The leaders of the G7, meeting in a virtual summit on Monday, decided to set up a “platform” responsible for “coordinating financial aid” to Ukraine.
A man in front of a house destroyed by Russian strikes, in Kherson, Ukraine, on December 12, 2022. (AFP)
A virtual summit on Monday, before a summit in Paris on Tuesday. (more…)
France Roque, founder of the Esprit d’Europe association for the creation of the European Book Prize, is the guest of “European microphone”. The European Book Prize aims to promote European culture by awarding each year a novel and an essay published in the European Union during the past year.
Lateran Accords. February 11, 1929. Benito Mussolini reading the pact after it was signed. Sitting Cardinal Gasparri, Vatican Secretary of State, in the Lateran Palace, Rome. (GAMMA-KEYSTONE / GETTY IMAGES)
European Micro has an appointment today with books, authors and journalists. We are going to talk about the European Book Prize whose president and founder is France Roque. (more…)
According to investigators, the host country of the World Cup would have tried to influence several political figures to buy their silence, in particular in connection with the situation of human rights or that of workers in Qatar.
Qatar is in the news for a reason other than football. The country is suspected of influencing decisions of the European Parliament by paying large sums of money. (more…)
Vladimir Putin hinted that Russia would not use nuclear weapons first, but only “in response” to a possible enemy strike of this type on its territory. He also announced that 150,000 reservists were deployed in Ukraine.Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Security Council via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on December 6, 2022. (AFP)
Vladimir Poutine acknowledged, Wednesday, December 7, that the conflict in Ukraine was “long” and relativized the risk of a recourse to the nuclear weapon. (more…)
This bill “crops a little more on the right to asylum, the right to a normal family life, the rights of the child and the right to a fair trial”, according to the president of Amnesty International France.
Migrants on the deck of the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking in the Gulf of Catania, in the Mediterranean, on November 6, 2022. (AFP)
About fifteen associations denounced, Monday, December 5, the government bill on immigration, “continuous deterioration of the rights of migrants”, on the eve of its presentation to the National Assembly on the occasion of a debate without a vote. (more…)
Monday, December 5, the trial of the Brussels attacks opened in Belgium. They had been perpetrated by the same terrorist cell as that of the Paris attacks.
The trial of the terrorist attacks of March 22, 2016 began in Brussels (Belgium), Monday, December 5. (more…)
With temperatures below 0°C, millions of people live without electricity in Ukraine. Most of the inhabitants, however, continue to live in the dark.
A sales consultant with a flashlight. In this Ukrainian store, which has no electricity, we make do with the means at hand. (more…)
On the Ukrainian side, the chief of staff of the presidency estimated on Telegram that the Russian economy would be “destroyed” by this measure.
Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo, near Moscow (Russia), December 2, 2022. (AFP)
Russia affirms, Saturday, December 3, that it “will not accept” the capping of the price of its barrel of oil at 60 dollars. (more…)
At the center of this day, the capping of the price of its barrel of oil at 60 dollars. This measure must come into force on Monday, after the agreement sealed by the countries of the European Union, the G7 and Australia, in order to limit the income of Moscow to finance the conflict.
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass (Ukraine), December 2, 2022. (AFP)
Russia said on Saturday (December 3rd) that it “will not accept” capping the price of its oil barrel at $60. (more…)
Sanna Marin stressed on Friday that Russia’s invasion and occupation of neighboring Ukraine had exposed Europe’s weaknesses and strategic mistakes.Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Sydney (Australia) during a conference, December 2, 2022. (MAXPPP)
The Finnish Prime Minister does not mince words. Sanna Marin said on Friday, December 2, that Europe was “not strong enough” to stand up to Moscow alone. (more…)