French investigators to examine black boxes from Ethiopia crash plane BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Flight data recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed in the African country have arrived in France for analysis. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/french-investigators-to-examine-black-boxes-from-ethiopia-crash-plane-37913013.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article37913010.ece/de81b/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_7f84dbdf-36b9-49cb-9fed-c1dab98fbf2a_1 Email Flight data recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed in the African country have arrived in France for analysis. The black boxes arrived as frustrated relatives of the 157 people killed in the crash stormed out of a meeting with airline officials in Addis Ababa. Sunday’s crash was the second fatal flight for a Boeing 737 Max 8 in less than six months. More than 40 countries, including the US and Britain, have now grounded the planes or refused to let them into … [Read more...] about French investigators to examine black boxes from Ethiopia crash plane
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Q&A: French authorities answer your questions on exchanging British driving licences
The announcement, published on the website of the Loire-Atlantique prefecture in Nantes, came after Britons had previously been told by the UK government to exchange their driving licences "as soon as possible to make sure you get one before 29th March 2019" - the day when the Britain is scheduled to leave the EU. The Centre d'Expertises et des Ressources des Titres – Echange des Permis Etrangers (CERT - EPA) based at the prefecture in the French city of Nantes, located in the Loire-Atlantique department, is responsible for processing driving licence exchanges for the whole of France except for the Paris region. The Local spoke to Serge Boulanger, the second-in-command at the Nantes prefecture, to get the answers to some of your most pressing questions on what this means. Photo: AFP Why was the decision made to stop accepting applications from Britons trying to get French driving licence? Serge Boulanger: The terms … [Read more...] about Q&A: French authorities answer your questions on exchanging British driving licences
Fight against fake news and manipulation of information, French experience
Author: Mariam Levina France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs organized a media tour for the Armenian journalists. Armenian News-NEWS.am is grateful to the Embassy of France in Armenia and French Foreign Affairs Ministry for a chance to participate in a rich, interesting and informative program, and expresses special thanks to the representative of the department of public relations and media Helene Stein for the program and warm attitude. Fake news and manipulation of information Fake news and manipulation of information was a theme of the media tour – a timely topic for France, Armenia and any other country, even world community on the whole, given the current situation over fake news. I’d just make a reservation, the question is quite delicate - although we often say that the information provided by the media must be objective, in my personal opinion, absolute objectivity cannot exist because every journalist is first and foremost a person with … [Read more...] about Fight against fake news and manipulation of information, French experience
British lawmakers instruct May to change Brexit deal; EU says ‘No’ – media
With two months left until Britain is due by law to leave the EU, investors and allies have urged the government to clinch a deal to allow an orderly exit from the club it joined in 1973. pixabay.com British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement – and promptly received a flat rejection from Brussels. Two weeks after overwhelmingly rejecting May's Brexit deal, parliament backed a proposal intended to send her back to Brussels with a stronger mandate to seek changes that were more likely to win their support, as reported by Reuters. At the same time, they rejected a proposal to give parliament a path to prevent a potentially chaotic 'no-deal' exit by making May ask Brussels for a delay if she cannot get a deal through parliament. Read also UK could declare martial law to avert no-deal Brexit chaos – media With two months left until Britain is due … [Read more...] about British lawmakers instruct May to change Brexit deal; EU says ‘No’ – media
POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by European press publishers: Berlusconi to the rescue — Macron to Liberals: Who dis? — No-deal prep
Press play to listen to this article By FLORIAN EDERwith ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY EUROPEAN PRESS PUBLISHERS Send tips here | Tweet @florianeder | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser WHO SAID IT? “With my knowledge, my experience and my ability to convince people, I can play an important role and make European citizens understand that we risk moving away from Western values.” Who else could it be? Silvio Berlusconi is back and will surely save Italy, and the EU, by heading up his EPP party’s list for the European election. More below. GOOD MORNING. This feels like quite a moment for me, personally. He may not know it, but Berlusconi once drove me out of Italy, so tired was I of my then-editors’ daily requests for coverage of the then-prime minister’s buffooneries. Never mind the fact the country has so much more to offer: the world’s greatest fashion industry, superb sports cars, and a serious shake-up of a decades … [Read more...] about POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by European press publishers: Berlusconi to the rescue — Macron to Liberals: Who dis? — No-deal prep