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 Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, Paris said in a statement on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150923/breaking-egypt-to-buy-mistral-warships-russia-france Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:20:55 +0200 breaking-egypt-to-buy-mistral-warships-russia-france France faces a hefty bill for its cancelled deal to sell two Mistral warships to Russia that could be as much as double what the French government had initially suggested, according to reports on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150812/the-real-cost-of-frances-botched-warship-mistral-russia-deal Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:44:00 +0200 the-real-cost-of-frances-botched-warship-mistral-russia-deal After cancelling the sale to Russia, France finds itself lumbered with two giant Mistral warships which it will find "extremely difficult" to re-sell and cannot afford to keep, say experts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150806/extremely-difficult-for-france-to-sell-mistral-warships-experts Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:17:28 +0200 extremely-difficult-for-france-to-sell-mistral-warships-experts After eight months of negotiations France and Russia have reached a deal on the amount Paris must pay Moscow in compensation for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships, a senior Russian official said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150731/france-russia-reach-deal-on-mistral-compensation Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:41:57 +0200 france-russia-reach-deal-on-mistral-compensation French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that he would decide "in the coming weeks" whether or not to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships to Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150728/hollande-to-make-mistral-decision-in-weeks Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:30:14 +0200 hollande-to-make-mistral-decision-in-weeks Russia has decided that it is no longer interested in two helicopter carrier that it had previously ordered from France, deciding to build its own instead. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150527/russia-mistral-deal-dead-in-water Wed, 27 May 2015 12:14:53 +0200 russia-mistral-deal-dead-in-water Paris has allegedly offered Moscow the sweet sum of €785 million to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a Russian newspaper reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150515/france-offers-russia-sweet-deal-to-ditch-mistrals Fri, 15 May 2015 14:03:53 +0200 france-offers-russia-sweet-deal-to-ditch-mistrals President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that France will reimburse Russia if it fails to deliver two Mistral warships in a deal frozen over the Ukraine conflict. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150423/france-to-pay-back-russia-mistral-warship Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:47:11 +0200 france-to-pay-back-russia-mistral-warship French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150420/france-in-talks-with-russia-to-end-mistral-deadlock Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:27:44 +0200 france-in-talks-with-russia-to-end-mistral-deadlock Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that France's refusal to deliver two Mistral-class warships to Moscow would not affect its defence capabilities, adding Russia ordered the ships to help create French jobs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150416/putin-we-only-ordered-the-warships-to-help-france Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:57:24 +0200 putin-we-only-ordered-the-warships-to-help-france France went ahead on Monday with the testing phase for the second Mistral ship that Paris has sold to Moscow, despite the controversial deal being on hold due to tensions in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150316/france-tests-mistral-ship Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:55:12 +0100 france-tests-mistral-ship French President Francois Hollande said Thursday the conditions were "still not right" to go ahead with the sale of two Mistral warships to Russia despite Moscow having backed a new Ukraine peace plan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150213/france-not-ready-to-sell-warship-to-russia Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:23:28 +0100 france-not-ready-to-sell-warship-to-russia France would only deliver two warships ordered by Russia if there were concrete signs of lasting peace in Ukraine, the French defence minister said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150101/france-seeks-ukraine-peace-before-russia-warship-sale Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:07:00 +0100 france-seeks-ukraine-peace-before-russia-warship-sale Russia will gladly take back the money it paid for French Mistral-class warships whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, a deputy defence minister said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141221/russia-warns-france-over-mistral-delay Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:41:00 +0100 russia-warns-france-over-mistral-delay Some 400 Russian sailors training to operate the controversial Mistral-class warship built by France for Russia on Thursday left the country as Paris faces increasing international pressure to abandon the disputed sale. France has already delayed the delivery of the vessel, citing the crisis in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141218/russian-mistral-sailors-leave-france Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:24:00 +0100 russian-mistral-sailors-leave-france French President François Hollande on Tuesday delayed the controversial delivery of a high-tech warship to Russia "until further notice" over the Ukraine crisis. Russia later said it does not plan to sue France by way of response. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141125/france-russia-mistral-warship-delivery Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:17:00 +0100 france-russia-mistral-warship-delivery Reports in France say Russian sailors carrying out training on board a warship in a French port have been barred from boarding the vessel this week. The Ministry of Defence in Paris has refused to comment on the claims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141118/russian-sailors-barred-from-boarding-mistral Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:12:00 +0100 russian-sailors-barred-from-boarding-mistral UPDATED: Russia on Friday warned France of "serious" consequences unless Paris delivers a Mistral-class assault warship, whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, by the end of this month, a report said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/moscow-gives-france-deadline-to-deliver-warship Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:59:00 +0100 moscow-gives-france-deadline-to-deliver-warship France insisted on Wednesday that there was no date set for the delivery of two Mistral warships to Russia. It comes amid further reports of Russian troops entering Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141112/france-insists-still-no-date-for-mistral-delivery Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:42:00 +0100 france-insists-still-no-date-for-mistral-delivery France insisted on Thursday that conditions "have not been met" to allow for the controversial delivery of a warship to Russia, but with the deadline approaching, Paris finds itself in a real predicament - lose billions or risk NATO's wrath? https://www.thelocal.fr/20141107/france-faces-dilemma-as-mistral-deadline-nears Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:55:23 +0100 france-faces-dilemma-as-mistral-deadline-nears