French teachers’ unions hold a nationwide day of protests and strikes on Tuesday to call for stricter sanitary measures in schools as coronavirus infections continue to soar across the country.
Analysis: Russia becomes a central force in South Caucasus
Russia has negotiated a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, bringing to an end six weeks of conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. FRANCE 24’s chief foreign editor Robert Parsons, says Russian foreign policy...
Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal will ‘reset the map’
The Russian-brokered ceasefire that brought an end to six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has been described as a major victory for Azerbaijan, and loss for Armenia, that will ‘reset the map’. As Thomas de Waal...
Covid-19 vaccine: Don’t take your masks off just yet!
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, November 10, 2020: Papers are full of hope after the announcement of a Covid-19 vaccine that was 90 percent effective in preliminary trials. But some warn that it’s too early for...
Armenians demand PM’s resignation over Nagorno-Karabakh ‘capitulation’
Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to end six weeks of fierce clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan that broke away from Baku’s control during a bitter war in the 1990s. FRANCE 24’s...
Peru protests after popular president ousted over corruption claims
Peru’s Congress on Monday voted to impeach the popular president Martin Vizcarra, sparking protests across the Andean nation. Lawmakers accuse Vizcarra of taking bribes from construction companies when he was a...