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 Prosecutors asked a Paris court Monday to sentence three Moldovan nationals to up to three years in prison for daubing coffins on public buildings in reference to the conflict in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260224/french-prosecutors-ask-for-prison-time-over-ukraine-graffiti Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:17:36 +0100 french-prosecutors-ask-for-prison-time-over-ukraine-graffiti US and Ukrainian officials will continue talks over security guarantees for Kyiv, both sides said, after meetings with Western allies yielded breakthroughs including a US-led monitoring mechanism and a European multinational force to be deployed after any ceasefire with Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260107/talks-on-ukraine-guarantees-to-continue-after-paris-progress Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:56:44 +0100 talks-on-ukraine-guarantees-to-continue-after-paris-progress 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 President Emmanuel Macron said that France would deploy three fighter jets to “help protect Polish airspace” after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid on its territory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250912/france-deploys-jets-to-help-protect-polish-airspace Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:32:59 +0200 france-deploys-jets-to-help-protect-polish-airspace The leaders of France and Britain will on Thursday co-chair a Paris summit involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Élysée said, amid a new international push to broker an end to Russia's three-and-a-half-year invasion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250901/zelensky-to-attend-paris-summit-on-security-guarantees-for-ukraine Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:25:33 +0200 zelensky-to-attend-paris-summit-on-security-guarantees-for-ukraine Fourteen countries from Northern Europe have agreed to strengthen collaboration to combat Russia's "shadow fleet", which Moscow is accused of using to circumvent sanctions and sell its oil. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250620/european-countries-announce-joint-action-against-russias-shadow-fleet Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:25:18 +0200 european-countries-announce-joint-action-against-russias-shadow-fleet Unsubstantiated claims of supposed cocaine use by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on a train to Ukraine last weekend may have started from a French account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250515/tracking-the-disinfo-on-macrons-cocaine-use-in-ukraine Thu, 15 May 2025 17:41:58 +0200 tracking-the-disinfo-on-macrons-cocaine-use-in-ukraine France said talks on Thursday between top US and European officials on the war in Ukraine had launched a "positive process", as Europe seeks to be included in efforts to end the three-year-old conflict. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250418/france-hails-positive-process-as-europe-and-us-discuss-ukraine-ceasefire Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:35:46 +0200 france-hails-positive-process-as-europe-and-us-discuss-ukraine-ceasefire French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday is to host European leaders including President Volodymyr Zelensky for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250327/macron-to-host-europe-leaders-for-ukraine-security-summit Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:18:12 +0100 macron-to-host-europe-leaders-for-ukraine-security-summit Six Russian soldiers who fled the fighting in Ukraine have found refuge in France and hope to receive asylum, in a landmark case of Russian deserters being welcomed in an EU country as a group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241021/in-a-first-france-welcomes-russian-army-deserters Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:29:52 +0200 in-a-first-france-welcomes-russian-army-deserters President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday held talks in Paris with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after he met Ukrainian troops that France is training on its territory to fight the Russian invasion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241010/macron-hosts-ukraines-zelensky-after-meeting-ukrainian-troops Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:28:22 +0200 macron-hosts-ukraines-zelensky-after-meeting-ukrainian-troops French President Emmanuel Macron has smashed a major taboo by floating the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine, raising the stakes in a showdown with a nuclear-armed Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240227/macron-announces-steps-to-boost-ukraine-and-does-not-exclude-troops Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:38:59 +0100 macron-announces-steps-to-boost-ukraine-and-does-not-exclude-troops Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Berlin on Friday to sign a security deal and seek desperately needed support for his country's battle against Russia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240216/ukraines-zelensky-seeks-support-in-germany-and-france Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:47:34 +0100 ukraines-zelensky-seeks-support-in-germany-and-france