https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A French court has ruled to extradite Russian banker Vladimir Antonov, a former owner of English football club Portsmouth, to Lithuania, his lawyer said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260404/french-court-rules-to-extradite-russian-who-owned-english-football-club Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:45:34 +0200 french-court-rules-to-extradite-russian-who-owned-english-football-club France on Sunday took into custody the Indian captain of an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's sanctions-busting 'shadow fleet' after the vessel failed to fly a flag, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260125/france-detains-captain-of-suspected-russian-shadow-tanker Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:59:56 +0100 france-detains-captain-of-suspected-russian-shadow-tanker A tanker suspected of being part of Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" will be escorted to the French port of Marseille-Fos, sources close to the case said Friday, a day after the navy intercepted it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260124/suspected-russia-shadow-fleet-tanker-bound-for-french-port Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:40:40 +0100 suspected-russia-shadow-fleet-tanker-bound-for-french-port The French presidency on Sunday welcomed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to speak with Emmanuel Macron, after the French leader said Europe should reach out to Russia again over ending the war in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251221/putin-ready-to-talk-to-frances-macron-on-ukraine-spokesman Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:23:23 +0100 putin-ready-to-talk-to-frances-macron-on-ukraine-spokesman President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday host Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for talks in Paris, a French presidential official said, as Washington seeks to push a plan aimed at ending the war between Kyiv and Moscow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251201/zelensky-meets-macron-in-paris-on-monday-to-shore-up-support-for-ukraine Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:39:24 +0100 zelensky-meets-macron-in-paris-on-monday-to-shore-up-support-for-ukraine A French court on Friday sentenced four Bulgarians to between two and four years in prison for desecrating a Jewish memorial with red handprints last year, in what prosecutors think may have been foreign interference linked to Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251101/french-court-jails-bulgarians-for-up-to-four-years-for-holocaust-memorial-defacement Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:33:08 +0100 french-court-jails-bulgarians-for-up-to-four-years-for-holocaust-memorial-defacement Once used to scoop fish from the sea off the coast of France, recycled fishing nets are finding new life in Ukraine to protect the country's roads and military infrastructure from Russian drone attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251025/french-fishing-nets-find-new-purpose-on-ukraines-front-lines Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:35:19 +0200 french-fishing-nets-find-new-purpose-on-ukraines-front-lines A drone killed a French photojournalist on assignment in eastern Ukraine on Friday and wounded a Ukrainian reporter, officials and media groups said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251004/drone-kills-french-photojournalist-in-ukraine Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:30:33 +0200 drone-kills-french-photojournalist-in-ukraine Russia’s President Vladimir Putin condemned France’s detention of a Russian-linked ship as “piracy”, and warned of a “significant” response to what he called European threats as tensions flared. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251003/putin-vows-significant-response-after-france-detains-russia-linked-ship Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:07:50 +0200 putin-vows-significant-response-after-france-detains-russia-linked-ship A French court is to try the Chinese captain of a tanker from Russia's "shadow fleet" early next year, prosecutors said on Thursday, after it was intercepted off the coast of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251001/france-probes-oil-tanker-linked-to-denmark-drone-flights Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:19:51 +0200 france-probes-oil-tanker-linked-to-denmark-drone-flights President Emmanuel Macron is on Sunday to set new French defence targets in the face of a menacing Russia and a potential United States disengagement from Europe, his office said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250713/macron-to-raise-french-defence-targets-citing-russia-threat Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:09:07 +0200 macron-to-raise-french-defence-targets-citing-russia-threat President Vladimir Putin's proposal for direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, after Kyiv and its European allies called for a 30-day ceasefire, is "not enough", French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250511/putins-proposed-ukraine-talks-not-enough-macron-says Sun, 11 May 2025 10:35:05 +0200 putins-proposed-ukraine-talks-not-enough-macron-says French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday ruled out bringing back mandatory military service but said he wanted to mobilise society in the face of Russian aggression and would make an announcement in the coming weeks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250316/frances-macron-says-will-announce-plans-to-mobilise-civilians Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:59:29 +0100 frances-macron-says-will-announce-plans-to-mobilise-civilians