Tag: Group of Seven

  • Struggle for the future of the world order intensifying Moscow

    Struggle for the future of the world order intensifying Moscow

    The ?traveling powers? strives to throw away the Western “dictation”,? the head of the Russian foreign intelligence service has said The world is facing a “classic revolutionary situation” in the field of international relations, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, said on Thursday. An ever-increasing number of the “traveling powers”…

  • We Meet as Equals NATO tells Zelenskyy

    We Meet as Equals NATO tells Zelenskyy

    Vilnius – NATO leaders met on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they wrap up a summit in the Lithuanian capital, reiterating support for Kiev to join the alliance but stopping short of any specific commitments or timeline Zelenskyy has sought. “Today we meet as equals. I look forward to the day we meet…

  • NATO leaders meet Zelenskyy at the summit in Vilnius

    NATO leaders meet Zelenskyy at the summit in Vilnius

    Vilnius, Lithuania – NATO leaders met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Lithuanian capital as they wrap up a summit that has included an emphasis on supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion and discussion of Ukraine’s future within the alliance. Zelenskyy said at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General…

  • Japan’s court rules that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

    Japan’s court rules that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

    Tokyo – A Japanese court ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional not to allow same-sex marriage, a decision activists welcomed as a step towards marriage equality in the only Group of Seven nation without legal protection for same-sex unions. The Nagoya District Court ruling was the second to find a ban on same-sex marriage…

  • Ski group covered in avalanche.  Two people injured

    Ski group covered in avalanche. Two people injured

    A ski group of seven was buried by an avalanche in Brimnesdal in Ólafsfjörður. Two people were taken to hospital in Akureyri, the rest escaped uninjured. The ambulance crew arrived on the scene two hours after receiving the call. After arriving at the scene, it turned out that one of the victims had a broken…

  • Putin says civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson should be evacuated

    Putin says civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson should be evacuated

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region should be evacuated from the conflict zone, the Kremlin chief’s first acknowledgement of a deteriorating situation in a region he claims to have annexed. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog below to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris local time…

  • Live: Putin says civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson should be evacuated

    Live: Putin says civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson should be evacuated

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region should be evacuated from the conflict zone, the Kremlin chief’s first acknowledgment of a worsening situation in a region he claims to have annexed. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. All times are local time in Paris (GMT+1). 14:28: G7 ministers…

  • Euro falls to new 20-year low after Russia shuts off gas supplies

    Euro falls to new 20-year low after Russia shuts off gas supplies

    BERLIN, Germany: After Russia cut off gas supplies running through its main pipeline to Europe this week, the euro fell to a new 20-year low below $0.99, sparking fears of a deepening energy crisis in the region. In recent months, the euro has become increasingly correlated with natural gas prices, falling when the price of…

  • Live: From the G7 to NATO, Ukraine at the center of the diplomatic marathon

    Live: From the G7 to NATO, Ukraine at the center of the diplomatic marathon

    World leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden will leave the group of seven in Germany on Tuesday and head to Spain for a NATO summit. G7 leaders issued a statement condemning Russia’s deadly attack on a Ukrainian shopping center on Monday as a war crime. Follow our live blog for…

  • Russia is stepping up attacks in eastern Ukraine

    Russia is stepping up attacks in eastern Ukraine

    Russia intensified its offensive against eastern Ukraine on Friday, using artillery, rocket-propelled grenades and aircraft to strike the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, destroying residential buildings and killing a number of civilians, according to Ukrainian civilian and military officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described conditions in the Donbas region, which includes Luhansk and Donetsk, as “hell”…

  • G7 will continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle “wheat war”

    G7 will continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle “wheat war”

    WEISSENHAUS, Germany – A group of seven foreign ministers promised on Saturday to strengthen Russia’s economic and political isolation, continue to supply weapons to Ukraine and address what Germany’s foreign minister described as a “wheat war” waged by Moscow. After meeting at a 400-year-old castle estate in the resort of Weissenhaus on the Baltic Sea,…

  • Live: The EU promises an extra 500 million in military aid to Ukraine

    Live: The EU promises an extra 500 million in military aid to Ukraine

    On Friday, the European Union promised another € 500 million in military aid to Ukraine at a meeting with the G7 industrialized countries in northern Germany. The extra aid came as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces intensified around the northeastern city of Kharkiv. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest developments. All times…

  • Russia is accused of food theft when the G7 tries to unlock Ukraine’s ports

    Russia is accused of food theft when the G7 tries to unlock Ukraine’s ports

    Russia is accused of large-scale grain theft when top diplomats from the group of seven rich nations gather in northern Germany for three days of talks on Ukraine’s global impact on food and energy prices. “This is a particularly disgusting form of war led by Russia,” German Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir said on Friday at…

  • How the Russian Empire performed at its last Olympics in 1912

    How the Russian Empire performed at its last Olympics in 1912

    The Summer Games in Stockholm became the very last Olympics in which the Russian Empire participated. Next time, already like the Soviet Union, athletes would be forty years later! The history of the Olympic movement in the Russian Empire is quite short and predictably ends with the dissolution of the empire itself. The country had…

  • G7 demands that Russia reduce tensions at Ukraine’s border

    G7 demands that Russia reduce tensions at Ukraine’s border

    LIVERPOOL, England: The group of seven economic powers (G7) has told Russia to “step up” its military build-up near the Ukrainian border, warning that an invasion would have “massive consequences” as well as serious economic effects. Foreign ministers from the United States, Britain and other G7 countries, together with the EU foreign minister, made a…

  • Police suspect 16-year-old deadly stabbing at a train station

    Police suspect 16-year-old deadly stabbing at a train station

    Helsinki police suspect a 16-year-old boy of killing a 24-year-old man at Helsinki Central Station on Monday night. Police had previously suspected seven minors of involvement in the murder, but as the preliminary investigation progressed, one clear suspect was born and was taken into police custody on Tuesday. Officials had quickly caught the other six…

  • From Iceland – Grapevine Music Awards 2021: You should have heard this

    From Iceland – Grapevine Music Awards 2021: You should have heard this

    At the Grapevine Music Awards 2021, there was a tie in the coveted category “You should have heard this”. Both of our winners – one theremin savant, the other large group on site – were so amazing that the panel decided not to even choose between them and instead give them both the applause they…