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Boutros Rahi Meets French President's Envoy

Beirut - NNA

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Boutros Boutros Rahi met this Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron's envoy for francophone affairs, Charles Personnaz, accompanied by the Chargé d'Affaires of the French Embassy in Beirut. ..Read more

France sanctions businesses linked

Paris - Egypt Today

France announced Tuesday that it was sanctioning 25 people and companies over their links to Syria's chemical weapons programme, as diplomats were set to meet in Paris to push for action against perpetrators of the deadly attacks. The list published in the government's official gazette gave the names and addresses of traders and businesses based mostly in Beirut, Damascus and..Read more

Turkey clashes with Kurdish militia as US sounds alarm

Hassa - Egypt Today

The Turkish army on Tuesday clashed with Kurdish militia in Syria in an operation that has already left three of its soldiers dead, as the United States voiced alarm that the offensive could endanger attempts to end the Syrian civil war. Amid growing international concern over the four-day-old cross-border campaign into Turkey's neighbour, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Ankara..Read more

SAP unveils big push into French tech start-ups

Paris - Egypt Today

Europe's biggest software company SAP on Monday said it will spend up to two billion euros investing in and nurturing French start-ups as part of its push into cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence. The move by the German firm comes as France is increasingly emerging as a leading hub for tech innovation, boosted by President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to promote..Read more

Macron hosts 140 CEOs in pre-Davos charm offensive

Paris - Egypt Today

President Emmanuel Macron's campaign for a "French Renaissance" kicks into overdrive Monday as he welcomes 140 multinational business leaders before this week's jamboree of the rich and powerful in Davos. The business-friendly president will host executives at the grand Versailles chateau near Paris for an event billed as a warm-up for Tuesday's opening of the World Economic Forum in the..Read more

Five things to know about Davos

Davos - Egypt Today

With the World Economic Forum kicking off in earnest on Tuesday, AFP presents a guide to the week-long event in the Swiss Alps. - WHAT IS ‘DAVOS‘? - Davos is shorthand for the World Economic Forum (WEF), which in its original guise was founded in 1971 by German business professor Klaus Schwab as a way for European corporate leaders to..Read more

Centre-left backs formal coalition talks

Bonn - Egypt Today

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats voted Sunday to begin formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, bringing Europe's top economy a step closer to a new government after months of deadlock. At a special party congress in the western city of Bonn, 372 out of 642 delegates (56 percent) backed SPD chief Martin Schulz's appeal to approve a preliminary coalition..Read more

Merkel, Macron to deepen Franco-German cooperation, strengthen EU

Berlin - Egypt Today

Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday they wanted to deepen Franco-German cooperation and give the European Union a fresh push toward closer integration. After meeting in Paris on Friday, Merkel and Macron talked up the prospect of agreeing reforms to the euro zone, saying they were committed to strengthening the bloc. “We are doing that in..Read more

'Pope' of French cuisine Paul Bocuse dies age 91

Paris - Egypt Today

Paul Bocuse, one of the greatest French chefs of all time, died on Saturday aged 91 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Dubbed the "pope" of French cuisine, Bocuse helped shake up the food world in the 1970s with the Nouvelle Cuisine revolution and create the idea of the celebrity chef. French President Emmanuel Macron led tributes, calling him..Read more

Brexit special trade agreement possible

London - Egypt Today

French President Emmanuel Macron said a special post-Brexit trade agreement between Britain and the EU was certainly possible but would not involve full access to the single market, in a BBC interview to be screened Sunday. Macron, who met British Prime Minister Theresa May for talks on Thursday, said there could not be complete single market access without fully signing..Read more