Diplomacy: France scrambles to avoid its own WikiLeaks fiasco
France’s foreign ministry is tightening security to avoid further scandal after the Wikileaks revelations. Paris’ ambassador to Tehran stresses that French diplomacy ‘will not change’, nor will the diplomats’ ‘psychological portraits’. Read More
IRAN: Govt slams media for calling France’s first lady a ‘prostitute’
Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday criticised an Iranian hardline media outlet for calling French first lady Carla Bruni a “prostitute” after she expressed support for an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning. Read More
FRANCE: EU monitoring France’s deportation of Roma ‘very closely’
The EU Rights and Justice Commission has said it will closely monitor the deportation of hundreds of Roma people from France to Romania and Bulgaria, while Romanian officials will visit Paris to discuss the issue with the foreign ministry. Read More