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 Russia symbolically handed over a puppy to France on Monday to replace a police dog called Diesel who was killed during a raid linked to the November 13 Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151208/russia-gifts-france-puppy-after-police-dog-slain Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:04:50 +0100 russia-gifts-france-puppy-after-police-dog-slain France and other western countries are calling for a "strong reaction" from the international community if a major violation of a truce in Ukraine occurs, the French presidency said after video conference talks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150304/france-demands-strong-reaction-if Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:52:00 +0100 france-demands-strong-reaction-if French President Francois Hollande has agreed to further steps in putting last month's Ukraine ceasefire accords into action on Monday evening in a phone conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150303/leaders-hail-ukraine-ceasefire-progress Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:47:00 +0100 leaders-hail-ukraine-ceasefire-progress Efforts to bring peace to Ukraine moved to Paris on Tuesday when foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet to try and salvage the Minsk II ceasefire deal struck earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150224/german-ukrainian-and-russian-heads-meet-in-paris Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:01:00 +0100 german-ukrainian-and-russian-heads-meet-in-paris Despite reports of ongoing violent clashes in the east of Ukraine, France insisted on Wednesday that the ceasfire deal agreed on in Minsk was "not dead". Hollande was due to speak to Putin on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150218/hollande-insists-ukraine-peace-deal-is-not-dead Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:07:00 +0100 hollande-insists-ukraine-peace-deal-is-not-dead France insisted on Wednesday it had no plans to supply weapons to Ukraine to help the country tackle the pro-Russian insurgency in the east of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/france-will-not-supply-weapons-to-ukraine-at-this-time Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:01:00 +0100 france-will-not-supply-weapons-to-ukraine-at-this-time The president of the self-declared pro-Russian People's Republic of Donetsk claimed on Sunday French military "experts" were joining separatist forces battling government troops in eastern Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140825/ukraine-french-experts-to-join-rebel-fighters Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:30:00 +0200 ukraine-french-experts-to-join-rebel-fighters French president François Hollande expressed his "grave concerns" on Tuesday to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the "unilateral" Russian humanitarian mission in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140812/france-warns-over-russian-aid-convoy-in-ukraine Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:52:00 +0200 france-warns-over-russian-aid-convoy-in-ukraine France, the United States, Britain and Russia all held crucial talks in Paris on Wednesday aimed at resolving the crisis in the Crimea. However hopes that Ukraine and Russia would come face to face for discussions hung in the balance. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140305/ukraine-russia-france-crimea Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:07:00 +0100 ukraine-russia-france-crimea Paris hosted talks between Moscow and Washington on Wednesday, the first time the two nations have come face to face since Russia sparked international anger by sending troops into the Crimea. Meanwhile Ukraine insists it does not want a fight with Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140305/ukraine-us-and-russia-meet-in-paris-for-tense-talks Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:15:00 +0100 ukraine-us-and-russia-meet-in-paris-for-tense-talks France’s Foreign Minister vowed to put pressure on the Russian President Vladimir Putin through diplomacy accusing him of violating international laws by sending troops into Ukraine. Paris said, however, it would not be suspending its military contracts with Moscow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140303/france-will-not-block-military-contracts-with-russia Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:44:00 +0100 france-will-not-block-military-contracts-with-russia French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday was holding talks in Moscow with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in an attempt to bridge disagreements over a new UN resolution on stripping Syria of its chemical arsenal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130917/french-minister-in-moscow-to-mend-syria-discord Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:05:00 +0200 french-minister-in-moscow-to-mend-syria-discord French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday that Paris will present a resolution to the UN Security Council demanding Syria immediately turns its chemical weapons arsenal over to international control. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130910/france-backs-russian-plan-on-syria-crisis Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:38:00 +0200 france-backs-russian-plan-on-syria-crisis