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Macron announces 10 months of voluntary military service for young people from 2026
The programme will be developed in France alone and will begin with 3,000 participants.
Zelenski will coordinate his response to Trump with France, the United Kingdom and Germany
The Ukrainian President has assured us that the diplomatic teams are working on the document received. He has shown willingness to negotiate, but has made it clear that the provisions contained in the document 'may vary greatly'.
Pradales: "A new framework of relations with France has opened up."
The President has explained that the macroregion has been "seduced" by the Atlantic issue by the French Government's Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, who sees an opportunity to "move forward in cooperation."
President Pradales has asked Madrid and Paris to honour their commitments on the TAV connection
"I would ask both ministers to comply with their high-speed commitments to the European Commission," President Pradales said in Paris at the beginning of his two-day visit to the French capital.
Puente points out that the Basque Y will be made for the deadlines requested by Brussels, but that they still have to convince France
The Minister for Transport, Oscar Puente, spoke today about the European Union's plan to connect Lisbon, Madrid and Paris. He pointed out that the Basque Y linking Irun and France will be made for the deadlines required by Brussels. He added that Portugal has shown its willingness to take the project forward, but that they still need to convince France.
The train station in Paris has been evacuated after a police operation
The Public Prosecutor's Office has reported that the police have arrested a man who had been threatening him with a knife.
Union and solidarity 10 years after the Paris attacks
Ten years have passed since jihadist terrorism hit France hard. Three commands attacked a stadium in Paris, several terraces and the Bataclan Hall, killing 132 people.
News: 10 years since the attacks in the Bataclan Hall, a minimum wage of its own in the Basque Parliament and the presentation of the Korrika
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
David was held hostage in Bataclan: "I remember what happened every minute, temperature, smells, weapons..."
Following a jihadist attack that killed 132 people in Paris on November 13, 2015, mostly the Bataclan Hall. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, EITB has interviewed survivor David Fritz. He was abducted for two and a half hours with 10 other people.
Macron's pension reform has been suspended by the French National Assembly
The reform adopted in 2023 was controversial from the outset and has been the main cause of the political crisis in the country. The Socialist Party made it a condition that the reform be repealed so as not to let the government of Sebastien Lecornu fall.
The Etxepare Institute has organized a conference in Paris on the challenges facing minority languages in the field of francophony
Nicolas Sarkozy is released on parole
The former French president will be released from prison after20 days in prison.
Four arrested in Paris for riots during a concert by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
Four people have been arrested on Thursday night in Paris during a concert of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, with interruptions, clashes between spectators and flares fired at the auditorium.
The President of the Louvre defends his decision to buy new works of art
Laurence Des Cars Louvre, president of the museum, has stated that the French Court of Auditors Francia is wrong.
Brussels refuses to block Shein in the EU, rejecting France's claim
The French government's threat to Shein over the sale of childish sex dolls coincided with the opening of the platform's first physical shop, two steps from Notre Dame Cathedral.
Ten wounded in an alleged intentional capture on the French island of Oleron
A man has been arrested on Oleron Island off the west coast of France after "intentionally" capturing several people. La Rochelle Public Prosecutor's Office has reported that it has opened an investigation into attempted murder and that the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office has not taken over the case "for the time being".
A woman has been charged with complicity in the Louvre robbery and one of the detainees has been released
These are two of the five arrested last Thursday in connection with the theft of jewellery. The prosecution has requested pre-trial detention for the alleged accomplice.
Orange has announced a non-binding agreement to acquire the entire MasOrange
It plans to carry out the operation definitively by the end of this year, so that Euskaltel, integrated into MasOrange, will pass into the hands of the French company.
Five other suspects of jewellery theft at the Louvre Museum have been arrested
The authorities have specified that the jewels have not yet been recovered, but they are confident that they will be found and returned to the Paris art gallery.
The high-speed rail service is upside down in France as a result of an act of vandalism in southern Lyon
The state-owned railway company SNCF has stated early in the morning on its website that the situation of rail traffic is "very confusing" and that "many journeys are expected to be cancelled", although it has not provided figures.