Traffic on France's TGV high-speed trains started to return to normal on Saturday after engineers worked through the night to repair sabotaged signal stations and cables. The attacks, which occurred early Friday, disrupted travel on the opening...
Paris successfully hosted its first Olympics ceremony in a century on Friday, overcoming challenges from sabotage threats and unseasonable weather. The event showcased France's ability to deliver a spectacular and safe start to the Games, despite...
Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rule-breaking Opening Ceremony studded with stars and fantasy, showcasing the city’s resilience as authorities dealt...
The Paris Olympic Games officially get underway on Friday, at a period of high geopolitical tensions. An impressive security operation has been put in place, but the Games also face unprecedented security challenges.
The European Council on Friday launched formal action against France, Italy and five other EU countries for breaking the bloc's budget rules, kickstarting a procedure forcing them to negotiate a plan with Brussels to get their deficit levels back...
Some 300,000 spectators are expected to attend the historic Olympic opening ceremony in Paris on Friday, which will take place along the River Seine. Expected to unfold under a rainy sky, the ambitious event will see thousands of competitors...
French train operator SNCF on Friday alerted that the country’s high-speed network was hit by acts of vandalism including arson attacks, resulting in a disrupted system just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Europe will be forced to face the consequences of an uncontrolled weapons market in Eastern and Central Europe, Austria's former foreign minister Karin Kneissl said on Thursday.
Seit 30 Jahren quält Alexander Lukaschenko die Menschen in Belarus. Der Langzeit-Diktator lässt jeden verfolgen, der ihm verdächtig vorkommt – ob eine reale Gefahr von den Betroffenen ausgeht, spielt keine Rolle. Auch vor deutschen Staatsbürgern...
A senior Paris prosecutor on Thursday announced that authorities have kicked off a major operation to target a network of bots that have been infecting computers with a malware programmed aimed at stealing data for “espionage” purposes. The...
Hundreds of dancers set to perform Friday at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony have called off a planned strike over pay disparities after reaching a deal with the event’s organisers, the SFA-CGT union said. Other French public sector workers...
Several plots to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympics have been foiled by French authorities over the past weeks, according to officials. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin Wednesday said police on Tuesday arrested a young man in southwest France...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz earns 348,300 euros ($377,800) gross per year, which is the highest salary among the heads of state and government of the European Union, the VSquare investigative media outlet reported on Wednesday.
On visit to China for talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Russia was not ready to negotiate an end to the war in “good faith”. A key Russian ally, Beijing has refuted claims that it is...
Football and Rugby Seven matches will kick off the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, before the grandiose opening ceremony that will see hundreds of thousands of spectators line the banks of the River Seine on Friday. Secured by a huge police...
Just two days before the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony kicks off, France was granted conditional approval to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. Set to take place in the French Alps, the green light was given by the International Olympic...
A Russian man was under investigation on suspicion of trying to disrupt the Paris Olympics that are set to kick off on July 26, French prosecutors said. The state prosecution service gave no details but said the alleged plot was not terrorist in...
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would maintain the current centrist caretaker government through the end of the Paris Olympics to avoid “disorder”. His remarks came just after the leftist New Popular Front bloc, which won the...
French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Tuesday that he was pressing Danish authorities not to extradite anti-whaling activist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson to Japan after his arrest in Greenland on Sunday under an international...
The ban on drones flying in the airspace around Paris is being strictly enforced during the 2024 Summer Olympics, with security personnel armed with drone-disabling equipment policing Paris skies. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said an...
French President Emmanuel Macron hoped the Paris Olympics would be a shining part of his legacy. But a failed bet on a snap legislative election – in which his coalition lost seats – has cast a long shadow over his hoped-for golden moment on the...
