9 November, 2023
On November 9, 2023, at La Gaîté Lyrique, the Ukrainian Institute was officially established as a major player in Ukrainian cultural diplomacy in France, in the presence of Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska.The welcoming speeches by Carine Rolland, Deputy Mayor of Paris for Culture, and Arnaud Ngatcha, Deputy Mayor of Paris for Europe, international relations, and Francophonie, were followed by interventions from representatives of the French institutions partnering with the Ukrainian Institute.State Secretary Laurence Boone and Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak expressed their support for the Ukrainian Institute in France. Elisabeth Quin, journalist, then moderated a discussion between Eva Nguyen Binh, President of the French Institute, and Volodymyr Sheiko, General Direc...
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10 October, 2023
🔍 Benjamin Jung’s investigation for Blast on the Russian Papers reveals that French components, despite the embargo, were delivered to Russia in 2023. Companies named include Lynred and STMicroelectronics, whose products were used in Russian military equipment.💰 Between January and April 2023, over 5,000 Russian import declarations for STMicroelectronics materials were recorded, totaling $29.5 million. These findings undermine STMicroelectronics’ claims of compliance, as the company had stated it aligned its exports with regulations as early as February 2022.⚠️ The Observatoire des Armements, an independent research center, criticized these shipments, accusing both the government and companies of failing to uphold sanctions. These findings contradic...
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11 July, 2023
On July 10, 2023, the French Senate, under the high patronage of its President Gérard Larcher and at the initiative of Roger Karoutchi, Vice President of the Senate, along with Nadia Sollogoub, President of the France-Ukraine Interparliamentary Friendship Group, hosted a roundtable at the Palais du Luxembourg. This event, dedicated to decentralized cooperation between France and Ukraine, brought together parliamentarians, representatives of local authorities from both countries, as well as institutional and associative partners.The roundtable provided an opportunity to review the state of cooperation between French and Ukrainian local authorities since the large-scale Russian invasion. The discussions were structured around two thematic sessions: the first focusing on strengthening ...
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