French researchers Cécile #Kohler and Jacques #Paris were released from prison in #Iran after being held since 2022 on charges of espionage for the French state they refute. President #Macron "welcomes this first step" but diplomatic obstacles ahead, as I explained on @bbcpersian
امروز رئیس جمهوری فرانسه از همتای ایرانیاش خواست زمینه آزادی تمام و کمال دو شهروند این کشور را فراهم کند. سسیل کوهلر و ژاک پاریس که سه سال به اتهام جاسوسی در زندان اوین در بازداشت بودند، مشمول آزادی مشروط شدند و حالا در سفارت فرانسه در تهران هستند. جیمی اسمیت مایه، روزنامه نگار
Return hubs: an answer to irregular #migration or a step too far? Set to enter under pressure from the far right, proponents say they will deter - opponents raise concerns about fundamental human rights. It's our topic in @ARTEen#EuropeWeekly dropping today. #EU#politics#arte
In Germany, the long-standing political firewall has led to cross-party consensus on zero cooperation with the AfD which constitutional authorities have classified as a “suspected right-wing extremist” organisation.
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Ravi de pouvoir animer à nouveau à cette 19e édition des @LesAssises du journalisme ici à #Tours. Un panel, traitant un sujet à la fois passionnant et critique - les atteintes aux #journalistes#environnementaux ... que ce soit en #France, ou à l'étranger.
🎤 À la modération, nous avions @jsmithmaillet, journaliste et enseignant à l’École publique de journalisme de Tours (@EPJTours).
🔗 Plus d’infos sur la programmation des Assises du journalisme de Tours sur notre site : https://t.co/wbXmxkxO8S
A social media ban for under-15s got senatorial approval in #France yest., but with amendments to the bill-not quite in law yet. Its impact is getting other Eu. countries talking, like Ireland. Spoke to @ShaneBeattyNews on @NTBreakfast this morning➡️ https://t.co/MGBdsDuRV9
A social media ban in France, a first in Europe after #Australia and #Indonesia? That was the debate today in the upper house and it's got a lot of chat over here. Talked it through on @SkyNews earlier with @JayneSeckerSky#socialmediaban#France https://t.co/nE0mdLfWkU
#Paris votes to retain leftwing #mayor and it's not the only big city to do so in France as results came in last night municipal runoffs - watched closely ahead of 2027 #presidentials. Here's how it all happened on the ground last night for @France24_en https://t.co/AjA3bz0ovT
#France enters round 2 of #local#elex today. While local is the operative word, it's being watched closely ahead of next year's #presidentials, notably after the mergers and alliances that form between the two rounds. Catch me reporting live from Paris for @France24_en all night
A personal piece in @heraldscotland on how I came to learn about Dunblane, and how the school community in which I was educated helped heal wounds we didn't know we had. In print Saturday. #Dunblane
"A Hymn to Life: Shame has to change sides" #Gisèle#Pelicot's #memoir is being released internationally today in 22 langs. She waived her anonymity, making the 2024 #trial of her husband and 50 other men, charged of rape and sexual assault, public and followed the world over.
🎙 #MédiasEnSeine Ce matin, @SibyleVeil, présidente-directrice générale de @radiofrance, participait ce matin à la table ronde "Dans un paysage médiatique et politique polarisé, quelles responsabilités pour le service public ?"
"Fournir une information honnête, fiable, pluraliste et indépendante ;
contribuer à la cohésion nationale avec des moments et des récits fédérateurs, créateurs de commun ;
assurer la diffusion des connaissances pour favoriser l’émancipation des citoyens : ce sont les valeurs du service public qui sont au cœur de nos médias. "
#French far-right politician, Marine #LePen, returns to court for start of #appeal of 2025 conviction of misuse of EU public funds. She was barred from standing for public office, potentially blocking her hopes for 2027 presidentials. With @SallyBundockBBC on @BBCWorld earlier.
#BREAKING 10 defendants in #cyberbullying case against Brigitte #Macron found guilty in court in #Paris this morning for "malicious remarks" and falsehoods posted online about French first lady's gender, sexuality and the age-gap with Emmanuel Macron. https://t.co/2AepZNpEEK
#Erasmus déjà vu: #education insight piece on how the comeback is warmly received on the continent, despite the frosty reception in Tory camps.Talked to lecturers, students & politicians in #France & #Scotland for this spread in 2day's Herald on Sunday #buyapaper@heraldscotland
#Erasmus is back - how its return has been praised on the continent, notably in #France, but also gathers wide support across HE and political circles in the UK, other than voices on the right. Insight piece offered to @heraldscotland yesterday, in print tomorrow. #buyapaper