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 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 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 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 French President Francois Hollande said Sunday he would not be pressured into delivering two warships to Russia, after delaying their handover due to the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141116/hollande-rejects-pressure-over-warship-delivery-to-russia Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:01:09 +0100 hollande-rejects-pressure-over-warship-delivery-to-russia 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 The conditions are not yet in place for France to deliver a controversial warship to Russia, the French finance minister said on Thursday, after Moscow said the handover would take place next month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141030/russia-not-to-get-warship-just-yet-france Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:13:00 +0100 russia-not-to-get-warship-just-yet-france French President Francois Hollande on Friday said he would decide in October whether or not to deliver two warships to Russia in a €1.2-billion($1.6 billion) deal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140906/france-to-rule-on-russia-warship-delivery-in-october Sat, 06 Sep 2014 12:21:00 +0200 france-to-rule-on-russia-warship-delivery-in-october France appears to have wavered under international pressure by deciding on Wednesday to suspend the delivery of a Mistral warship to Russia, given the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. However the deal is still expected to go ahead. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140904/france-again-weighing-warship-with-russia Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:04:00 +0200 france-again-weighing-warship-with-russia The suspected shooting down of a passenger plane by Russian separatists in Ukraine has triggered more international pressure on France to pull the plug on its €1.2 billion deal to sell two warships to Russia. But experts say Paris is likely to withstand the calls. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140718/more-pressure-for-france-to-scrap-russia-warship-deal Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:39:00 +0200 more-pressure-for-france-to-scrap-russia-warship-deal Some 400 Russian sailors arrived on Monday in France where they were to undergo training as part of a controversial warship €1.2 billion deal between Paris and Moscow. The deal comes as the crisis in the Ukraine rumbles on and has drawn the ire of the US government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140630/france-trains-400-russian-sailors-ahead-of-warship-deal Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:01:41 +0200 france-trains-400-russian-sailors-ahead-of-warship-deal France continued to shrug off pressure from the United States over its €1.3 billion warship deal with Russia this week, with its Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius insisting, during a trip to the US that, "France needs firmness lessons from absolutely no one". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140514/france-warship-russia-ukraine-united-states Wed, 14 May 2014 10:20:00 +0200 france-warship-russia-ukraine-united-states US officials voiced concern on Thursday at the sale of French warships to Moscow as they mulled tougher sanctions on Russia for the political upheaval triggered by the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140509/us-concern-over-french-russian-warship-deal Fri, 09 May 2014 10:11:00 +0200 us-concern-over-french-russian-warship-deal