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08/03/2012 - France - Turkey - Syria

Turkish President Gul hints France could be at Istanbul meeting on Syria

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has hinted that France will be invited to the next meeting of the ‘Friends of Syria’ to be held in Istanbul despite a slump in ties over a genocide bill.

05/03/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

Turkey might not invite France to Syria summit

Turkey is considering whether or not to invite France to the meeting in Istanbul of the summit for "Friends of Syria" amid a souring in the relationship between Paris and Ankara over a ...

29/02/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

No new French Armenian genocide law before June

There will be no new French law on Turkey’s alleged genocide of Armenians until after France’s presidential election, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party announced Wednesday.

21/02/2012

African press review 21 February 2012

The diplomatic row - or not - between France and Rwanda, transport corruption on the roads in eastern Africa and the real cost of South Africa's President Zuma's trip to the US last year are the ...

20/02/2012 - France - Rwanda

France recalls Rwanda ambassador from Kigali

France has recalled its ambassador to Rwanda Laurent Contini after the authorities in Kigali refused to accept Paris's choice of a new envoy.

12/02/2012

European press review

We start this week with Europe’s cold snap. If you haven’t been reading about it in the papers, you’ve certainly been feeling it if you live on the continent.

05/02/2012

European press review

Was Egypt's football violence deliberately provoked? Are Europe's lower middle class becoming the new poor? Is it time to challenge the power of Facebook?

04/02/2012 - France - Turkey

Turkey may have banned dead French soldiers' flight over Armenian genocide law

Turkey may have banned the flight repatriating the bodies of four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan from crossing its air space in retaliation for the Armenian genocide bill recently passed by ...

31/01/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

French politicians to seize constitutional court over Armenian genocide bill

A number of politicians on Tuesday formally requested France’s Constitutional Council to examine the planned law which would punish anyone who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by ...

29/01/2012

European press review

We start with the European Union sanctions against Iran aimed at forcing it to stop its suspect nuclear activities.

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