France Archive
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End France’s Block on Turkey’s EU Bid, President Hollande
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsAs Francois Hollande drives through Paris to his inauguration today, he should add an item to his daunting list of priorities as president of France: End his country’s block on... -
Russian, Italian, French companies among 15 bidding for oil and gas drilling rights off Cyprus – The Washington Post
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No CommentsBy Associated Press, Published: May 11 NICOSIA, Cyprus — Major oil and gas companies such as Russia’s Novatec, Italy’s ENI, France’s Total, and Malaysia’s Petronas are among 15 firms and... -
French candidate’s trip to Turkey canceled due to his position on Armenian Genocide
Posted on April 29, 2012 | 1 CommentFrench presidential candidate Gil Taieb failed to visit Turkey and meet with local French community during his campaign due to his position on Israel and the Armenian Genocide. After successful... -
Gaddafi ‘contributed €50m to Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election fund’
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsFrench president hit by new claims as confidential note suggests ex-Libyan leader helped finance his election campaign Damaging new claims have emerged about the funding of Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election... -
Aeroports de Paris to Buy 38% of Turkey Airport Operator TAV
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsBy Alex Webb and Ercan Ersoy Aeroports de Paris, operator of the French capital’s airports, agreed to buy a 38 percent stake in Turkish counterpart TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS (TAVHL)... -
Nicolas Sarkozy orders new Armenian genocide law
Posted on March 1, 2012 | 1 CommentPresident Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after France’s top court struck it down as unconstitutional. France election 2012:... -
Ankara remains isolated despite French no to genocide bill
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsBy Carsten Hoffmann Feb 29, 2012, 16:53 GMT Istanbul – The Turkish government has hailed the French Constitutional Council’s striking down of a draft law that would have criminalized the... -
Matthew Bryza: politicians shouldn’t characterize events as genocide or not as genocide
Posted on February 12, 2012 | 1 CommentAzerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 11 / Trend A.Badalova / “It’s not the business of any politician in any country to characterize events as genocide or not as genocide,” former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan... -
‘French business interested in Azerbaijan and Turkey more than in Armenia’
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsNews.Az interviews Ruslan Kostyuk, doctor of historical science, professor of the International Relations Faculty of the St.Petersburg State University. Can you predict the decision of the Constitutional court regarding the... -
Sarkozy accused of using ‘extras’ to pose as supporters
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsNicolas Sarkozy has been accused of stage-managing a visit to a construction site by bussing in fake “workers” to make him look more popular. By Henry Samuel, Paris The accusations against the... -
Turkey may have banned dead French soldiers’ flight over Armenian genocide law
Posted on February 5, 2012 | 1 CommentBy RFI 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... -
Analysts say Turkey unwise on Armenia law reaction
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey’s attempts to intimidate France over the question of the Armenian genocide is bound to backfire, analysts said as the 100th anniversary of the bloodshed approaches. Duration: 02:00 Share -
Clinton sidesteps dispute between Turkey and France over genocide legislation
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 1 CommentWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday sidestepped a delicate dispute between two allies over the World War I-era killing of Armenians in Turkey. Clinton was asked... -
Turkey Freezes All Diplomatic Relations With France Over Armenian Genocide
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsTurkey Freezes All Diplomatic Relations With France Over Armenian Genocide by sheikyermami on January 25, 2012 Ihsanoglu Meltdown OIC claims that adoption of genocide law is a sign of Islamophobia... -
Turkey Warns France over ‘Racist’ Genocide Bill
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey is urging French President Nicolas Sarkozy not to sign a bill that would make it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly... -
Turkey Slams France Over ‘Genocide’ Bill
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsBy JOE PARKINSON and NADYA MASIDLOVER ISTANBUL—Turkey denounced French lawmakers as racist and vowed to retaliate Tuesday after the French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny... -
France Has Angered Turkey By Passing A Bill Recognizing The Armenian Genocide
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsIn a historic move, the French Senate has passed a bill making it illegal to deny that the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in 1915 Turkey was genocide,... -
Thousands of Turks gather in Paris to protest genocide bill
Posted on January 21, 2012 | 1 CommentPARIS – Anatolia News Agency Thousands of people gathered in the French capital to protest a bill that penalizes rejection of Armenian genocide claims today. Nearly 35,000 Turks living in...





















