Macron

French shop owners pressure Macron to lighten virus lockdown

10:55 pm November 24, 2020

Paris: People in France may be able to go back to their favourite shops and attend religious services again next week, after a month of partial virus lockdown — but they’ll probably have to wait until next year to savor wine and cheese in a local cafe. President Emmanuel Macron is expected to lay out new rules […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

French president speaks with Egypt, Palestinian leaders

8:00 pm November 3, 2020

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders after a week of anti-French protests around the Muslim world and three Islamic extremist attacks on France. Macron is seeking to calm tensions and to straighten out misunderstandings while also defending France’s values. The French president’s office said Tuesday that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah […]

Hindu homes attacked in Bangladesh over rumours about alleged Facebook post slandering Islam

2:24 pm November 2, 2020

Dhaka: The houses of several Hindu families have been vandalised and burned by some radical Islamists in Bangladesh’s Comilla district over rumours about an alleged Facebook post slandering Islam, according to a media report on Monday. The households were vandalised and later set on fire on Sunday after a Bangladeshi man, who lives in France, allegedly praised President Emmanuel Macron for taking […]

France reacts after Erdogan questions Macron’s mental health

6:07 am October 25, 2020

Paris: France recalled its ambassador to Turkey for consultations after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said President Emmanuel Macron needed mental health treatment and made other comments that the French government described as unacceptably rude. Erdogan questioned his French counterpart’s mental condition while criticizing Macron’s attitude toward Islam and Muslims. His remarks at a local […]

Russia will ‘keep trying to destabilise’ Western democracies: Macron

7:03 pm February 15, 2020

Munich: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday warned that Russia would continue to try to “destabilise” Western democracies through election interference, social media manipulation and other acts of cyber warfare. “I think that Russia will keep trying to destabilise, either through private actors, directly through its agencies, or through proxies,” Macron said at the Munich […]