutor of Toulon, Bernard Marchal. [...]
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After the heated controversies of recent days, there is expectation for the summit today, at lunchtime, in Paris, between the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. “The case is closed, now the Dublin Treaty must be changed. The solution of the immigration issue cannot be just a problem [...]
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After yesterday's accusations, and the words of French President Emmanuel Macron himself on the "cynicism and irresponsibility of the Italian government", the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, summoned the ambassador to the Farnesina this morning of France in Italy, Christian Masset. The Ambassador was already busy in Milan and sent, [...]
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There is an open crisis between Italy and France. After the attacks by the French government on the Italian management of the Aquarius boat that transports 629 migrants collected at sea, according to rumors the prime minister Conte could cancel the planned visit to the Elysée. The French and Spanish criticisms were triggered by the ban on docking imposed by the authorities [...]
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After the stop of the Aquarius ship with 629 people on board, According to what was reported by the spokesman of the French majority party En Marche, Benjamin Griveaux, the French president Emmanuel Macron denounced "a form of cynicism and irresponsibility" on the part of Italy in the case of the Aquarius ship. A note released by Palazzo Chigi reads: "The declarations [...]
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Temporary blockade for websites accused of spreading fake news and ban on mobile phones in the classroom for compulsory school children. With two bills, French President Emmanuel Macron tries to keep his electoral promises in terms of digital information and education. While the ok at first reading came from [...]
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France confirmed the arrest of two French intelligence agents accused of spying for the Chinese government. The two officers appear to have been captured and indicted last December. However, their arrests were not made public at the time, as French counterintelligence officials wanted to avoid alerting other members of [...]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron yesterday tried to find a cause in their common unease over US President Donald Trump's actions on Iran, climate change and international trade. France disagrees with the Kremlin for its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine four [...]
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France is in turmoil, yesterday had already warned Italy and, above all, the nascent M5S-Lega government. Today at 17.30 the M5S will go up the hill and at 18.00 the Lega will go up, to present the contract-program and above all the name of the premier to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. The contract would appear to be armored, with the almost pentastellated plebiscite in [...]
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After the first political reactions to the missile attack carried out last night in Syria, to provide his authoritative more purely military point of view is the former Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, who in a note states: "From a military point of view, the attack appeared [...]
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Trump administration officials have consulted with global allies about a possible joint military response to Syria's alleged chemical attack, while President Donald Trump has canceled a trip overseas to handle a crisis that is testing his vote. to face Syrian President Bashar Assad. Trump has [...]
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The new agreement replaces an old procedure never digested by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, who also holds the role of the country's defense minister. According to sources close to Bin Salman, the latter intends to distance himself from previous commercial procedures. The crown prince arrived in [...]
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As reported in the note, following what happened in Bardonecchia on the evening of Friday 30 March, the Italian foreign ministry "immediately asked the French authorities for explanations, both through the French embassy in Rome and through our embassy in Rome. Paris". "Not having received any justification for the serious act (considered to be [...]
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The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador today to ask for an explanation why the French border police entered a clinic run by a non-governmental organization that cares for migrants trying to cross the Alps. The incident aroused the anger of many politicians, some of whom have seen it [...]
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Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame of the Gendarmerie who had offered himself as a hostage in exchange for freedom for a woman held in kidnapping, along with other civilians in a supermarket by terrorist Radouane Ladkim, died last night from the consequences of his injuries. The brother of the gendarme, during an interview [...]
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Two people were killed while an alleged terrorist screaming "Allahu Akbar" shot police and took hostages in a supermarket in southwestern France. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the affair has the connotations of a terrorist act. A source at the Ministry of the Interior said that there are two [...]
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An employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem was arrested for allegedly smuggling weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, French media reported, which have been confirmed by Israel. The consular employee was identified by Shin Bet, the Israeli national security agency, as Romain Franck, 23. Reportedly, [...]
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Giorgia Meloni, President of the Brothers of Italy, launches a very serious accusation against the outgoing government chaired by Gentiloni through her Facebook page. The news, which if it were to find a foundation would be of unprecedented gravity, would highlight one of the many obscure actions carried out by the government against the interests of the country. "The Gentiloni government is [...]
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French President Macron began his visit to India today with the intention of "sealing a strong pact" with the big Asian, of which Paris would like to become the privileged partner in Europe. Arriving last night in New Delhi, the French president was welcomed at the presidential palace by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This first visit [...]
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that his country will continue to support Iraq after the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) and is looking forward to participating in the reconstruction of Iraq. Le Drian arrived in Baghdad on Monday and held a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the [...]
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The president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, received the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian today in Baghdad. The news was announced in a press release by the Iraqi presidency. Main topic of the meeting, the strengthening and expansion of collaboration between Baghdad and Paris, in particular in the sectors of investments and university training, protection [...]
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The United Arab Emirates (United Arab Emirates) and France have signed an agreement on cooperation in space exploration. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as sovereign of Dubai, and French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attended the signing ceremony between the UAE Space Agency [...]
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Thirteen wounded in Calais, in northern France, during a violent fight between migrants. The Minister of the Interior, Gérard Collomb, announces that he will go there as early as this evening. The brawl, which opposed Afghans and Eritreans, broke out around 15pm. Police sources speak of 13 injured, four of whom were hit with a [...]
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As reported by the Nova Agency, on the occasion of the official visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Tunisia, the “Succeeding together, today and tomorrow” event was organized by the Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The work of the first Tunisian-French Economic Forum, in which 1.100 Tunisian and French entrepreneurs participate, aims to explore the opportunities [...]
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(by Fabio Squillante - Agenzia Nova) Tomorrow, February XNUMXst, an important meeting will be held in Rome on the progress of the cooperation project in military shipbuilding between Fincantieri and Naval Group. For the Italian side, the meeting will be attended by the ministers of defense, Roberta Pinotti, of economic development, Carlo Calenda, of the economy, Pier Carlo Padoan, the CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) China is present in 48 African states, out of the 54 recognized, and is conducting a well-structured investment policy similar to those already in place in Tunisia and discussed in another article. This cannot be new for geopolitics. Already since 1949, the date of the constitution of the Republic [...]
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The Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the French President Emmanuel Macron wrote to the Group of Wise Men, or to those who were called to work on the definition of the "Quirinale Treaty" between Italy and France, a letter of appointment that defines tasks, purposes and perimeter of the work of the six. The components for each part [...]
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In a televised New Year's speech, French President Emmanuel Macron called on the citizens of his country to end "irreconcilable divisions" in the coming year and vowed to continue the "profound transformations" he launched in 2017. "Nationally, the 'year 2018 will concern the cohesion of the nation ", said Macron in the video clip shot [...]
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(by Pasquale PREZIOSA) Paris has been pursuing for years the dream of being part of the “Five eyes” intelligence community. It is an elite community where, among the five English-speaking countries, USA-UK-New Zealand-Australia and Canada, intelligence information is shared. Intelligence guarantees, within the regulatory framework, the security of the national community and refers to [...]
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As reported by Nova, the French government unlocks 100 million euros of vouchers to bring connections at least 8 Mbps by 2020 to 100 percent of homes, to reach ultra-broadband speeds of 30 Mbps in 2022. This is the announcement made today by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who thus relaunches the national plan [...]
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A ruined French castle, no buyers. The castle seemed to have a destiny now assigned: to disappear into thin air, inexorably. Romain Delaume created with other partners the web platform “Dartagnans”, specialized in the recovery of disused works, and in just 80 days he raised 500 thousand euros. 6.500 bought "online" on [...]
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“We took a hangover, the success of the past years made us think we could go around the world telling stories in a somewhat naive way. This wine country is unable to tell itself in a unique way. Today we have to find a way to get together, we need to centralize the way of [...]
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Patrick Henry died today in Lille. Henry is famous in France because in 1977 he was sentenced to the death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old boy. The time, however, was ripe in France back in 1977 to remove the death penalty from the transalpine legislation. With him, France, in fact, [...]
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The CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, in a hearing at the Senate Industry Commission spoke about the recent strategic alliance with France. Alliance that has raised not a few discontent among insiders and public opinion. An "agreement for growth", without overlapping ", certainly not" for a restructuring "but" to enter [...]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Paris in early December to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. This was announced by the office of the head of the Israeli government, referring to a long telephone conversation between the two leaders which took place today. The head of the Elysée informed Netanyahu of his initiative to resolve the crisis [...]
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Lebanese Christian-Maronite President Michel Aoun received a phone call today from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in view of the arrival of the outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Elysée. Both presidents, reports a dispatch from the official Lebanese news agency "Nna", "discussed the latest developments" of the crisis resulting from the resignation announced by Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia [...]
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in France from Saudi Arabia, where the announcement of his resignation two weeks ago sparked accusations that he was being held in the country against his will. A source close to Hariri confirmed that his plane landed after taking off from Riyadh, while the TV [...]
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Lebanon's outgoing premier, Saad Hariri, who is about to leave Riyadh, where, according to Beirut, he was held against his will, accepted President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to go and stay in France, "for a few days", with the family, at least the time necessary to get out of the impasse generated by his surprise resignation, announced [...]
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Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's premier last November, accepted the invitation from Paris. The date of arrival, however, was not communicated. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Michel Aoun would have announced his arrival in the French capital on Saturday, in view of a short stay a few days before [...]
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The Third Countries Observatory of Business Strategies, which together with Nomisma-Wine Monitor elaborated the latest data on US wine imports (source Customs), updated to the third quarter of this year, highlighted that the "France of wine" is toasting to the historic overtaking of Italy in the USA, the first importer market in the world and for 15 years the enological 'feud' of [...]
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The "Front National", a French political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen, in a statement reported by the French daily "Le Figaro" denounces the choice made by the government to exit the state of emergency. The new anti-terrorism law will not be sufficient to carry out "the necessary fight against the scourge of political Islam and radical Islamism". [...]
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Matchday 3 of UEFA club competitions 2017/18 crowns England as it strengthens its second position in the UEFA rankings by gaining something over Spain which proves that it is not in its prime. Italy is also doing well, confirming its third position and increasing its advantage over Germany, which was overtaken in September and [...]
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In recent days, US President Donald Trump has really broken all the balance of the globe. The Korean and Iranian issues, the climate, the obamacare, UNESCO, NAFTA and so on, are all small pieces of a puzzle that can hardly hold up. Trump has decided to touch them all together to probably redo a new world puzzle. [...]
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Libya, fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of Tripoli and Tobruk Representatives According to Nova, today, the fifth meeting of the Joint Processing Committee of the House of Representatives and the Libyan High Council of State has begun in Tunis. So it was written on the Twitter profile of the United Nations support mission for Libya (Unsmil). The fifth […]
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It seems to have returned to the good years for Italian football which thanks to the last good performances offered in the European field by the national clubs returns to the third place of the UEFA ranking, overcoming, albeit by only a little, Germany, momentarily sunk by the thud of Bayern Munich, humiliated by PSG. The simultaneous victories of Rome and Juventus that exceed [...]
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Putin will meet Erdogan in Ankara on September 28, focus on Syria and S-400 It is learned from Agenzia Nova that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will meet his Turkish counterpart, Erdogan, next Thursday. Erdogan announced this in a speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, adding that before the meeting in Ankara he will have a telephone conversation [...]
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Emir Qatar around Europe to raise awareness of the country after embargo Turkey supports the mediation initiative launched by Kuwait, and together with Iran it is one of the few countries that sided with Qatar after the boycott initiated by the four Arab states who accuse Doha of supporting terrorism and interfering [...]
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Tension skyrocketing on the Korean peninsula. A few days after launching a missile that flew over Japan, North Korea conducts its sixth nuclear test since 2006, the most powerful yet, and announces that it has tested a hydrogen bomb with "perfect success". A decisive escalation in the tension between Pyongyang on the one hand, [...]
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In mid-August, General Khalifa Haftar, military commander of the Lybian National Army (LNA), traveled to Moscow. The visit did not arouse much interest, it seemed like one of the classic foreign visits to the Russian capital. The visit began at the airport with the meeting of the Libyan Ambassador to Russia. Meeting, according to many, "unusual", seen [...]
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Developing a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
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Supporters of Gaddafi's former Libyan regime have all met again in France. On 13 July, the Sahel Center for Expertise & Consultancy was received in the French Senate as part of normal international contacts. The center, run by Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Jellany from Mauritania, brought together many personalities who had already belonged to the court [...]
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We report the interview made to our President by the Director of Defense Oline, Andrea Cucco, on Libya and the pressing French meddlers. ________________________ General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until 2016 and today president of PRP Channel - prpchannel.com - makes a detailed analysis of the issue of the Libyan crisis and politics [...]
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A tense confrontation held initially in an icy climate and continued with the confirmation of the respective intransigent positions clearly distant, closes, if only with a joint declaration that leaves a small opening for a possible agreement to be found at the Franco-French bilateral summit. Italian, scheduled for September 27th. Despite the [...]
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The French press "Le Figaro" and "Le Monde" started writing yesterday on the unorthodox behavior of the French government towards Italy. Fortunately, the printed word is able to express clear evidence even to a child. The "story", however, begins not so long ago. The year of the fall of the Berlusconi IV government and [...]
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Paris has decided to nationalize the STX shipyards, cutting the way to Fincantieri which had already acquired 66,6% of the company with an agreement signed under the Hollande presidency. The Macron era thus inaugurates a new front with Italy, and it will not be easy for diplomacy to reach an agreement as the positions [...]
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The key meetings held in Paris between Sarraj and Haftar between 23 and 25 July were held at Celle Saint - Cloud, away from the Elysée, away from the spotlight. The French government has worked cunningly and masterfully conducted the diplomatic phase. To facilitate the talks, the Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]
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Yesterday in the final document of the G 20, with regard to the immigration emergency, the "sovereign right of states to manage and control their borders and establish policies in the interest of national security" and where possible implement " global efforts and coordinated actions ". Phrases thrown down more to fill a document, rather than [...]
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It is important to see our Europe with non-European eyes from a geopolitical point of view: this could enrich our knowledge, give us a second opinion, before major events such as the political elections. Europe, today, is waiting for two major elective events that will affect Germany and Italy. The elections in these two countries [...]
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