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Frenchman set for execution as appeal fails

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:05:12 +0200

A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence on Monday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on and prevent yet another foreigner from facing the firing squad in Indonesia.

Frenchman awaits fate as Indonesia executes eight

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:56:21 +0200

The fate of a Frenchman condemned to death in Indonesia appeared doomed on Wednesday, after eight fellow drug convicts were executed by a firing squad. The French president has warned Jakarta of consequences.

Indonesia prepares to execute Frenchman

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:52:22 +0200

Desperate diplomatic calls from France and the EU urging Indonesia to spare the life of a Frenchman on death row appear have fallen on deaf ears with the convicted drug trafficker set to be executed in the coming days.

Paris hauls in Indonesian envoy over death penalty

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:02:30 +0200

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius summoned the Indonesian ambassador on Wednesday to discuss the case of a Frenchman facing the death penalty for drug offences, a government spokesman told AFP.

Frenchman freed after 14 years in Jakarta jail

Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:30:00 +0100

A French drug smuggler was freed on parole on Monday after more than 14 years in an Indonesian prison, a rare early release of a foreigner that raises hopes for Australian inmate Schapelle Corby.

French boss runs firm from desert island beach

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:33:00 +0100

One day last year, French businessman Gauthier Toulemonde, pondered a seemingly insane question. Could he run his company from a tiny, remote desert island thousands of miles away? The French Robinson Crusoe just came back home with the answer.

Record Airbus deal lands France '5,000 jobs'

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:03:00 +0100

Europe's Airbus has won a record order worth €18.4 billion from Indonesia's Lion Air for 234 medium-haul A320 jets, the French presidency announced on Monday. The deal will be worth up to 5,000 jobs over the coming years, according to the Elysée.

French pilots offered Indonesia jobs

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:20:13 +0200

Regional French airline Britair, under pressure to reduce its workforce, is asking pilots if they want to work temporarily in Indonesia, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Bomb explodes outside Indonesian embassy

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:46:00 +0100

A homemade bomb exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris early on Wednesday, causing some serious damage but no injuries, a source close to the enquiry said.