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France: “Shock, French tragedy, boomerang for Macron” – How the Press received the election results
The French press headlines and media comments highlight the disastrous failure of French President Emmanuel Macron, whose decision to call early elections backfired, resulting in a victory for Marine Le Pen‘s party, National Rally, in the first round.
French city Amiens asks Madonna for loan of lost painting
The mayor of Amiens in northern France has released a video "requesting" that Madonna "loan" the city a painting from her personal collection, which resembles one lost there during World War I.
Ukraine wants to double trade volume with Turkey:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 16 that Turkey and Ukraine have a trade turnover of $ 5.5 billion and "we want to double it."
Ukraine has "a good relations with Turkey today," Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with French daily newspaper Le Figaro when asked about his recent visit to Turkey and meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Pandemic boosts variety of video games
You're stuck in lockdown but that doesn't mean you can't visit a tropical island, a space station or have games night with your friends - certain video games have filled the need of the world's confined for a bit of distraction, adventure and socializing and achieved unexpected success during the pandemic.
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Kosovo President, Ambassador, Lobbied Influencers to Back Land Swaps
A French journalist and an American academic have told BIRN that they were lobbied to write positively about "border corrections" and a potential land swap between Kosovo and Serbia.
Ex-President's Damning Interview Causes Storm in Romania
Former Romanian president Ion Iliescu's interview with French newspaper Le Figaro has sparked controversy in Bucharest, after he criticized the ruling party, which he once led, and then tried to retract the statements - prompting the newspaper to release the recording to the media.
Serbia was "humiliated in Paris," France "messed up"
The president of Serbia was placed outside the range of television cameras, which is an unacceptable failure, since Serbia in the Great War lost "1.2 million of its children", writes French daily Le Figaro in an article headlined, "The commemoration of November 11: Serbia unjustly humiliated."
Romanian Disneyland Pickpockets Stand Trial in France
Twelve people, most of them Romanians, accused of running a child pickpocketing network that stole over a million euros during 2014-16 from tourists at Disneyland Paris, went on trial on Tuesday in the town of Meaux, French newspaper Le Figaro reported.
Macron's party sweeps French parliament seats
French President Emmanuel Macron's trailblazing centrist party on June 19 savored an election victory that gave it a strong majority in parliament, redrawing the country's political map and giving the young leader a strong hand to implement business-friendly reforms.
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Eight people entered Europe using the same passport!
A total of eight people entered the European Union in recent months using the same passport as the one found on the Paris bomber that had entered Europe through Leros, Greece, on October 3. The bomber in question, Ahmad Almohammad, had blown himself up outside the Stade de France after a killing spree in Paris on November 13.