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The London and Paris stock exchanges closed the final trading session of 2025 slightly lower, amid reduced activity and shortened trading hours ahead of New Year’s Eve. London’s benchmark index ended the session almost unchanged, slipping by 0.09%, while the Paris market recorded a decline of 0.23%. Trading volumes remained low,......

A tragic incident occurred Tuesday night on the Paris metro, resulting in the death of a visually impaired man. The 42-year-old, using a white cane, fell onto the tracks at Denfert-Rochereau station on Line 6 around 11:30 p.m. while heading towards Charles de Gaulle Étoile. According to early reports from police and judicial sources,......

Ukrainian support for NATO membership has plunged dramatically, dropping from 55% in December 2024 to 38% this month. A nationwide poll by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, carried out with the Razumkov Centre from December 5 to 16, surveyed 2,000 adults and captures a pivotal change in sentiment during peace talks with......

European leaders reaffirmed their collective support for Ukraine’s peace efforts after a joint call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following their meeting at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The conversation, which included top officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Finland, Poland,......

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing for United States security guarantees lasting up to 50 years, insisting that any eventual peace deal with Russia must be underpinned by long term commitments that go well beyond what is currently on the table. His position emerged after a meeting with former US President Donald Trump, during......

Air traffic at Hanover Airport in northern Germany was disrupted after several unidentified drones were spotted flying near the facility on Friday evening, according to local media reports. As a precautionary measure, airport authorities temporarily closed two runways, leading to flight cancellations and delays. Several aircraft were diverted......

A man experiencing homelessness was found dead early Saturday morning following a fire in an underground parking garage in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, according to police and judicial sources. Emergency services were alerted shortly before dawn after security staff at a residential building on Avenue de Choisy reported heavy smoke......

Paris, December 27, 2025 — The driver suspected of deliberately ramming two motorcycle gendarmes in eastern France has surrendered to authorities, according to judicial and security sources. The man, who had been actively sought since the incident on Christmas Day, presented himself on Saturday morning at the gendarmerie brigade in......

Paris, December 27, 2025 — President Emmanuel Macron has promulgated a special law allowing the French government to continue financing the state for 2026 despite the absence of an official budget, according to the Journal Officiel on Saturday. This legislative tool, previously used after the fall of the Barnier government in 2024,......

Paris, December 27, 2025 — Three women were injured on Friday afternoon during a series of knife attacks on the Paris metro, according to French authorities. The suspect fled the scene before being arrested later the same day outside the capital. The attacks occurred at three different stations along the same metro line in central Paris......

Jean-Louis Gasset, a respected coach and emblematic figure of French football, passed away on Friday at the age of 72, according to an announcement by Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, where he served both as a player and a coach. Born in Montpellier, Gasset spent most of his playing career with the club between 1975 and 1985. As a former......

The iconic Grand Rex cinema in Paris is bringing back its trailer festival after several years of hiatus. Scheduled for January 5, 2026, the free event will showcase promotional previews of the most anticipated French and international films of the year. Alexandre Hellmann, General Director of the Grand Rex, explained that the idea of the......

A woman was found dead on Wednesday morning in the inner courtyard of a residential building in Paris’s 18th arrondissement, police sources said on Thursday. Authorities were alerted after the body was discovered inside the building’s enclosed courtyard. According to initial information, the circumstances surrounding the woman’s......